October 2016 Blog Posts (5)

Quick bridges

Spend an afternoon making these bridges,better than using a bolt

1.The day before glue up a sandwich.These are 1/8" thick and 40mm. wide for 20mm. high bridges.The filling is 6mm. narrower

2.Mark out as shown

3.Using a 16mm. brad…

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Added by Michael Fred Johnson on October 22, 2016 at 1:04am — 5 Comments

z Mragowa

Hejka, bywa tu ktoś z Polski? Pozdro

Added by Marek Dłużniewski on October 18, 2016 at 6:33pm — 2 Comments

Tea Chest Bass

Ok, it's not exactly a tea chest bass, but it'a similar. Part CBG, part Cajon, part... crap from my garage. 

Since I don't come across legitimate tea chests much (ever), I decided to take some leftovers from cajon building and make something a little more portable. Figured it would round out the bottom end of the collection too!

Box is nothing special. Roughly 8x12x18, 1/2" ply. Bottom is 1/4" ply. Top is 1/8" luan. Works great on my CBGs and cajons, so decided to give it a…

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Added by Hal Robertson on October 15, 2016 at 6:09pm — 2 Comments

fretfind2d

I am working on building an Épinette des Vosges.

It would seem that it is not possible to save or print a .pdf file from the fretfind2d calculator on an Android phone.

If someone with a computer can go to the fretfind2d site and enter the following information, and E-mail me the .pdf file in multiple pages so I can use it for a template, I would be most obliged!

Monterey

belleview17@gmail.com



Units: inches

Scale length: 17

String width at the nut:… Continue

Added by Monterey on October 15, 2016 at 1:39pm — 1 Comment

Pilgrimage to Bremen

Autumn, and time for me to make the annual pilgrimage to Bremen to attend the Van Thom Weekender, accompanied by my travelling companion of old, Hollowbelly. It's an  extravganza of alternative music organised by Andreas Reidel, aka DJ Tourette van Thom, and a great opportunity to catch up with old friends that we've made over the years. It was also a stepping stone for us going on to the 1st German cigar box guitar festival the following weekend.

It starts with…

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Added by ChickenboneJohn on October 11, 2016 at 5:39am — No Comments

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