Darryl Tuttle

Hi Darryl,

The circuits were from Guitar Fuel - http://www.guitarfuel.com/

Hi Darryl, I have made the neck from Tasmanian oak and fitted the fret board, waiting on tuning pegs and fret wire. Ordered cigar box(not a lot of cigar smokers over here!) so will have to wait a while. Will make a box up as a temporary fix till it arrives. Thanks for the friend request.

Hi Darryl thanks for the friend request yes the reds are so gorgeous! Your baby lived a long life! I see your from Anoka I lived there yrs ago. My son Jason was born in Princeton. I also lived in Elk Lake. Small world. Thanks again. Meow^..^

Oh wow back in my hippie days I was in Conn.first then went to Mn. in 68 then left and went back again in 70 then left for good went home to Mi. awhile after Jason  was born.We were way out in the country also.  I bet it looks different for sure! All I know it was colder then Mi. lol  Meow Darryl

Samantha Fish...She is one of only two Artists I have seen that inspired me to build ' Longhorn ',,,her and Paul McCartney when he front Nirvana a short while back!

thank you very much , although im a bit busy at the moment I appreciate you taking the time for me,regards dan

Hey Darry,

Thanks for the friend request. Yeah, great amp for CBG's.

      I saw where someone told you about a fret scale formula. My advice is get a fret scale from Gitty. Actually, if I had known 6 months ago, how many fret boards I would have built by now, the fretting kit would have been a smart move.

Hi Darryl, thanks for the friend request.  I was just about to send you one too.

Hi, thank you for the friend request. I just got some 5" resonator cone from CBGitty, and searching some hardwood for the neck... and I also started to build a CBUku too. So much fun!!

Hi, thanks for the friend request!

Hi Darryl,

The neck is actually scratchbuilt by myself just for this build. However putting your Epiphone neck on something similar is totally do-able since it's basically no different than any other solid body guitar, just gotta route the appropriate neck pocket. Any questions feel free to ask

thank you .

Hey Darryl, 

Eye bolt tuners are simple to install and great for holding tune. I tell people I need to come up with some funny, snappy name that I won't get me in trouble (been calling them redneck floyd rose locking tuners (cause they work about as good at locking in your tuning once the strings have stretched)).  I am just waiting on Floyd Rose to get mad about that though.

The only pain about them, is actually getting the bolts to turn once full string tension is achieved.  You have to use a screw driver, or allen wrench as a pry bar, inside the eye, in order to make your adjustments.  Once you make your adjustments, then make sure your wing nuts are tight and you are good to go.

Let me know if you have any other questions about anything.  Good luck! 

Hi Darry, thanks for adding :-)

Hey Darryl, sorry for the late reply...

This is a recent Lightning McQueen Cars 2 Lunchbox Guitar I made.  It turned out better than the TMNT Guitar, but that was one of my first ones and I was still trying to figure out consistently good fret jobs.
Here's another video to show one with a pickup under the lid and how that sounds.  It's wicked simple to add a single coil pup upside down, under the lid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKyn673ZpKA

Let me know if you have other questions. Good luck!

I tried to comment back on the chat, but once I figured out how to do it you had left.

Hope you got the updated version schematic at the end of my amp build, it has the corrections.

Hi Darryl,

Thanks for checking out the Tiger.

Your lap steel looks pretty awesome!!!

Thanks!

thanks for the comment and friend request!

Thanks Darryl , I watched a lot of videos and did my best

Thanks mate.

Hi..I have recorded with carbon mics.. they can be a bit temperamental but do have a unique sound..The need the sound very close and dont have a wide coverage...so three string may be best or a didley bow..I guess you would need to plant one so the bridge vibrates it like a piezo.. but maybe slightly spaced off? Post a blog on it asking for advice is always a good way They make good harmonica mics.

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/harpmic

Hi Darryl and cheers for the welcome and you're dead right.

Am building a 4 string but am already planning the set, 3,2, and diddley bow. Awsome instruments. After 30 odd years of guitars I suddenly find a whole new world out there. It's brilliant. Cheers again

Cheers for the friend invite and it's gladly accepted. This is my 4th attempt at leaving a message so fingers crossed it works this time. You have some exceptional looking guitars and the torch is an amplifier?  Brilliant.

I'll tell you, I will never get used to the desert.  I am from Northern California, Redwoods and the Pacific coast so even after 10 years, the heat and the dirt will never be my thing.  Plus, it is sunny over 300 days a year and that can drive you crazy is you like dynamics.  Folks that want to live in Ground Hogs Day (Bill Murry) can have it.

I will say however, that there is a certain sensation from the 110+ heat that is unique on the skin.  It is a sensation that I not have felt here and actually like for a minute.

Just joined the Nation so I have yet to connect with a CGB.  Before I get into this I was a collector of cigar boxes because I have always liked them.  Deciding which out to "sacrifice" is a little tough!  The dry heat is never good for wood!

Hi Darryl!

Hi there Darrell ! Thanks for the like! you can hear it  on the Track "Vamp Killer "on the Music box below on this page ! Greeeeettszzz A.D.

ImFineThankYou!  HopeYourTo !  Greeeeettssszz A.D.

Aloha Darryl.  Thank you for the friend invite.  Very nice work!

It goes as well as it can, two weeks after having all of my teeth removed. I've got a CBG kit on its way to me, which I intend to string up backwards since I'm a Southpaw, and tune as a dutar-two strings, plus a third string as a drone note. I'm looking for some easy way to translate regular sheet music into Canjo notation. Too bad there isn't a piece of software out there that does that automatically! I can't chord due to hand damage, so the best I can do is depress one or two or three strings at a time and use a ceramic slide. 

I like the flashlight amp that is very neat!!!

I like the aluminum guitar as well

Here's what Google came up with. I know there's a river Gipping that runs from Stowmarket (where I live) to Ipswich because I used to strim the banks for a living. So I think that's where the IP comes from :)

You are my first friend. I play Blues Harp and write lyrics! I like the flash light amp only does it have 1,000 Lumens (high-tech all over net and TV) ? Just kidding!

Darryl, Thank you. I look forward to learning as much as I can about these cigar box guitars. I have one built Bullethead CBG's. Look forward doin one of my own.

Thanks for the add Darryl! And yes, my studio is basically my ultimate "man cave!" :-) 

Hope all is well, my friend!

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Darryl,  I purchased my first CBG off of EBAY.  While I am basically happy with it, there are problems with it.  It is a 3 string fretted guitar.  I have a very hard time trying to barr any cord.  Also I have yet to be able to develop the slide.  Just never sounds correct.  I believe the strings are too close to the frets for slide.  Also it was built upon a Oliva cigar box which is less than 1.5 inch in depth.  I have a Brick House Cigar Box in my garage that is thicker, rather deeper and plan on making it into a fretless 3 string slide guitar with higher string height.  Not sure when I will start on it, but it is in the planning stage at this time.  I figure why not?

Darryl,  As soon as I started researching CBG, I knew I wanted one.  My first thought was to build one.  As I researched more, I decided to purchase one.  I still very much intend to build one.  First I wanted to see if I could actually play one.  I am learning and am convinced that with practice I will be able to play it.  Probably not as well as I would like to but it is a work in progress.  Justin Johnson was the player that inspired me to learn.

Hi Darryl, Yes I'm ruminating about my first build as I'm writing to you now. I'm pretty sure that the first one will be a CBG Diddlybow for my son and daughter. They both dig the sound of CBGs and they are both small of stature and find six string guitars too difficult to fret, so... a slide diddlybow is just the ticket for them to play the music that is in them. Next build will either be a three string CBG or a shovel guitar. Lots of ideas, lots of enthusiasm, little time. My first exposure to CBGs was a small intimate concert by the amazing Glen Kaiser. Hooked!