Mike Willmouth

Male

Miller, MO

United States

Profile Information:

How did you learn about Cigar Box Nation?
Internet
How many instruments have you built so far?
29
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Fun to build and play

Comment Wall:

  • Tres Seaver

    Welcome aboard, Mike! 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.

    Nov 19, 2009

  • bemuzic

    like your 3 string blues : -)

    Jan 10, 2010

  • Roger Martin

    I love this build Mike.Where did you get BLUE buttons?

    Apr 27, 2010

  • Keni Lee Burgess

    Thank you Mike for your comment. You are going to laugh. I only use a little Canon Power Shot SD300 camera with a built in mic. The real magic is the video software. Pinnacle. John McNair gave it to me as a gift. It has a sound leveler and reverb. This is much better than my first software, Windows movie maker. Enjoy.

    May 2, 2010

  • Keni Lee Burgess

    Thank you Mike for your comment. I like the yellow CBG with the blue soundports. It looks like it is ready to take along for a day at the beach. Enjoy.

    May 6, 2010

  • darren brown

    thanks mike ,like your guitars nice work

    May 9, 2010

  • darren brown

    thanks agin mike to kind

    May 22, 2010

  • bemuzic

    thanks for the video comment : -)

    Jun 14, 2010

  • darren brown

    thanks agin mike ,hows things going for ya?

    Jun 20, 2010

  • Laurie Lee Campbell

    thanks Mike for your lovely comment and joining for a listen:-)
    Laurie

    Jul 4, 2010

  • Laurie Lee Campbell

    Awesome builds, Mike....! the use of color, love it and the striped/grained woods....love wood grains! did you add orig art to the butterfly CBG? ..oneday I will find the time to pick up the pieces I have lined up and give it a go.....:-)

    Jul 4, 2010

  • chris ekelman

    Happy birthday Mike. Hope it's a good one.

    Jul 7, 2010

  • HENRY LOWMAN

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

    Jul 7, 2010

  • John Drake

    Thanks Mike, When you add a comment you will notice the icons across the top of the box. Second from the right is the camera icon for adding a photograph. The last one on the right is for adding a file. You can load a pdf file here. Give it a go and see if it works. I was after the combined info to post to someone else on the nation and have done that so getting yours is not critical. Thanks John D

    Jul 8, 2010

  • Laurie Lee Campbell

    thanks Mike for the rundown....I love art just as much as wood, so I'm please seeing both types of boxes....color, use of it, it super........I THINK I've seen lacewood---there are local woodworkers who set up displays at the library, I always oooo and ahhhh of the woods! ....lovely........my Dad a lumbertrader, and my g'pa in lumber sales in the 30s here in Ca,,,,so i grew up loving wood.

    Jul 8, 2010

  • bemuzic

    Hi, thanks for the video comment : -)
    To mount the camera, I just got some foam to protect both the headstock and the camera...also stopped it slipping. Then I wound two straps around it...made of elastic and velcro. After stuffing a few more bits of foam here and there and a few more swear words I got it just where I wanted it......a little tip if you're going to try it - check you camera battery is charged up BEFORE you fix it to the camera!!!!!

    Jul 8, 2010

  • Keni Lee Burgess

    Thank you Mike for your comment. Playing on the street while on vacation brings in that extra money that helps to make my stay even better. Lobster and top shelf booze! Even on the platforms of NYC, I have never been heckled. Most people are very friendly, generous, and mostly interested in the sound of the CBG. Many ask if it is amplified electrically. Enjoy.

    Jul 14, 2010

  • Keni Lee Burgess

    Thank you Mike for your comment. Enjoy.

    Jul 16, 2010

  • Shelley

    Hi Mike!
    Thanks for stopping by. Keesler in Biloxi. I was born in the Keesler hospital. And yes it is some kind of hot down there. Last week or so they had a heat wave that sent the temperature up above the 100. Have you ever seen that movie 'Biloxi Blues'? Mathew Brodericks character is goin', 'Damn it's hot down here, even tarzan couldn't stand this kind of hot!'
    But, yes...the Food is good and the folks are great fun! Looking forward to visiting my folks soon.

    Aug 15, 2010

  • darren brown

    hey thanks mike for the comment ,your cbg,s are looking great

    Aug 29, 2010

  • HENRY LOWMAN

    Welcome to the Goth! :-)

    Sep 12, 2010

  • darren brown

    thanks mike that tune was right off the top lol

    Oct 9, 2010

  • Keni Lee Burgess

    Thank you Mike for your comment. Enjoy.

    Nov 8, 2010

  • FUMIKAZU TAJIKA

    Hi,
    Thank you for your listening to our music and the comment.
    Best Regards,
    Tj

    Mar 26, 2011

  • Uncle John

    Thanks on the sound comparison, Mike.  The owl is my favorite.  The reso is nice and the reso somehow sounds so SMOOTH plugged in.  

     

    Good to peruse your photos again.  That reddish f hole git is fine.   That bone slide is interesting.  The git with a scarfed neck is well done.  

     

    Are you going to the K.C. cbg min-fest on the last day of July?  I an a 'maybe'.

    Jul 4, 2011

  • Uncle John

    Mike,

        Hey, I think I screwed up and told you something wrong on tuning.  I am a dunce.  Got it confused.  DAD is key of D.  GDG is key of G.  It's the outside keys that determine the key and open strum chord.  Sorry.

    John

    Aug 16, 2011

  • Janis Wilson Hughes

    Oh, thank you Mike! That's so great to hear! You know I spent a year experimenting with all kinds of variables in the slide design to get the tone & playability I really liked. I shared them with local friends, then some mail order, & at the Georgia CBG fest. The thing that really drew me into making more and more was getting feedback from folks about how much they enjoyed playing with them. I never planned to be making slides this seriously - my primary work is making nature inspired ceramic sculptures and doing gallery shows. But the feeling of being able to create something small that other people get joy out of using on a daily basis to create music - man, that's just a really cool thing! I'm so thankful to Ben & C.B. Gitty for partnering with me for distribution. I don't sell my other artwork online, so I don't have a 'shipping department'! I don't think there are any better people out there to work with, and it's awesome to know my slides are finding their way to folks and brightening up people's days with the joy of music. (Man, I sound cheesy, but this is totally heart felt.)

    The surface quality of the glazes affects the tone, so I'm very picky about what glazes I use. I mix them myself from scratch. I do have a bright white one that C.B. Gitty isn't stocking yet. 

    Thank you again for your note Mike! This is exactly why I devote my time to making slides. 

    Apr 8, 2018

  • A.D.EKER

    Thanks for the feedback on that Mike ! Glad you liked it Greeeeeettssszz A.D.

    Oct 7, 2018