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"sorry, bought it off shelf in Miami Beach. "
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"cool  ..   can i   have  the wine  box  it  came  in ???? :-D"
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"Bought this wine because of the name and it turned out to be pretty good."
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Jim Olean (JimO) replied to Jim Olean (JimO)'s discussion Child size CBG's in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101
"Thanks for the input."
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Nicholas J replied to Jim Olean (JimO)'s discussion Child size CBG's in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101
"Think 3/4 size. like a student nylon string guitar. For example: 24.75 (standard Gibby scale) * 0.75=18.56 scale length. I think you're safe at 20. I just built one at 21.5 inch scale and it's a perfect fit for my 10 year old. And like Tim…"
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Tim LaFave replied to Jim Olean (JimO)'s discussion Child size CBG's in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101
"Read my blog on "Creating your Own Scale Length" and learn how to use the "Rule of 18" to create any scale length you want. I do to size my necks to look in symmetry with smaller boxes."
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Jim Olean (JimO) replied to Jim Olean (JimO)'s discussion Child size CBG's in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101
"going with 20".  thanks for the input."
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Jim Olean (JimO) replied to Jim Olean (JimO)'s discussion Child size CBG's in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101
"I agree, 20" seems to feel right."
Nov 5, 2012

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Mike showed me one at a yard sell I was having..I am easily addicted to such a great idea.

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At 12:35pm on February 9, 2012, Mike "Katfish" Karash said…

Jim, to "bleach" and sterilize the bone after ALL tissue has been removed, the pros use a hydrogen peroxide soak. I'll see if I can find out what concentration they use...

At 9:08am on January 19, 2012, Keni Lee Burgess said…

Thank you Jim for joining my group. Feel free to add to the discussions or ask questions. Please check out my instructional video CDs:

 http://www.ebay.com/sch/njmikeb/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686

Enjoy your practice, Keni Lee 

At 5:50pm on January 5, 2012, Matthew Borczon said…

I am just so impressed with them. Would love to hear what they sound like

At 7:10pm on December 30, 2011, Matthew Borczon said…

man is that a sweet set of bongos!! How did you make them? what kind of wood do you use? Really some impressive stuff. 

 
 
 

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