Comments - I Quit My Day Job for Music - Cigar Box Nation2024-03-28T12:00:34Zhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2592684%3ABlogPost%3A2071837&xn_auth=noThanks Joe. I'm 26 days in a…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2014-08-26:2592684:Comment:20899882014-08-26T16:36:12.056ZBad Finger (Eric)https://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/ED379
<p>Thanks Joe. I'm 26 days in and with all the "work" I've been doing, I can't see how I ever found time to work.</p>
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<p>Well, we did take an 11 day road trip ending at the PA CBG Fest where I played a 30 minute set on the inside stage. My first time ever performing for a sitting audience. Was rough, but fun.</p>
<p>Thanks Joe. I'm 26 days in and with all the "work" I've been doing, I can't see how I ever found time to work.</p>
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<p>Well, we did take an 11 day road trip ending at the PA CBG Fest where I played a 30 minute set on the inside stage. My first time ever performing for a sitting audience. Was rough, but fun.</p> Eric, I just got to your post…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2014-08-26:2592684:Comment:20896822014-08-26T16:25:17.122ZJoe Carusohttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/JoeCaruso
<p>Eric, I just got to your post. Congrats on making the decision to move on. Many times, it's easier to do nothing and stay put. You had the courage to do something. Enjoy the sabbatical, man. And as a bonus, I'm told music staves off Alzheimer's so we're all gonna benefit from that ;-)</p>
<p>Eric, I just got to your post. Congrats on making the decision to move on. Many times, it's easier to do nothing and stay put. You had the courage to do something. Enjoy the sabbatical, man. And as a bonus, I'm told music staves off Alzheimer's so we're all gonna benefit from that ;-)</p> tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2014-08-26:2592684:Comment:20893742014-08-26T11:58:46.424ZBad Finger (Eric)https://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/ED379
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<p>Thanks for the comments guys. There is something that "brings you back to home" when playing a guitar made from nothing.</p>
<p>The mandolin is going back on the bench this week and next for technical refinements. I really have pushed the limit of my twisted headstock both in angle and number of strings. I likely can't use my zero bone design on this one.</p>
<p>The upright bass is coming along very nicely. The fingerboard is rough tapered and almost ready to glue onto the neck.</p>
<p>Thanks for the comments guys. There is something that "brings you back to home" when playing a guitar made from nothing.</p>
<p>The mandolin is going back on the bench this week and next for technical refinements. I really have pushed the limit of my twisted headstock both in angle and number of strings. I likely can't use my zero bone design on this one.</p>
<p>The upright bass is coming along very nicely. The fingerboard is rough tapered and almost ready to glue onto the neck.</p> The crossover strings are swe…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2014-08-26:2592684:Comment:20891732014-08-26T00:10:40.745Zturtleheadhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/turtlehead
<p>The crossover strings are sweet. Good luck Eric. Seems like CBGs have a way of putting things in perspective, whether you are down on your luck or just need a break to recharge the batteries for a while. </p>
<p>The crossover strings are sweet. Good luck Eric. Seems like CBGs have a way of putting things in perspective, whether you are down on your luck or just need a break to recharge the batteries for a while. </p> I had to give up my day job…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2014-08-16:2592684:Comment:20803772014-08-16T06:58:21.477ZSlowpaw Steve Thttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/SteveTrowbridge
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I had to give up my day job this month but not for music - but to look after my mother in her final years, it's pretty tough but in the future I hope I look back and think it was the right thing to do...</p>
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I had to give up my day job this month but not for music - but to look after my mother in her final years, it's pretty tough but in the future I hope I look back and think it was the right thing to do...</p>
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<p></p> Just did 4 of the 8 strings t…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2014-08-07:2592684:Comment:20724852014-08-07T15:59:56.707ZBad Finger (Eric)https://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/ED379
<p>Just did 4 of the 8 strings to try it out, but I think this crossover idea is going to work out just fine even without trees on the high side.</p>
<p>I have to fix a couple scratches I made when filing down the zero bone to get the action I wanted and then fill 4 drill holes I made for string tree attempts done earlier, but it sounds great and the intonation is spot on.</p>
<p>I think I'm going to have to make a new zero bone since I cut the slot too close to the edge on the bass side.…</p>
<p>Just did 4 of the 8 strings to try it out, but I think this crossover idea is going to work out just fine even without trees on the high side.</p>
<p>I have to fix a couple scratches I made when filing down the zero bone to get the action I wanted and then fill 4 drill holes I made for string tree attempts done earlier, but it sounds great and the intonation is spot on.</p>
<p>I think I'm going to have to make a new zero bone since I cut the slot too close to the edge on the bass side. I might have enough room to slide it sideways just enough.</p>
<p>Thanks to Ron for the great idea!</p>
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<p>Thanks Uncle John. It already feels good to be out of the pressure cooker. I started working "real" jobs when I was 19 and kept a full time college course load while putting in 45-60 hours a week as a technician in a factory making ceramic catalytic converter substrates. The intensity just went up from there. I did a 4 year stretch of flying over 100,000 miles per year. The last 8 years doing the start-up thing was the most difficult - especially because my wife was putting in the same…</p>
<p>Thanks Uncle John. It already feels good to be out of the pressure cooker. I started working "real" jobs when I was 19 and kept a full time college course load while putting in 45-60 hours a week as a technician in a factory making ceramic catalytic converter substrates. The intensity just went up from there. I did a 4 year stretch of flying over 100,000 miles per year. The last 8 years doing the start-up thing was the most difficult - especially because my wife was putting in the same or more hours right alongside me.</p>
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<p>Now the pressure is far reduced and the quality time with the wife and kids is on the upturn. Next order of business is going out to the shop to work on that mandolin using Oily's ideas for stringing and I have another guitar idea that I hope screams.</p> Yup, what Glenn said and to t…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2014-08-07:2592684:Comment:20727022014-08-07T11:45:37.309ZUncle Johnhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/JohnBolton
<p>Yup, what Glenn said and to the way you responded. Best wishes and a prayer, my friend.</p>
<p>I had to quit doing my old job in 2008 for similar reasons. I'm healthier and happier for doing it. And not much poorer. God bless and enjoy the time, family and music.</p>
<p>Yup, what Glenn said and to the way you responded. Best wishes and a prayer, my friend.</p>
<p>I had to quit doing my old job in 2008 for similar reasons. I'm healthier and happier for doing it. And not much poorer. God bless and enjoy the time, family and music.</p> You nailed it Glenn. I didn't…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2014-08-07:2592684:Comment:20726942014-08-07T10:46:32.107ZBad Finger (Eric)https://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/ED379
You nailed it Glenn. I didn't mention that my wife and I worked together so we are both off and very happy to have the time with our girls.<br />
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I'm liking forward to a year off making and playing guitars, some college courses, developing some new recipes as home chef and other creative interests.<br />
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Life is good with a CBG. . . or twenty.
You nailed it Glenn. I didn't mention that my wife and I worked together so we are both off and very happy to have the time with our girls.<br />
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I'm liking forward to a year off making and playing guitars, some college courses, developing some new recipes as home chef and other creative interests.<br />
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Life is good with a CBG. . . or twenty.