i fretted it that way cos i only had a bit of fret wire and was gonna have a high action to play slide on ,but when i put acostic strings on it it sounded completely different and was bwtter with a medium action . the strings on the video are bajo guitar strings now it has medium acoustic strings on it ,the guitar spaced frets 123,5,7,12 are for a 22.5 scale length,just been antiqueing that baby now used gravy browning and it looks oooooollllllllddddddd
1st thank you very much, that does mean alot. The cigarbox is a Jamaican rounds box. I wish I could find more, but so far thats the only one I`ve found.
I only really play for fun, so I don't think I'll be making a CD. However, when you get your deuce, I'll show you how to play them yourself - that'll be way better. Take care mate.
Sorry Roger , I missed your question about the scale. It's 24.5 inches from nut to saddle (I copied that from my other guitars.) The only real mistake I made was using a fret calculator to mark where the frets should be - I think next time I'll fit the strings and then find where the notes should be using a tuner because one or two of the frets are not quite in the right place.
Thanks again Roger. I just use D and A (the A string being a G tuned up a tone.) It's really simple to play and you can play just about anything with a slide. I've been playing guitar for a few years but I just can't stop playing this one.
Thanks for the comment Roger. You're right - you can do a lot with two strings. For example. whilst making the guitar, they almost severed a finger and had an eye out !
So glad to have you back Roger and we'll be praying about your decision. =) Glad you are making good acquaintances at ur new place. May God continue to bless and guide you. =)
Thank you for the comment and checking out my youtube page. Yea it was sad, it was a rather disturbing image seeing so many bibles in a garbage can.
-CGC
those tinyguitars look and sound great!!..and an AMAZING price!!...wish I lived in the US, postage, tax etc to the UK would almost double the price : -/ Hope you get on ok with it, would like to see a video of you playing it when you get it : -)...what I was playing was very simple...and slow!!
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Thanks again Roger.
I only really play for fun, so I don't think I'll be making a CD. However, when you get your deuce, I'll show you how to play them yourself - that'll be way better. Take care mate.
-CGC
cbg has two more coming soon...
Thanks Shane
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