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Vick Griffin
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Building a CBG resonator
Started this discussion. Last reply by Rand Moore Nov 1, 2012. 11 Replies 0 Likes
Hi folks,Found a nice box, then purchased a cone and cover from Republic. Hoping to build this over the holidays when work isn't such a grind. Now all I need's a ring for the cone - how do I…Continue
Boxes for license plate resonator gits
Started this discussion. Last reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague Jun 3, 2012. 4 Replies 0 Likes
I really enjoyed building my first license plate reso and would like to build some more. Have had some interest from locals wanting to buy one. The right box size is damn hard to find though. I…Continue
Location for single coil pup
Started this discussion. Last reply by Vick Griffin Dec 23, 2011. 14 Replies 0 Likes
Doing some early design work for my license plate CBG and I was wondering about pup placement. It's going to be an electric with a single coil pup. Just wondering about where I'm going to cut in my…Continue
One CBG in Low Open G, second in ?
Started this discussion. Last reply by chris koh Nov 30, 2011. 13 Replies 0 Likes
Hey folks, new to the whole CBG thing but I just recently built a couple. One is tuned to Low Open G (GDG) and I thought I'd tune the second to something different just to mix it up. Any…Continue
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Vick Griffin commented on Tom's photo
hubcap one
"Tom - what did you use for the bottom of the git? I've got a set of vintage VW caps and I've been trying to find an old wooden bowl with a flat bottom to use but not luck so far..."
Vick Griffin replied to Lee Smith's discussion Exponential price increases in the past 5 years??? in the group Teisco Lovers group."Holy Sh!t. Gorgeous."
Vick Griffin commented on the anonymous pick's group Teisco Lovers group."Awesome. I'd love to find one of those SS4L's."
Vick Griffin commented on the anonymous pick's group Teisco Lovers group."Yeah I'd love one of those also - too rich for my blood. Guess I'll have to be happy with my Tulip and my EP8-T..."
Vick Griffin joined BeetleJuice!'s group
Oil Can Guitars
I was looking for a place to post some of my oil can guitar photos, I have about 40 or 50 really nice ones I have found over the years on the net. I don't see a group and since I enjoy organizing and collecting photos, I will start this group here.
Vick Griffin joined Diane in Chicago's group
Can Jo Consortium
The simplest little resonator instrument of all. Please add links to plans, photos of your canjos and ideas you've found that make the most of this diminutive instrument.(The image is a temporary placeholder, I'll replace it any day now!)See More
Thomas Petry replied to Vick Griffin's discussion Building a CBG resonator"Or you can just draw the thing inside the radius you need and measure the parts."
Rand Moore replied to Vick Griffin's discussion Building a CBG resonator"That leaves one question: How long should each side of our dodecagon be?
To solve this problem, let's focus on the Isosceles triangle that makes up one piece of our dodecadon pie. What we know are the angles of our Isosceles triangle: 30, 75,…"
Rand Moore replied to Vick Griffin's discussion Building a CBG resonator"Hi Vick,
As for building a simple ring, you could build a dodecagon (12 sided regular polygon) as shown in the following diagram:
This info and diagram I put together with the idea of building a roundish banjo frame, but if you use say 0.5cm by 2cm…"
Rand Moore replied to Vick Griffin's discussion Building a CBG resonator"Here's another good photo of how you could build a shallow well to hold your cone. This photo is by ChickenboneJohn:
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- At 4:25pm on December 8, 2011,
darren brown said… thanks for the comment
- At 8:00am on November 12, 2011,
Keni Lee Burgess said… Thank you Vick for joining my group. Feel free to add to the discussions or ask questions. Please check out my instructional video CDs:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/njmikeb/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686
Enjoy your practice, Keni Lee
- At 9:25pm on August 23, 2011,
Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates said… Greets from an old Wilmington Resident!
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