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Permalink Reply by jim burby on August 24, 2009 at 3:10pm

wow..thanks for the link. thats some great reference. im gonna have a lot to watch for the next couple days.thanks for the welcoming and little info on bills video.

tinyguitars said:

Jim, welcome aboard and congrats on the video. Bill's vid is what got me started and I've been eeking out a living building instruments for over a year now! The video is very well done and Bill is an excellant teacher and breaks things down in very simple terms and sections and often makes you think, "why didn't I think of that!?!?!" You will enjoy the video as well as all the resources here on the nation. Please check out the videos by Jim Farris on veoh.com as well! Most of all, may God bless you!
jay

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Permalink Reply by Paul Doug on August 24, 2009 at 3:17pm

Hey, welcome! I also got started by using Bill video and I recommend it to every newcomer I can. He makes it all so easy looking and really answered a lot of questions for me. I probably watched it 6 times before I actually started my first guitar. Keep the first one very basic and simple and see what a thrill it is when you string it up and it actually sounds like a guitar. Your are going to love it.

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Permalink Reply by jim burby on August 24, 2009 at 3:26pm

im so looking forward to that moment. ive played guitar for 25 or so years and have never thought i could make my own. i never really gave much thought either to the fact you dont need 6 strings. i have been watching various videos of players using everything from 1 to 6 strings. it blows my mind as to what these great musicians can do with so little.to build your own guitar creates personal style. which many 6 stringers seek their entire playing careers and never find. but these guys not only find it.. they find it in 60 dollar homemade instruments and not 2000 dollar store bought egos.

Paul Doug said:

Hey, welcome! I also got started by using Bill video and I recommend it to every newcomer I can. He makes it all so easy looking and really answered a lot of questions for me. I probably watched it 6 times before I actually started my first guitar. Keep the first one very basic and simple and see what a thrill it is when you string it up and it actually sounds like a guitar. Your are going to love it.

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Permalink Reply by Mortimer Snerd on August 24, 2009 at 5:14pm

Welcome Jim, and beware, your friends will call you a traitor now. They will up turn their noses and poo poo your new hobby,, until they hear you play it.

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Permalink Reply by Roosterman on August 25, 2009 at 12:30am

Welcome aboard captain - I think you'll like it here!

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Permalink Reply by jim burby on August 25, 2009 at 4:26am

thats a pretty cool site youve got there man. i like it.

tinyguitars said:

What a great quote!! Hey somebody, can we use this as our new theme song or something? Heheehehee! Very well put Jim and again, welcome aboard! :) Oh, and why not a shameless plug to my personal website? tinyguitars =D

jim burby said:

but these guys not only find it.. they find it in 60 dollar homemade instruments and not 2000 (dollar) store bought egos.

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Permalink Reply by jim burby on August 25, 2009 at 4:29am

yeah till they hear me play it and check their wallets after they leave the music shop. i dont mind if they laugh or whatever. i think these are the sweetest looking and sounding instruments around. im glad i got the new issue of premier guitar. thats where i found out about all this.

Mortimer Snerd said:

Welcome Jim, and beware, your friends will call you a traitor now. They will up turn their noses and poo poo your new hobby,, until they hear you play it.

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Permalink Reply by jim burby on August 25, 2009 at 4:29am

thanks man.. im sure i will.

Randy Rooster (Ben) said:

Welcome aboard captain - I think you'll like it here!

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Permalink Reply by FatDog on August 25, 2009 at 6:02am

I suffer (ed) from G.A.S (Gear Adquisition Syndrome). I have 5 guitars and the constant need to have more guitars, more gadgets, etc.

There are no banjos where I live, and one day I was listening to some bluegrass Metallica tribute. And decided I wanted a banjo. I'm dirt poor, and cannot afford the price of buying one overseas.

So I decided to build myself one to ease the GAS pain, and do some "Zen" handcrafts to also relieve some of the weekly stress.
Lurking the WWW I came here. The minute I stepped in, I knew I was saved.

Now my GAS is cured. Now I know I can have a new guitar or stringed instrument every couple of months if I want. And they are going to cost me next to nothing.

I also have found a new creativity outburst. I'm always wanting to play the "junkitar", I actually play it more than any of my other guitars at home.
I'm writting new stuff, learning slide, bluegrass, etc..

I've been saved.

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Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on August 25, 2009 at 6:26am

If you want a nice twangy banjo, you might consider something like this. Simple paint can lid reso with three strings... add one or two more string and thar's that banjo you always wanted... good luck the best, Wichita Sam FatDog said:

I suffer (ed) from G.A.S (Gear Adquisition Syndrome). I have 5 guitars and the constant need to have more guitars, more gadgets, etc.


There are no banjos where I live, and one day I was listening to some bluegrass Metallica tribute. And decided I wanted a banjo. I'm dirt poor, and cannot afford the price of buying one overseas.

So I decided to build myself one to ease the GAS pain, and do some "Zen" handcrafts to also relieve some of the weekly stress.
Lurking the WWW I came here. The minute I stepped in, I knew I was saved.

Now my GAS is cured. Now I know I can have a new guitar or stringed instrument every couple of months if I want. And they are going to cost me next to nothing.

I also have found a new creativity outburst. I'm always wanting to play the "junkitar", I actually play it more than any of my other guitars at home.
I'm writting new stuff, learning slide, bluegrass, etc..

I've been saved.

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