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Permalink Reply by Old Man Vinegar on November 20, 2012 at 2:21am

Slow paw, I think you hit on something that strikes a chord with me. I love music and have always wanted to just sit down and play. Took guitar lessons for several years. Spent hours in shops drooling over expensive guitars that I thought would make me able to play. I never could. Out of all those lessons as a kid , I remembered G C D & F . With no idea what to do with them. Four years ago I stumbled across a video on the Internet of someone playing a CBG . I didn't think I would be able to play one but I damn sure thought I could build one. Sat on the thought of building one until this past August. I built the first one as a retirement gift for a friend, and so began the addiction :-) I am now up to # 13 . I have learned more about music on this 35 dollar CBG in three months , than in three years of expensive lessons. I believe there in lies the threat. Less expensive, easier to play and sounds great .
Old Man Vinegar
This site and all the how to videos are a huge help also

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Permalink Reply by jabes on November 20, 2012 at 2:56am

i  can see how music shops here in uk make a living, there must be 1000s of guitars behind sofas, ender beds etc that never get played and probably never will 'cos someone bought an expensive model over a budget guitar.i can remember a friend in the 60s getting turned down by a band because he was playing a guitar from Woolworths (yes a Teisco) even tho' he was a better player the the strat  boy.. shear snobbery

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Permalink Reply by Bad Finger (Eric) on November 20, 2012 at 3:20am

FEA. And I'm not spreaking of enginering.......

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Permalink Reply by Bluesheart on November 20, 2012 at 6:58am

Not me, I took one of mine to a music store and a young guy working there picked it up, plugged it into and amp and just played the hell out of it! I almost just gave it to him cause I don't think it wanted to come home with me anymore after that! But I finally made it get back in the car and go home!
I guess it just depends on who you come into contact with.

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Permalink Reply by Old Man Vinegar on November 20, 2012 at 7:13am

One of the first ones that I sold, I did not want to sell it. I had intended on keeping for myself. The guy had already bought one but said he wanted the other for his son. So, reluctantly I let it go. 30 minutes later he calls me on the phone and says listen to this. Music was on the other end, so I said yea , what web site you on? He said, Jeff that is Austin my son :-) this kid was layin' down on something I made ! That was the flipping coolest thing ever to me. Anyway like you said Bluesheart, just depends on who you come in contact with.
Old Man Vinegar :-)

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Permalink Reply by Order99 on November 20, 2012 at 11:41pm

I honestly haven't gotten a cold shoulder at any of the music stores I frequent-so far anyway. In fact one local Redphish will hook up my build into an amp (if i've electrified it) and test it out for tone, tune and comfort-even offered me a few cardboard ukulele and guitar boxes. They know i'm not after their clientele(apples/oranges) and that I order fretwire, tuning machines and strings through them as a regular. In fact my local store let's me go through their 'spare parts' box periodicly and gives me a lowball deal on them.

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Permalink Reply by Keni Lee Burgess on November 21, 2012 at 5:36am

"You know, like , yea that is really nice but it is not a real instrument." LOL

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Permalink Reply by BUGGY (C) on November 21, 2012 at 5:41am

Maybe we should video me taking in my toilet seat resonator
And ask what strings they would recommend?
Or my flying teapot ?
To see what they say?

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Permalink Reply by RTZGUITARS on November 22, 2012 at 7:43am

The old CBG cold shoulder. I have taken my CBG's into 4 independent music store, they like to talk about them but when you bring them in they think your tring to sale them instant cold shoulder. They accept the 6 strings much more then a 3 string, bug your right they don't get it. 

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Permalink Reply by Clarky on November 22, 2012 at 11:38pm

I've never got on with music shops in general so I'm not surprised at what happened to you.  There's a snobby attitude in music shops that I've always hated and they make me feel uneasy.  I've got a fair collection of 6 string guitars which cost me a lot, but none of them have given me as much of a buzz as building and playing my own little piece of shit CBG.

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Permalink Reply by BUGGY (C) on November 23, 2012 at 12:04am

Ones still got my parlour in for resto 2 year on and
Still waiting!!!
Maybe it's time to pull it out?

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Permalink Reply by Berengario Tetaflor on November 23, 2012 at 5:24am

100% agree with Uncle Gus and Slowpaw Steve. I sometimes get that cold shoulder even from "civilians", I mean not music store guys. They got their minds so haunted by brands and trends that they cannot get the idea of making music with an instrument they haven't seen on TV.

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