Steve Winchell

This site is cool I cannot believe the resources!

Welcome to the nation Steve! I have a fellin you'll be buildin em soon and playin em nonstop. This place is such a vast pool of knowledge and creativity, (and the folks are all so freindly and willing to share, too!) Be seeing ya around, have fun!

It is, this is the 60-70's Asian knockoff guitar pieced together w/ original parts. I'm headed out for a chimney day, taking advantage of the dry sunny weather.

Welcome to the nation Steve. it's a Great place for knowledge and inspiration.

I tried to add some music from my computer but my format is not in mp3.
I will have to try again and see if I can switch the format. Anyone else have this problem?

Hey Steve if you go to the discussin forum "How do I give my music away" theres a link to a site were you can download free software for converting sound files from one format to the other. It's in one of the comments by Blkbird, he helped me figure out the music uploading thing, hope this helps ya, take care man, Joe

Steve! You've gotta check out the White Mountain Boogie & Blues!! This'll be my 5th year & everyone I bring is hooked & shows up again the next year. Go to this URLfor more info---http://www.whitemountainboogie.com/nhblues/
DEFINITELY do the GROUP camping-- that's were the after show jammin' is! Ask away if you have any more questions!
By the way, my sister-in-law lives in Coventry, RI
Deke

Hey Steve, you like the little amp, eh, well I kinda cheated, it's the guts from a Honeytone amp I got at Guitar center for 19.95 and I just mounted it in an Oliva cigar box. I think it sounds a little better in the wooden box than the original plastic cabinet and goes along with the CBG theme anyway. Hey, I like your open G jam, I was playin along with it a little while ago, good stuff!

That CBG sounds awesome, can't believe the great sounds that come out of a cigar box!

Nice songs up here, man. Reminds me a bit of that R.L Burnside album "ass pocket of whiskey".

Thanks for the kind words. I've really been liking the all-hardware approach--it was a little more work fabricating the parts, but it's stayed in tune as well (or maybe even better) than my cheap plate-mounted tuners.

This may become my default method--at least for 3 stringers.

Hey Steve, i use Sharpie marker for the fret position markers. I don't fret one bit (sic). I did one with frets once (toothpicks) but until I get a better neck angle technique, the action past maybe the fourth or fifth fret is just too high for me to consider it worth it to use frets at all. I really like playing frettless and finding ways to improvise chords with the slide.

hi Steve thanks for the comments-the pickup in the tin cbg is a Shadow-costs about £27-its a piezo but they cause me problems when its loud in a club-I wont be using piezos in the future myself.

hey steve . i'd like to add one of your mp3's to the player at WCBN if tht's cool with you.

cheers
ets

yup. if i nip the tune from your player the "added by" link in my player take people to your page

ets

Steve

Glad to hear Fret.zip is of value to you! If you are using standard tunings by all means check out: http://chordlist.brian-amberg.de/en for more extensive chording options. Jam on!!!

Doug

Hello, Yes, I know what you mean about wanting to play your CBG rather than your six string. They are fasinating in their simplicity. I'm glad you are enjoying the lessons. Yes, it would be nice to have a CBG festival in our area. I would not mind doing some workshops, if anyone is interested and willing to host one. Please feel free to write if you have any musical questions. I will be posting a new CBG lessons this morning. Enjoy.

The new CBG lesson (number 6) is up and running on my youtube page. Enjoy.

the "Purgatory Hill Harp" i play was built by John Lowe and has three guitar strings and a bass string. Thanks for the comment! xo,p

I agree 100 %

The song I posted today is an instrumental, but to me it is an attempt musically to remember the Reigning Power of God in my life. No matter how uncontrollable life can seem sometimes ,if God is veiwed as the power and authority in your life your problems can shrink to molehills rather than mountains!

Hey, any new CBG's?

Hi, Steve, nice to have you as a friend!

Steve! The White Mountain Boogie's this weekend!! Get out of Rhode Island & hit the mountains! Hope to see you there!!
Deke

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