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in What way does your type HEADSTOCK effect stringtension, and vibration flow?

How does the Headstock effect your way of playing,look on guitars, string tension, and costumer  loyalty?

does it matter? or does it have no effect what so ever !

Let me now in your comments below…

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Added by A.D.EKER on May 9, 2022 at 2:20am — 13 Comments

Builders History (Know your Builders)

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Added by A.D.EKER on May 4, 2020 at 3:36am — 2 Comments

Strait Headstock versus Angled Headstock

I have been building these fun little stringbuddies for a fjew years now Here at BCB.

But for the first time i had to docter one of my favorit players, cose the Top string tended to run off while in high gear playing, becouse of the strait head i came up whit solution no 1 in the picture on the left. in the middel one ,the headstock is angled so…

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Added by A.D.EKER on February 9, 2019 at 9:55am — 16 Comments

Whats your Holy Grail?

We all have a ultimum ,our own HOLY GRAIL in guitars or CBG's.

To Get.Buy, or Build!

Whats YOURS?

This TERRAPLANE custom from John Dawson Winter III is one of mine , a custom build by this brand today is allmost 10000 dollar a Build, far out of reach for my wallet.

But they are out there the ultimo Slide Guitar ,players like Sonny…

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Added by A.D.EKER on November 26, 2018 at 10:52am — 99 Comments

String Talk !

StringTalk!

Had a intervieuw This afternoon whit Roman ZAJICEK "Rozawood Guitars"Tsjechie.

He is a Master Luthier maybee the Best there is in Europe,from the Old school Builders.

There was a Workshop at The Fellowship of Acoustics near my hometown in Dedemsvaart Holland.

In the intervieuw we talk on topics like strings,Woods,dobro's, that past ,while we where at the workshop in the Vintage & rare guitar store from Rudi Bults The Fellowschip of Acoustics in…

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Added by A.D.EKER on November 4, 2018 at 10:40am — 42 Comments

LACE Pick-Up Matchbox Image change/print

Added by A.D.EKER on June 8, 2018 at 2:50am — 4 Comments

What do you think is the Most Basic Cigar Box Guitar?

What do the Purist say? Just a Box a stick and wire, or thats only looks,it haz to sound like a super monster Killer guitar and look like crap, is there a general consensus on this or as many ideers as players and Builders! Are there Fraction,Left CBG Camps,Right CBG Style groeps? how is The USA Divided in to south style,midlands groove ,swampy build? whe wonder about that here in Europe, You guys live it day to day, tell us about that, are the river people more licence plate orientated, who…

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Added by A.D.EKER on March 5, 2015 at 8:55pm — 22 Comments

SLIDE INVITATION  

SLIDE INVITATION  

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Added by A.D.EKER on August 29, 2013 at 3:00am — 2 Comments

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