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Spamdolin? Spam-off!!!
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Just Stupid
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How loud can we make it?
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Three string guitars
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It Goes To 11
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I've had one of these for years, but it is no substitute for a real good plane or two. It is cheap, but the blades are too small to be properly honed to the correct angle - so you have to continually buy replacements. The whole thing is just too lig…
Bleeding awfull, most likely ! Well, if the MDF is very thin, then it might not be too bad - but will probably be impractically weak as well.
MDF has a very high internal damping factor - it is not very resonant at all. This makes it absolutely grea…
Simples first.
First off, try a different guitar lead to your amp - just in case the one you are using has a problem.
Expect problems like this to show up on a distortion channel as it has more gain than a clean channel.
Without seeing a wiring diag…
Setting up a guitar perfectly can get pretty involved but, to keep it simple, a good starting point is to have the 'action' at the twelfth fret about double the action at the first fret. The 'action' is the height of the strings above the particular…
Yep, that works. The amount of signal you can expect to get out of it is likely to be somewhere around that of a high-output microphone - somewhat less than a magnetic guitar pickup. When I was first messing around with home-made instruments back in…
It gets even worse than that ! While many of us easily trade internationally, British officials seem unable to cope with the concept of different currencies.
So, lets say that you buy something from America for about £200 / $300. The customs slip, w…
Jason, If you are doing good builds then once your reputation is established your time can be costed out as that of any other artifacer - just like a garage mechanic, landscape gardener or window cleaner. I would suggest at that level to aim for abo…
I often have to resort to using more than one box as big boxes are so difficult to get here. Given that most boxes have very nice ornate lids which are carefully fitted to the box sides, but plain bottom which are just tacked on, why not easily remo…
I'll just to that and remind you all to use a lubricant when drilling metal. Any light oil will do, then you donlt get so much heat build-up. If the drill bit gets hot it will lose its temper and stop cutting. That is also why you don;t want to go t…
Alan, if you fancy a home-made centre-punch 'on the cheap' - and they are only about a quid or two from B&Q or Wickes - then you could try this. Get as big a nail as you can - at least six-inch, eight or nine is better - and use a fine metal file to…
Very ingenious use of a frying spatula for a combined bridge and tailpiece. Looks great - how does it sound ?
Is it electricified or purely acoustic ? It gives me an idea for a kitchen-themed instrument. Great work !
Tha's nowt wrong wi' a bit o' Spam Ayres !
Tha's not much mystery 'bout Spam, neither, its just chopped-up bits o' dead pig. Very nutritious it is, too. Pigs flesh is about as close as you can get to human, so it contains all the stuff people need t…
I think that the Brits have been coming for quite long enough now and we have all well and truely come !
This is all going to be absolutely Spamtastic ! I hope egveryoine is enjoying eating their Spam as much as they are building their Spamjos and Spamdolins, not to mention the Spamdolas and Spamuleles. Today, for lunch, I had a couple of Spam fritters…
Yeah, Shelly, I mentioned the Spamplifier I am doing a couple of days ago. It will be a 2 x 3" combo with a pair of 7oz cans for the speakers and a pair of 4oz cans on top of them for the electronics. I deal for a spam session, of course ! The instr…
Comment Wall (6 comments)
- At 3:27pm on September 22, 2009,
Mark C said… - Hi Kevin
Sorry that things are problematic for you. I've no doubt that you would have loved to go to the fest. I'll keep the offer of a lift open, just in case...
Regards,
Mark
- At 1:38am on September 22, 2009,
Mark C said…
- Hi Kevin
If you can get to Hyde early on the Saturday morning, I can give you a lift down to the cbg fest. However, I'm staying overnight in a B&B, so won't be returning until Sunday.
Regards,
Mark
- At 4:00pm on August 23, 2009,
Keni Lee Burgess said… - Hello,
I have started a CBN group entitled, "How to Play CBG" It is my hope and intention to encourage the "Wealth of Talent" here on the Nation to share their knowledge and skill to further the CBG movement. Please consider contributing an instructional "video" link to this group. If you are a viewer seeking instruction, please feel free to write. If you have any suggestions or know other players who you think may want to post instructional "video" links, please contact me. Thank you for your interest and support, Keni Lee
- At 8:16pm on May 22, 2009,
Doc Oakroot said… - Hey Kevin,
Good to see you here.
Doc
- At 11:22am on May 22, 2009,
JUJU AKA SOUNDSSOGOOD said… - Hi Kevin
Thanks for the reply mate , also for the great comments about my builds , very kind of you
Yes it's a shame about the old forum but things move on , most people are on here now anyway , you reminded me of Captain Smith Going down with the Titanic , you have staying power i will grant you that lol!!
as you will have seen we have a fair few brits on here now it's growing by the week
can't wait for the Birmingham Fest thats gonna be so cool meeting everyone and maybe next year it's gonna be a big thing if this years goes ok
see you around
juju.
- At 7:20am on May 22, 2009,
JUJU AKA SOUNDSSOGOOD said…
- Hey Kevin
You made it at last , cool
have you seen our CBG fest we have planned October 3 Birmingham , it's gonna be fantastic , would be good if you could make it ?
if you need to search for anything on this site , go up to the right hand corner of any page and theres a tab what say's "search Social Network " just type your requierd subjet and click the magnifiying glass
laods of stuff to see on here !
Glad you decided to come check us out
juju.
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