Jon Pruett

Welcome aboard, Jon! You will find lots of helpful folks and information here on all things CBG (CBU, CBB, etc.) Feel free to poke around, ask questions, and post your stuff (photos, recordings, videos, etc.).

Most of all, have fun!

Tres.

Thank you Jon for your comments and purchases. Please feel free to write if any musical questions arise as you work through the lessons. I think you will discover that understanding how open tunings function will make playing your homemade instruments approachable and a lot of fun too. Enjoy.
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Haven't had a chance yet to watch the video. Looking forward to it though. How is the amp coming along?

Thank you Jon for your comment. If you are tuned 151 (GDG, AEA, DAD, EBE, etc.) it will work out fine. Enjoy.

Thanks for your comment - I think having discreet fret marks fools any watchers into thinking you are a total pro who doesn't need any help finding the notes!

Thanks Jon. i use a cabinet hinge for the tail piece, i cut the hinge part off, works great.

Hey John, thanks for the comments about SmokeRings. I did not add any bracing inside for the string grommets, just glued them in so they will not slip out. Seem to hold tension just fine, but I guess time will tell!

I am loving that double, wow!

Oh yea, the strings are tied to the neck inside so the grommets really just keep them from digging into the wood.

Thanks for the comment about my build, Jon. I need to get some music on my page eventually...still trying to figure that thing out, but it sounds great. Couldn't be happier. Pretty nice doubleneck you've got there, too. I love the aluminum channels and the overall look. Nicely done.

Thanks for your interest im my work, the piece across isn't for sound.
Most of the resonators I build get the hand rest for looks and so you do play to close to the bridge piece, it gives a good place to play where the sound is best.
Thanks,
Ben

Thanks. Really liking your work. The double is just way cool.

Hi Jon, thanks for your comment!
For the reso cone, i used a " fire detection " part.
I work in a company of electricity, i found it, i tried, it's great.

See you at Archie's?

Hey Jon, Happy Birthday and many more.

howdy jon,i stopped by to answer your question about the neck on the nefta cigar box banjo.it was one piece that was about 3 inches wide so the neck and headstock are all one piece but the headstock was not thick enough for the tuners to go through correctly--to remedy this i added a plate of same wood 1/4 in. thick to the back of the headstock..i cut that volute shape before i glued the plate to the back of the headstock--left the rest of the plate oversize, then trimmed it down after glue was dry with a coping saw.thanks for your comments jon.

Thanks, I'm looking forward to starting the next one.
your photos look great love the fork.

Jon, even better fret saw is the Japanese Flush Cut Saw from Harbor Freight. $9 online (2/4/11) and may be cheaper in store. The kerf is .001" less than the fret tang. One bad-mother-finger saw. I swear by it.

 

-WY

Hey Jon - thanks for the comments re the Porter-Cable bench planer.... I'll surely let you know what results I get once I get going on it. And I'll take your suggestions on the wood guides on the feeder and the rear output guides.

Re the GOF boxes - they sound great as CBGs, but the wood is a little soft and they are easy to damage, in my humble opinion.... They look as sharp as can be but they can be a pain to work with! I have a stock of those boxes, but only have a few more of the larger ones that make better CBGs.... the smaller ones might work for a uke or something, but I wouldn't make a regular cbg out of them. I had to put a lot of internal supports/braces in those boxes just for some added heft. I think that they make good solid-body cbgs with a single-coil or humbucker in them, but not great with piezo.... They show up on ebay from time-to-time. Keep your eye out for them!

He he. Yeah, I like Fedora mostly but I have done Mint. I'm more the Red Hat-ish type. Done a lot with RH/FC/CentOS throughout the years. The company I'm with now (Raritan) makes KVMs, Rack PDUs, network appliances and they are all Linux based.

 

-WY

THanks for your encouraging comments Jon! You have great stuff too! I wanted to work with acrylics but have'nt gotten around to it yet, its cool too see it work

Hi, thanks a lot for your comment on my video : -)

THANKS for listening! Now you've got me curious about your wet plate camera project. Keep me posted.

WOW! Sounds neat! I also see that you have built yourself a neat looking doubleneck cbg. Tunage and/or vid?

Hi Jon

I just put those photos up for you. They're in an album on my page called "The inside Job"

hope they're of some help.

Hi John,
Yes, please pass my info along.
The website is www(dot)scrapwerks(dot)ca or email to rich@scrapwerks(dot)ca.

cheers!
Rich

Thanks for the info on the Welding tip cleaners Jon...all the best

thanks jon,i just solid blocked it then bandsawed it out .