My thoughts and opinions as I drink my second PBR with spicy hot V8 juice. PBR and spicy hot V8 juice. Cheap and good. Like CBGs.
I see a decline in the numbers of videos and photos posted on CBN. Is interest decreasing?
I have a shit-load of opinions on this, but right now, I want to hear what you think. What is the state of the CBG world and where is it going?
John
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Good on yer, Woody.
I love what you just said here, Jason. Me too. I will do other things but never quit playing CBGs and maybe never quit building. There is not 'significant' monetary profit in building and selling for most of us. We should build only because we want to.
Don't think so, Unk. Life always throwing things up, sometimes us older guys gotta divert energy elsewhere now and then; being a young pup yourself, you might not understand! (PS loan us $100 ? ). ;)
Yup. Well said.
I have been spending time showing my work at different venues and readying myself for a few shows later in the summer. Preparing for and attending events sure eats into build time! The upside...I have been invited as a vendor to The Pitchfork Festival, a 3 day alt/indie music fest in Chicago (Beck is the headliner) and offered a free booth at a vintage guitar show in August. I will be able to spend the next 2 months building so you will see some stuff from be pretty soon!
Jason, My guitars are built like CBGs but I make custom bodies. They could be considered "art guitars" although they are very playable. Much of what I make involves "found" or recycled/upcycled materials. I have been showing at unusual venues that aren't necessarily music related and was seen by the woman that heads the bazaar at Pitchfork. Hopefully the crowd will still have money to spend after they buy their tickets!
really , i dont think there is a decline in intrerest, ,, just a boost in other areas .. spring is here , people are starting outdoor projects , buying garden tractors, and doing yard work and honey-do lists . and on the other side of the coin , i happen to be so busy filling swamp witch orders , that i am not doing a video demo for each . mostly just for the members here at the moment . its too time consuming when you have 8 or 9 guitars waiting in line .
also , tis fest season , many builders are busy making inventory to take to fests etc .. no time to post a bunch of stuff here .
as for selling on here .and selling online . and recent post and discussions about the dificulty selling , etc etc .. i seem to be the exception to the rule . many of my customers are builders themselves , many of my sales are on cbn ,
i think one would have to look at opinions in answers here as their opinion of (what the answerer can or can't do ,, or has or hasn't done .) . , not what can't be done .
and some may see lack in activity here and think there is a loss of intrerst .. while others are so busy filling that interest that they dont see the lack of activity here , (because they are not on here as much)
sometimes a lack of activity here , means a boost in activity in the workshop.
Yeah, Pick. I think Gitty is busy with sales of parts and selling instruments too.
indeed ;-) and on his way to a fest also ;-)
During the winter months I post daily. But @ summertime it starts to spread out because I'm out playing the instruments more than recording. Lots of people playing, building, buying and selling cbg-style instruments in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Sacramento Valley. My great grandfather did stuff like this... sadly, no recordings :-(
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