"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!"
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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 1 Like
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
Cigar Box Hardanger Fiddle -- HUH?!!
Started this discussion. Last reply by Busyhands Slim Feb 22. 17 Replies 1 Like
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 0 Likes
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
Tags: electronics, wiring, guitar, can, oil
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Matt scott replied to MicCheckOne's discussion Cigar Box Hardanger Fiddle -- HUH?!!"Nice ... I'm getting ready to build one for my wife"
MicCheckOne replied to MicCheckOne's discussion Magazine Article on Jon Free's Tin-Tone Guitars"You're welcome, Jon! Keep building those beauties!"
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"
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 ."
MicCheckOne posted a discussionMagazine 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
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…"
herb Berwald WWW.CigarGuitar.com replied to MicCheckOne's discussion Cigar Box Hardanger Fiddle -- HUH?!!"Very NICE!"
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."
rich gallagher replied to MicCheckOne's discussion Cigar Box Hardanger Fiddle -- HUH?!!"very impressive - both the result and your perserverance"
MicCheckOne replied to MicCheckOne's discussion Cigar Box Hardanger Fiddle -- HUH?!!"Ain't that the truth!"
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…"
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."
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"
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