Yes, blue/green is a great retro color. Reminds me of the houses down the shore too. Chinese ox blood red is a good retro color too. Flat, but with the shock of dried blood. Back in the day, adding blood to white wash was a method of coloring paint in rural areas. Talk about mojo! Yikes! Keep building. Nice work. Enjoy.
I did some research in the past about making paint with real blood. There was information but nothing about proportions or mixing. It is like Lao Zha said in the Tao De Ching, During abundance there is great waste...during times of shortage, there is great hording. Today, we have so much, but unfortunately we don't see it that way. We build and play Cigar Box Guitars in our luxury, but back in the day, they didn't have a choice. Whenever I play a Blind Willie Johnson tune, I remind myself how incredibly rough his life was, but how his spirit was so clear, he was able to produce such beautiful music. Enjoy.
I encourage you to shoot a close up photo of the headstock detail. We are all looking for alternative ways of doing things and finding solutions that work well based on our tools and skill set. I haven't seen any photos of what you described, so for many it would be a new idea!!!
Thank you for the information about paint. It basically started with an antique Chinese statue I own that is painted in Ox Blood Red. When my friend Jimmy was building my parlor guitar, I wanted the neck painted this color. We never figured out how to make real Ox Blood paint, but he matched the color well enough to create a nice appearance. Enjoy.
Heh, they are impossible here. We use large plastic jugs for our oil now. Mac Arnold's guitars were built in the 50's after the original one build by his brother in the 40's.
Neat thing is, Mac lives about 20 minutes from me and I have seen him play in the large town near me.
Mark,
Yes, the tuner set up is to get the strings to sit on the nut properly. At the time I hadn't thought of a string tree, so this was my solution. It seems to work out well. It stays in tune nicely. The high G string does dig slightly into the wood, but being oak, it isn't that bad. In case you didn't know, there's a G-Dec owners site: http://www.mygdec.com/ there's lots of useful info for the G-Dec owner.
Ey up Mark , the shrill sound seems to happen all way through but does get worse when you swith over to the dirty setting in the second half , i had the same problem with my first video and found that turning camcorders the record level down just about cured it .also i dont know why it is but i've noticed that when i upload a video on here it does seem to become more noisey and more tone ??
yes mate all the tunes on my player are me tryin to play i'm not the best player by a long long way lol! but try to make my own tunes up as i go , thanks for the comment and freinds invite mate
i noticed you aare going the the CBG fest in Oct , hope to see you there mate
juju.
Hello,
I have started a CBN group entitled, "How to Play CBG" It is my hope and intention to encourage the "Wealth of Talent" here on the Nation to share their knowledge and skill to further the CBG movement. Please consider contributing an instructional "video" link to this group. If you are a viewer seeking instruction, please feel free to write. If you have any suggestions or know other players who you think may want to post instructional "video" links, please contact me. Thank you for your interest and support, Keni Lee
hey mark you are correct on both in theory,i used the dowels to let the volume out of the cake pan and to elevate it closer to the top of the box.thanks fer the nice comment man,have a great week.
Hi Mark C,
thank you for your kind comments about my strummer. This was my first effort at making a strummer/dulcimer type instrument and I was very happy with it due to its sound, but I learn't so much from building the thing that my next effort will be easier to play.
Hi Mark, and thanks for the offer of a lift. Hyde is only about twelve miles away from me, or less, so that wouldn't be too difficult. Unfortunately, now that I know the price of tickets, I don't think that I will be able to afford to go and I certainly wouldn;t be able to do an overnight stop - which had been my original intention untill I joined th swelling ranks of the unemployed earlier this year. It seems like I;ll just have to be with you all 'in spirit'. :-(
You are welcome, Mark. It may be a while before I finish mine. A minor set back with the fingerboard slipping and sliding after I applied the glue, and of course, it dried a little over. So, I had to do some sanding to correct that problem. I told my husband, it doesn't seem like I will ever finish it. He said, anything worth while takes time. Keep building and playing and having fun.
Cheers Mark, it was really just an exercise for sussing it all out. Kept it short for ease, didn't want to be too ambitious. I know what you mean though, it could go a lot further.
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May 24, 2009
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Thank you for your interest and support. Please feel free to write if you have any questions as you work through the lessons. Enjoy
May 30, 2009
Andrew Christopher Deighton
Aug 6, 2009
Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates
Neat thing is, Mac lives about 20 minutes from me and I have seen him play in the large town near me.
Aug 17, 2009
Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates
Nice! I like it. Good job.
Aug 20, 2009
Steve Becker
Yes, the tuner set up is to get the strings to sit on the nut properly. At the time I hadn't thought of a string tree, so this was my solution. It seems to work out well. It stays in tune nicely. The high G string does dig slightly into the wood, but being oak, it isn't that bad. In case you didn't know, there's a G-Dec owners site: http://www.mygdec.com/ there's lots of useful info for the G-Dec owner.
Aug 22, 2009
JUJU
yes mate all the tunes on my player are me tryin to play i'm not the best player by a long long way lol! but try to make my own tunes up as i go , thanks for the comment and freinds invite mate
i noticed you aare going the the CBG fest in Oct , hope to see you there mate
juju.
Aug 22, 2009
Keni Lee Burgess
I have started a CBN group entitled, "How to Play CBG" It is my hope and intention to encourage the "Wealth of Talent" here on the Nation to share their knowledge and skill to further the CBG movement. Please consider contributing an instructional "video" link to this group. If you are a viewer seeking instruction, please feel free to write. If you have any suggestions or know other players who you think may want to post instructional "video" links, please contact me. Thank you for your interest and support, Keni Lee
Aug 23, 2009
Tin-Tone.com
Aug 27, 2009
HENRY LOWMAN
Sep 13, 2009
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Sep 20, 2009
bairfoot cajun
Sep 20, 2009
Yellowbelly Flatt
thank you for your kind comments about my strummer. This was my first effort at making a strummer/dulcimer type instrument and I was very happy with it due to its sound, but I learn't so much from building the thing that my next effort will be easier to play.
Sep 20, 2009
Kevin Lawton
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