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Building my first amp and seriously considering the mah5 full kit . I would be fine with building more from scratch like some other kits, but even though mah5 is pricey it does seem to have tons of features that are nice. Thoughts in general…"
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague Dec 11, 2012. 2 Replies 1 Like
Country Boy Guitars, by Squierdesign is featured on Handmade Men's website. Check it out I think it came out good.…Continue
Don Tomas
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http://www.etsy.com/listing/114947990/cigar-box-guitar-no-54-don-tomasThis fine guitar is for…Continue
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Hey guys my graphics catalog is downloadable as a pdf. Its mostly for race cars but use your imagination and I'm sure we can make something for you and your CBG hobby.…Continue
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HarleyTodd replied to MichaelS Country Boy Guitars's discussion Best mini amp KITS in the group It Goes To 11
darryl kernaghan replied to MichaelS Country Boy Guitars's discussion Best mini amp KITS in the group It Goes To 11"michael,i have yused about 10 guitar fuel mini amps starting with the mah 2,which i put into c/boxes,for nephews and friends kids,etc,worked great,built an mah 3 into old stero speaker and it rocks,currently playing with an mah4,,but the speakers…"
Craig Mayhem replied to MichaelS Country Boy Guitars's discussion Best mini amp KITS in the group It Goes To 11"Yup. I got a couple of vids using the guitar fuel amp circuits. I love them. they're great! They might seem pricey but when you start to factor in what you get the price is nice."
MissouriJMan replied to MichaelS Country Boy Guitars's discussion Best mini amp KITS in the group It Goes To 11"Are there any videos with people using guitarfuel products? I'm interesting in getting some stuff for my cigarbox amps... but I'd like to hear some of it first.
Thanks.
john"
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Here's what I did with the barrel I have. Uncle John gave me the cigar barrel and said do something cool with this and this what I came up with."
MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied to Kevin M. Kraft's discussion Piezo forms and size in the group Piezo pickups"Another vote for 2 in parallel, its the way I wire mine, they just sound better to me than one.
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MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied to Bad Wolf's discussion average build time for a typical fretted 3 string CBG?"Don, Uncle crow builds his in less than an hour, I forget if they are fretted. Its a top neck build nothing fancy but its played thru an amp so it does not need to be. Try for under 30 minutes. Hey maybe this should be the next challenge, fastest…"
MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied to Gene Robinson's discussion Paper or Wood?"Tom, yes, I was serious, just responding to the original post about box's. If your goal is to play it loud thru an amp then go at it and don't worry about the box. But a cigar box can be made to sound decent un-amped. Either way its…"
MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied to Tom Drommond's discussion Happy New Cigarbox Guitar Day, sort ofMichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied to Josh Thompson's discussion Portable Surface Planer, do you use one?"I have a Grizzly tools 6" jointer and a craftsman surface planer. The 2 tools are a great combination."
MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied to Gafferino's discussion New Bandsaw?"Check out grizzly tools, they haver a nice 14" bandsaw I would like. I use an old craftsman 12" saw now and it works fine too."
MichaelS Country Boy Guitars commented on Habanera Hal's group Sell Those Puppies!"Large box, priority mail, have not had one damaged yet. Make sure to buy the extra insurance just in case. "
MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied to Gene Robinson's discussion Paper or Wood?"The magic of music."
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Darn Weather!
Posted on February 26, 2010 at 11:48am 0 Comments 0 Likes
All this snow then rain then snow is foiling my plans to go out cigar box hunting, arrggh
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- At 9:29am on January 24, 2013,
ED (Bad Finger) said… Hi Michael,
My e-mail is 2a94509 on the Gmail thing. You know, at gmail.com. Spammers. . .
Anyway, I hope I can make it to the show. I grew up on a farm so I know my way around basic firearms. And at one time I had a security clearance, so I'm pretty sure the background check won't be an issue. Haha. I had a couple handguns when we lived in Colorado, but now that we are back in NY. . .well, you know.
- At 4:22pm on July 15, 2012,
William McCauley said… I sold one on Etsy, thru my son (he is more knowledgeable than me on that kind of stuff). He asked if I wanted the buyers e-mail to follow up on the sale.
- At 9:40am on July 15, 2012, William McCauley said…
Do you do any follow up with the customer on your Etsy sales?
- At 10:41am on July 9, 2012,
Ron "Oily" Sprague said… - Oooooooo, black walnut...one of my faves! Ok, I'll keep all this in mind for when I'm ready. Thanks on the music. Hey, have you downloaded your copy of the TVZ tribute album yet? ;-)
- At 3:49pm on July 6, 2012, Ron "Oily" Sprague said…
- Yep, if Momma ain't happy...the music on my page is indeed me. Thanks for the compliment. I'm getting ready to upload another instrumental tomorrow that refused to want words. It's different from the other stuff: minor key to major key shift, kinda banjoey, has some jazz elements that crept in. These dang boxes seem to dictate how they wanna be played; just gotta be open to whatever's in them, I guess. Hey, I forget: do you do resonators?
- At 2:27am on July 5, 2012, Ron "Oily" Sprague said…
- Michael,
Thanks for the Friend request, gladly accepted! I assumed we were already Friends, but that seems to keep happening here ;-). I like your gits; one day, we'll have to discuss a custom build (probably next Spring; I think I've reached the limit around my house right now!)
- At 6:28am on April 3, 2012,
Michael Fred Johnson said… The Rocky Patel box does have Quite a good sound though I have started to think I should hve thinned the top for better resonance. The 9 x12 size probably makes it good the way it is
- At 12:12pm on March 23, 2012,
Scott Meredith said… Hi I saw you commented on the tablesaw vs bandsaw forum and that you have a 12" craftsman bandsaw. I recently got one from a friend and have had problems with the blade walkinf to the left. I know verey little about the setup on these and wondered if you could give me some insight. I replaced the blade thinking the right side wore out that corrected the problem for a few cuts. Am I adjusting the tention wrong? any guidlines for tention would help. Let me know if you have any input. Thanks! by the way your builds are inspiring want to get to that level someday 1 at a time right.
- At 12:40pm on March 21, 2012,
Suspect Device said… Thanks, I am in Saco. Just started making these things about a month ago and I'm completely hooked. Building number 10 right now. I really love your work. I'm learning ALOT just hanging around this joint.
- At 6:55pm on September 26, 2011,
Grease Stains said… Here's one of my favourit builds! i didn't plug it into that amp for some reason.
heres the original test run. i learned to set the amp up for more bass, so it's soundin a lot better now,
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