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Magazine Article on Jon Free's Tin-Tone Guitars

Started this discussion. Last reply by MicCheckOne Nov 29, 2011. 3 Replies

My mother-in-law saw this article in The Red Bulletin magazine that came free with her Los Angeles Times newspaper. Yes, Red Bull energy drink now has its own lifestyle magazine. What a world!Anyway,…Continue

Tags: table, tins, legs, tea, strainers

Cigar Box Hardanger Fiddle -- HUH?!!

Started this discussion. Last reply by Busyhands Slim Feb 22. 17 Replies

For a long time I've wanted to try my hand at the fiddle, but never wanted to invest the cash in a quality instrument just for the sake of dicking around on it. That's what makes cigar box lutherie…Continue

Tags: strings, understrings, drone, violin, sympathetic

Oil Can Guitar: How Do I Work Inside of It?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Roosterman Apr 29, 2010. 24 Replies

Howdy folks. I'm a first-time builder. Recently got it into my head that I want to build an electric oil can guitar, like the ones you see coming out of South Africa. I've gathered all of my…Continue

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Busyhands Slim liked MicCheckOne's discussion Cigar Box Hardanger Fiddle -- HUH?!!
Feb 22
Busyhands Slim replied to MicCheckOne's discussion Cigar Box Hardanger Fiddle -- HUH?!!
"Absolutely wonderful! I hope you'll post some video or audio of you playing it, once you get your chops up. (Or now, if you're not too shy about it.) Excellent work and a top-notch write-up!"
Feb 22
Matt scott replied to MicCheckOne's discussion Cigar Box Hardanger Fiddle -- HUH?!!
"Nice ... I'm getting ready to build one for my wife"
Feb 21
MicCheckOne replied to MicCheckOne's discussion Magazine Article on Jon Free's Tin-Tone Guitars
"You're welcome, Jon!  Keep building those beauties!"
Nov 29, 2011
Tin-Tone.com replied to MicCheckOne's discussion Magazine Article on Jon Free's Tin-Tone Guitars
"Hi! Thanks for the pdf scan, what a nice article! Cheers! Jon"
Nov 27, 2011
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Clock The Wolf replied to MicCheckOne's discussion Magazine Article on Jon Free's Tin-Tone Guitars
"   For the curious ,  Jon Free is on this website as :  Tin-Tone.com ."
Nov 25, 2011
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Magazine Article on Jon Free's Tin-Tone Guitars

My mother-in-law saw this article in The Red Bulletin magazine that came free with her Los Angeles Times newspaper. Yes, Red Bull energy drink now has its own lifestyle magazine. What a world!Anyway, neat little article about London guitar repairman Jon Free and his side business building guitars from old cookie tins. They only briefly touch upon his building methods, but that was enough to get the gears in my head turning. Thought I'd share it with the rest of the community. "The Tin Can…See More
Nov 25, 2011
MicCheckOne replied to MicCheckOne's discussion Cigar Box Hardanger Fiddle -- HUH?!!
"Haven't made time to shoot any video, but here are two audio samples. The first one is the fiddle track from my contribution to the upcoming CBG Christmas album. I played the fiddle on this one, so keep two things in mind: (1) the tuning on…"
Dec 2, 2010
herb Berwald WWW.CigarGuitar.com replied to MicCheckOne's discussion Cigar Box Hardanger Fiddle -- HUH?!!
"Very NICE!"
Nov 21, 2010
colin mcgrath replied to MicCheckOne's discussion Cigar Box Hardanger Fiddle -- HUH?!!
"beautiful work! the photos were great, i intend to build a viola style later and those photos will be good reference. I am with the other guys that ask for a video."
Nov 19, 2010
rich gallagher replied to MicCheckOne's discussion Cigar Box Hardanger Fiddle -- HUH?!!
"very impressive - both the result and your perserverance"
Nov 19, 2010
MicCheckOne replied to MicCheckOne's discussion Cigar Box Hardanger Fiddle -- HUH?!!
"Ain't that the truth!"
Nov 18, 2010
MicCheckOne replied to MicCheckOne's discussion Cigar Box Hardanger Fiddle -- HUH?!!
"Thanks for the compliments and helpful links, everyone. I'll record some audio or a video soon, but first I need to replace one of the tuning pegs, darn it! That's the last time I carve pegs out of Oak. Heck, that's probably the last…"
Nov 17, 2010
Mungo Park replied to MicCheckOne's discussion Cigar Box Hardanger Fiddle -- HUH?!!
"Wow great build and explanation of the whole thing, very interesting concept. So what do you tune the bottom string to. Cheers Ron."
Nov 16, 2010
swampapple slim replied to MicCheckOne's discussion Cigar Box Hardanger Fiddle -- HUH?!!
"wow thats some fine craftsmanship hope it sounds good as it looks BEAUTIFUL"
Nov 16, 2010

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