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Tune to EBE?

Started this discussion. Last reply by James Durham Aug 5, 2011. 6 Replies 1 Like

I've almost finished my first cigar box guitar. I had planned on tuning it to GDG. I've been playing bass for about a year and a half and have very little understanding concerning how to chord a…Continue

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Jan 22

Harvey Thompson commented on James Durham's photo

Lowebow for my friend

"Thanks, James."

Sep 3, 2012

James Durham commented on James Durham's photo

Lowebow for my friend

"After looking at the picture, I believe that is a bass G string rather than a D."

Sep 3, 2012

James Durham commented on James Durham's photo

Lowebow for my friend

"Harvey, thank you for your comments. I just sort of guessed on string gauges. I used a flatwound D string for a bass ( I think ... can't remember ). and then just plain steel guitar strings for the other two. He has been able…"

Sep 3, 2012

Harvey Thompson commented on James Durham's photo

Lowebow for my friend

"James.....nice "Lowebow" build. What is the scale? Is there a good source for learning/understanding the different string guages for the different open tunings?"

Sep 3, 2012

James Durham commented on Will Carter's group Cigar Box Basses

"Looks really nice. That's the only thing I don't like about the one I built ... I only had a 1/2" radius bit for my router, so it's still a bit blocky on the back."

Dec 1, 2011

James Durham commented on Will Carter's group Cigar Box Basses

"Looks sharp Gary! Did you whittle a radius on the back of the neck?"

Nov 30, 2011

James Durham commented on Will Carter's group Cigar Box Basses

"Sounds like a good thick bottom on them. Thanks for the demo."

Nov 6, 2011

James Durham commented on Will Carter's group Cigar Box Basses

"Nice bass cefa. Are the silicone strings similar in texture to nylon? I've been thinking about trying to build a 20" scale bass similar to those uke basses that are available now. The uke bass strings are around $24 a set."

Oct 27, 2011

James Durham commented on Barry Evan Russ's photo

New build, 4 string guitar custom commission for "PT"

"Great looking guitar and a beautiful box. I have some of the black ones. That same picture is on the inside of them but the outside is just black. I've been thinking about trying to steam it off and glue it to the outside."

Oct 11, 2011

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Alabama Toe-Tappers

"nice *****"

Oct 2, 2011

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Alabama Toe-Tappers

These are a couple of electric stomp-boxes that a buddy and I put together. They're basically built like Ted Crocker's Terrraplane boxes. We used single-coil generic Strat pickups. We lined under the pickup and onto the underside of the tag with…

Oct 2, 2011

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James Durham commented on James Durham's photo

Lowebow for my friend

"Haha, Is that wrong? This is only my third one. I'm still learning a lot of the terminology."

Sep 24, 2011

Roosterman commented on James Durham's photo

Lowebow for my friend

"Uh-oh - you called it a Lowebow...."

Sep 24, 2011

Ice Bob commented on James Durham's video

Tommy Garrison's CBG

"good one"

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"Caterwauling James! I'm glad to have you for a nation friend."

Sep 23, 2011

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At 10:43pm on September 23, 2011, Uncle John said…: Caterwauling James! I'm glad to have you for a nation friend.

At 5:51pm on August 9, 2011, Keni Lee Burgess said…: Thank you James for joining my group. Feel free to write if you have any questions. Please check out my instructional video CDs. Enjoy your practice.

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At 3:07pm on August 5, 2011, ED (Bad Finger) said…: You're find with +/- 1/16 of an inch fretless. You can always adjust your position a bit depending on what your ear tells you. My problem was more drastic. I printed a fret scale off a link found here and didn't check it for scaling. I had planned my bridge and nut positions, locked everything in, then started burning the fret marks. Only after playing and not liking the sound did I find the error. My 12th fret is about a fret and a half out of position. For my second guitar I put the neck next to my Fender guitar and duplicated the positions.

At 2:06pm on August 5, 2011, ED (Bad Finger) said…: Thanks for the invite. Have fun with the builds. I think you will enjoy EBE. My first guitar is also tuned Ebe with only one wound string. It is a really cool sound, but I monkeyed up the fret marks so I'm adding a fingerboard to correct that.

At 1:22pm on August 5, 2011, Soulcatcher & His DooFa Diddley said…: cheers for the invite, like your idea for tuning EBE gonna try it out

see were it leads .......