Rob (Uker) Porras

Male

Monroe, NY

United States

Profile Information:

How did you learn about Cigar Box Nation?
I've been looking at cigar box videos for a couple of years before I began building. It became quickly apparent the Cigar Box Nation is the center of the CBG Universe.
How many instruments have you built so far?
60
What do you find most interesting about cigar box guitars? (If you do not enter something meaningful here (at least one sentence long), your membership may be rejected as a spam/bot fake account).
I love building thing as much as playing them.

Comment Wall:

  • Mark Stowe

    Hello Rob and thanks for the friend invite.

    Mark
  • Keni Lee Burgess

    Thank you Rob for your friendship.
  • Keni Lee Burgess

    Thank you Rob for joining my group. Please feel free to write if you have any questions. Enjoy your practice, Keni Lee
  • David L.

    Thank you for the friend invite.

    David

  • Jed Hill

    Thanks Rob

    Jed

  • vicente lo schiavo

    yes I'm GD, and art director! Thanks, I truly believe that details make all the difference!  Thanks
  • Andy Eight Spades CBG

    Thanks Rob! Diggin your photos as always!

  • Andy Eight Spades CBG

    Thanks again sir!

     

  • Ted Crocker

    Thanks Rob!!

    I don't keep up with posting my stuff on the nation as much as I should.  I created a network for builders and players of all types of homemade instruments, the Handmade Music Clubhouse.  Lots of great people, photos, videos, groups, forums and even live chat.  

    Prepare to be blown away...

    See you there!

  • darren brown

    thanks rob to kind .

  • John Peña

    Thank you for looking at my photos. The fiddle and Celtic harp are made out

    of Maple.

  • Randy S. Bretz

    thx for the kind comment Rob, yeah been doin this string creating for a while now. I enjoy adding some unique details to all my builds. Makes a simple guit look better when there`s some " eye candy" on it. 

  • Low Budget Luthier

    yes, this is my second tahitian uke. solid maple

  • Ron "Oily" Sprague

    Rob,

    Thanks for looking topping by and listening; glad you liked NV.
  • Gene Jaimez

    Thanks Rob

  • smokestack guitars

    Sorry for the delayed response Rob, I have been in process of moving and we have been held up in a little rent house waiting for our new house to be ready (other other house sold faster than we thought it would,Lol) and we have had no internet connection for the past 5 week. Will most likely be another 5 weeks before my new shop is up and running. Haven't been able to build anything for the last 3 months and it's killing me. Thanks much for the kind words. Thanks Von M.

  • terry harris

    Thank you for your kind remarks! I'm trying to get back to doing cigar box stuff.

  • Michael Fred Johnson

    Thanks Rob

  • Chuck Cobillas

    Thanks Rob! Yep that Uke was really different and fun to build and has a great sound!
  • Daniel Hulbert

    Thanks for the kind words on my page.  One of these days I need to make a case with an amp like the one you made for the danelectro ukulele.  :)

  • Muddy Creek Guitars

    Rob,
    Those are tin can microphones. Inside I have a piezo wired to an output jack. They work great as a harmonica mic or as a vocal mic if you want an old timey sound.
  • A.D.EKER

    Hi there Rob thanks for the nice comments, glad you like it, i see on your picture show you got Mr J.Winter there to sign one of your CBG thats pretty inpressif to me i grew up on lisning to his music, is the Man still whit us? greeetszzz A.D.

  • A.D.EKER

    I see you got your BDay ,so have a Happy one,!!

  • A.D.EKER

    You really think so Rob, Well thanks, is he any Good?just kidding  I know he plays a heck of a six string, you got some nice git,s up on your wall of sound,i been doing olso some uke playing lately,and you sure got your Uke chords down,still dont know what tuning i prefur,open D,or open G, or standard tuning,what do you use? Greeetsszzzzz

  • Sotiris Skandalakis

    Thank you Rob! It's my favourite 

  • Reeds Taylor

    Howdy Rob, Thank you for the info about your uke being the same as my idea...and the tips to prevent it from being to heavy. I cleared as much of the access as seemingly possible. This is my first attempt at this style, so far seems everything is going well. Thanks again!

  • Bluesheart

    Thanks for the compliment Rob!

  • Michael Fred Johnson

    Thanks Rob

  • A.D.EKER

    Think so Rob!, flatten the graphite rods,so the cross rod do'nt slide, tap the box and sound appears, maybee a cover over the matchbos,Cloth or rosterwire, for finish touch, head phone, speaker or direct in a recording device, Words  above are not (         ) FOR ANY DAMAGE TO ............ but great fun to do whit kids,see there Faces, when the sound come out ! Greeeettssszz A.D

  • Lane Martin

    Thanks, Rob. It's just something I ended up with that wasn't a "normal" uke headstock. You've done a lot of nice work yourself. That's one thing I love about this site...all the amazing creativity.

    Thanks for posting pics from the Martin tour. I'd love to do that one day.

  • Derek Rose

    You are welcome, Rob, thx for accepting.

    I used to post there a lot too, and Ukulele Cosmos but not many of the folks from before seem to be around those sites. Also used to frequent the 4th Peg way back when.

    I run hot and cold on building due to the day job and honey-do list...  

  • gary sheldon

    Thanks, Rob.  I have built 10 guitars and 17 ukes.  Mostly doing ukes these days.  Easier to build, play and sell.  I am starting to use Chinese necks and fretboards because they are so damn cheap and the quality seems ok.

  • Order99

     Thanks-but compared to most of the builders here I consider myself a rank amateur.

     Even so,  i'm having fun scaring the neighbors with my latest build, my "Ukuklele for Dummies" book for reference and my horribly unskilled fingerings...  :)

  • A.D.EKER

    i was not while working, i slipt on a slab of ice on the parkinglot, i was of balance and hit my closed hand on the prikkely icy slab, the feeling is coming back now, but i still will be a while Thanks for asking Greeeeettssszz A.D.

  • Michael Fred Johnson

    Thanks Rob

  • Michael Fred Johnson

    Thanks again Rob,the hook serves no function I just like the look of the extended heel.

  • Jim_N

  • Korrigan

    I hope you meant to say nice looking. : ) 

    If so, thanks Rob! I dig your stuff too, your Risa uke is particularly awesome.

  • Don Craig

    Thanks Rob, likewise you build some very high end 4-stringers!

  • Bernie Edwards

    Thanks Rob

  • Larry Epstein

    Thank you, Rob. You, too. I mostly like making them. When I play it's usually a little baritone that's got a Spruce top, Rock Maple sides and back, a Maple neck and Sapele fretboard. The Rock Maple was a bitch to bend (I do it by hand over a heated cast iron pipe), but it has a really bright tone. I'm curing an all-Koa instrument now. Very excited about that one. Take care! Larry

  • Steve Bookout

    Hi Rob!   Thanks for the compliment.  I'm a ukulele man and just testing the CBG waters.  As for the dye, I spent about thirty bucks on Evil Bay.  Great stuff, but don't go buying some.  I still have lots remaining, so you can borrow some of mine.  Cheers, Bookie 

  • Korrigan

    Thanks Rob!