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Thomas A. Boatwright
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Dianne Woods left a comment for Thomas A. Boatwright"Yes, Thomas, your paintings are most appreciated. Thank you for sharing them with us."
Dianne Woods left a comment for Thomas A. Boatwright"Thomas, your artwork is great. you are very talented."
Wichita Sam left a comment for Thomas A. Boatwright"Hey Thomas,
Thanks for "friending me".... Yes, I would like that image. I plan on using it as part of a music program on Dec 19th and again on Christmas Eve.... will of course give the artist credit....
thanks, and…"
HENRY LOWMAN left a comment for Thomas A. Boatwright"WELCOME to the Goth train, and thanks for the video post! Nicely done! :-)"
JUJU left a comment for Thomas A. Boatwright"Hello and thanks for the friends invite - nice work on your builds keep it up
juju :)"
Dennis Menard left a comment for Thomas A. Boatwright"You had asked about the Cigbooster. I've never made any demos because it's so much more subtle than a fuzz pedal. I just finished a new batch (the first batch sold out), so if you are interested in purchase, go to…"
Dianne Woods left a comment for Thomas A. Boatwright"Happy Birthday, Thomas tomorrow. I hope you have a great day. NIce CBGs."
Roger Martin replied to Thomas A. Boatwright's discussion Cookie Tin Banjo in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101"There is a method of playing a fretless that a lot of people dont know.One way to get a fuller sound on the strings when you play is to get used to fretting with your fingernail.For some of us it means we have to stop biting our nails but it DOES…"
Wichita Sam replied to Thomas A. Boatwright's discussion Cookie Tin Banjo in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101"Dennis,
Everything is relative.... is a cookie tin banjo going to sound like a "regular" banjo?... of course not. But, cookie tin banjos and CBGs are smaller volume and won't have the same acoustic properties as a manufactured…"
Tres Seaver replied to Thomas A. Boatwright's discussion Cookie Tin Banjo in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101"The two banjos sounded relatively equivalent in volume. A taller bridge, with corresponding adjustment to the neck angle, might help on the volume."
Matthew Borczon replied to Thomas A. Boatwright's discussion Cookie Tin Banjo in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101"if that is 5 strings tune it in g and just use standard banjo chord forms, I play a 3 string cookie tin banjo so I only have 2 strings to chord on. What I do is tune it g and d and play partial chords like it is a fiddle. Works pretty well that way.…"
Wichita Sam replied to Thomas A. Boatwright's discussion Cookie Tin Banjo in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101"Louder = thinner top....
chords = open tuning....."
Crow commented on Thomas A. Boatwright's photo
2 string CBG
"well now look at that beauty!!! i love those f holes! and that head design is out of SIGHT! i can't believe some of the great, elegant and simple headstock arrangements some of you guys come up with. just fantastic."
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- At 9:23am on February 16, 2011,
John Wendell said… - Love your "Art work"
- At 12:41pm on February 10, 2011, Dianne Woods said…
- Yes, Thomas, your paintings are most appreciated. Thank you for sharing them with us.
- At 12:03pm on February 10, 2011, Dianne Woods said…
- Thomas, your artwork is great. you are very talented.
- At 4:13pm on December 12, 2010, Wichita Sam said…
Hey Thomas,
Thanks for "friending me".... Yes, I would like that image. I plan on using it as part of a music program on Dec 19th and again on Christmas Eve.... will of course give the artist credit....
thanks, and merry Christmas,
Wichita Sam
probably best to send the file to/thru
- At 1:37pm on November 16, 2010, HENRY LOWMAN said…
- WELCOME to the Goth train, and thanks for the video post! Nicely done! :-)
- At 5:00am on September 25, 2010, JUJU said…
- Hello and thanks for the friends invite - nice work on your builds keep it up
juju :)
- At 7:03am on April 15, 2010, Dennis Menard said…
- You had asked about the Cigbooster. I've never made any demos because it's so much more subtle than a fuzz pedal. I just finished a new batch (the first batch sold out), so if you are interested in purchase, go to www.cigbooster.bigcartel.com Thanks! Dennis
- At 12:54pm on February 5, 2010, Dianne Woods said…
- Happy Birthday, Thomas tomorrow. I hope you have a great day. NIce CBGs.
- At 7:11am on December 21, 2009,
Roger Morin said… - Just listened to you audio of the hack job sounds good to me. Sounds a little like an asian type instrument also because of the tin for the bridge, but I like it.
- At 6:11pm on December 18, 2009,
Keni Lee Burgess said… - I love the new icon too. Thanks to you. Enjoy.
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