Kevin O'Connor's Comments

Ill check the others out Kevin, after watching your bridge videos I spent hours researching different bridges like banjos, cellos, violins, etc. and everything stated was exactly right on with what you had figured out in you experiments. When I finish this guitar in a week or so Ill do a video showing you the bridge Im making......if Im lucky it will turn out half as nice as yours (; I dont know if it will effect the sound very much though because Im using a p 90 pup in this build....so its really running off of magnetic fields than vibrations like a piezo. Either way though it is a fun project, and got a bone bridge to match(;

Thanks again Kevin.

Thanks for the info Kevin. I let you know how it turns out, and I think Im gonna make one with a rosewood top also.

Kevin,

Thank you for doing all that experimenting with the saddles.....I got a lot of re thinking to do now that I see how much the design effects the tone (;

Black on Black....what more could a CBG card carrying Batman want!

thanks for the friendship. Yea, I would like to see the cigar stand when finished. I cannot say I have ever seen one.

thanks Kevin, where you been , hope your not under the weather again!

Hi Kevin!

Thanks for the friendship invite, glad to be your friend... and thanks for your great comments!

Btw,  I like you work! 

Fernando.

Hi Kevin thanks for the friends invite mate :) - glad the Bridge modification  worked out for you - it's all a matter of ellimination - first things i always check are the nut and saddle then everything in between usuall it's just the smallest thing you overlook

anyway i'm always glad to help out if and when i can , thats the best thing about the CBG scene we all help each other out unlike most regular guitar forums that just try and outdo  each other

enjoy your reso mate :)

thanks kev for the comment very kind .

thanks Kevin!!!

I found this guys page Kevin .. it may be of use .?  http://rickmckeon.com/cbglessons.html

Your welcome Kevin . And thanks for the comments

All the best .

Shane .

Kev,

THanks for the Friend request; gladly accepted. I always have something to say because I just can't help myself (my last name is Sprague, which in Old Dutch means "to speak" so I'm genetically wired that way ;-) ). I haven't posted a vid yet because:

1) When I first got into CBGs mid-summer last year while on vacation in the States, I was pretty much busy on an ALaskan cruise and visiting family and friends,

2) Away from my video recorder,

3) And didn't have a CBG built yet.

4) Then we got back from vaction in August, went back to work, kids' school started, baseball started (I'm a Little League ump, and my son plays), my wife and I were doing theatrical stuff (she stage management, and me props and set construction) for two shows that ran almost simultaneously through to the end of the year, I was playing Henry VIII for our Community Chorale Madrigal Dinner, finishing a batch of beer that I'd left resting for 6 months, starting a new vocal band with some friends (I play in a variety of pickup bands from time to time, hence my profile photo), and getting ready to go on vacation to the States for Christmas.

5) I am also finishing up my first 2 CBGs, but had to build the boxes myself, because CBs are really hard to get where I live (Saudi Arabia).

6) Only thing I had time to vid was my kids school band and choir performances.

7) I haven't written any songs for CBG yet,

8) But I got TWO 4-string CBGs as presents for Christmas, and have been wanging away on them almost daily, when I can steal an hour away from shopping / visiting / going out,

9) And have about 8-10 song ideas and riffs,

10) So vids will be forthcoming early in 2012.

OR

Errrr, I haven't had much time?

Glad to make another friend here. I have to say, I'm a little envious of your workshop. I've got to use my kitchen to do my building in, much to the annoyance of my girlfriend.

Thank you for the friend invitation, Kevin.  I gladly accept and look forward to more of your videos.  See Ya!

found a new fearure auto find it found my story rite on i was bummen that much typing hurts fingers i mean my finger

kevin i wrote for 10 minuits forgot to enrer it and watched your vid i LOST IT call 253 858 7625 or ill call you free for me im pissed do call

Thank you Kevin for your kind comment. It is all actually related. Although we are in the key of D (DAD), the finger positions on the fingerboard are all the same for GDG tuning. On CD 1 (Open D) I teach mainly 6 string (DADf#ad), but also some CBG (DAD). So this is directly applicable. CD 2 (DGDgbd), 4 (GDg), 5 (Dgbd), and 6 (ADf# - actually Open D, but tuned from Open G, GDg) do the same thing but in Open G. I have to agree at first it looks like chaos, but there really is a clear pattern linking all this together. Trust me. LOL Enjoy your practice. As always, feel free to ask questions if they arise. Happy Holidays. Enjoy.