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FattyCigarBox commented on Jon Pruett's photo

CBG 10 - Bolivar 6 String

"Very cool."

Dec 11, 2012

Jon Pruett commented on Jon Pruett's photo

CBG 10 - Bolivar 6 String

"Also, the neck extends all the way to the opposite end of the box to support the side where the tail piece is screwed in to handle the string tension."

Dec 11, 2012

Jon Pruett commented on Jon Pruett's photo

CBG 10 - Bolivar 6 String

"Thanks! This one is glued along the bottom of the box with a 1/4" or so gap between the neck and the top lid so it has some room to move with the strings."

Dec 11, 2012

FattyCigarBox commented on Jon Pruett's photo

CBG 10 - Bolivar 6 String

"I'm brand new and stupid... how do you mount the neck? Thanks... looks great!"

Dec 10, 2012

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Double Neck

Oct 22, 2012

Jon Pruett commented on Jon Pruett's video

Electric Cigar Box Baritone Ukulele

"Thanks Sammy! I think I have about 16-20 hours into this one - maybe a little more. I had some troubles with the epoxy resin and had to drill it out and redo it three times before I got to a happy place. :)"

May 15, 2012

Sammy Lloyd commented on Jon Pruett's video

Electric Cigar Box Baritone Ukulele

"Great work mate, I'm gonna have a baritone one day. How long did it take you to make it? cheers Sammy"

May 15, 2012

Jon Pruett commented on Jon Pruett's photo

CBB1 - Westminster 4 String Bass

"It's got a great tone actually - I'll get a demo recorded this weekend. It does have some ability with the separate volume controls to brighten things up with more neck pickup or go for a darker tone at the bridge too. I don't…"

May 10, 2012

Jon Pruett commented on Jon Pruett's photo

CBB1 - Westminster 4 String Bass

"Yep - they will be going into the next one - already have the box picked out. :)"

May 10, 2012

Jeremiah Cornelius commented on Jon Pruett's photo

CBB1 - Westminster 4 String Bass

"Now! THAT is interesting P-bass pickup placement. I'm intrigued. How'd it work for you?"

May 10, 2012

Jeremiah Cornelius commented on Jon Pruett's photo

CBB1 - Westminster 4 String Bass

"I love it. What a fantastic box, too!"

May 10, 2012

Jeremiah Cornelius commented on Jon Pruett's photo

CBB1 - Westminster 4 String Bass

"Would have been sweet to see a J-bass set up, tho'."

May 10, 2012

Jon Pruett commented on Ben's group DC/MD/VA Pickers

"If you email it to me I can figure out a way to host it for everyone's access - thanks! "

May 7, 2012

Jon Pruett commented on Ben's group DC/MD/VA Pickers

"Loud screaming guitar in a short video warning.... http://youtu.be/DrejXQHKFBo - I hope other folks have better video footage :)"

May 6, 2012

Jon Pruett commented on Ben's group DC/MD/VA Pickers

"PS - it's the files with the ZOOM prefix in there."

May 6, 2012

Jon Pruett commented on Ben's group DC/MD/VA Pickers

"I've uploaded all the raw audio recording to a shared DropBox account here - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wlmypo3gzxoilal/1S26_jLv1V It would be great if people with more experience editing audio could slice up some of these great jams!"

May 6, 2012

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At 8:37pm on February 6, 2012, neanderpaul said…: :)

At 7:30pm on October 17, 2011, John Wilson said…: Hey I just got your message about the Stella amp, I know what's wrong and I'll fix it when I get home. In the meantime let me know if this works:

Go to http://www.crazybutable.com/user/register and create yourself a new account. THEN try checking out.

Thanks for your patience!

At 6:17pm on October 3, 2011, Joker said…: Welcome to the CBG podcast group Jon! Hope you like what you hear. Tell your friends and thanks for listening.

At 9:38pm on September 29, 2011, darren brown said…: thanks jon,i just solid blocked it then bandsawed it out .

At 7:13am on July 4, 2011, ANDOMANDO,,also known as ANDY said…: Thanks for the info on the Welding tip cleaners Jon...all the best

At 12:09pm on July 2, 2011, ANDOMANDO,,also known as ANDY said…: Where in the STATES do you get your ;welding tip cleaners;..as i sent a set over to America from the UK for one of our CBG friends.

At 9:37am on June 23, 2011, rich poulin said…: Hi John,
Yes, please pass my info along.
The website is www(dot)scrapwerks(dot)ca or email to rich@scrapwerks(dot)ca.

cheers!
Rich

At 3:23am on April 9, 2011, Jim Junksville Sharkey said…: Hi Jon

I just put those photos up for you. They're in an album on my page called "The inside Job"

hope they're of some help.