Kenyon Whaley

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

Most of all, have fun!

Tres.

Kenyon, what part of K-town? my folks are in Pink'll.

BTW, I forgot to ask, where did you get the gas can for the banjo? Flea market? Antique store?

-WY

Hey man! Are you snowed in up there? My brother left Boone this morning and had do shovel out. Be safe.

How about a schematic for the amplifier?

Thankyou Kenyon, I apologize for lack of response to your nice words of Feb 14.......life got real busy there,,,,,,continues to be! LOL...never boring, anyway.......
Cheers and thanks for listening in, my page.
Sincerely, Laurie

Hey Kenyon. Well there are a number of ways you can tackle this. First, no finish at all -- that is no clear coating of any kind. Tung oil is really popular from what I see.

I use a REAL light coat of shellac sometimes. If you use shellac that comes from lowes (Zinnser), take out the shellac and put it into a glass jar. Leave it sit for about a week, don't stir it up, and drain off the amber colored liquid. Keep doing this until most all the shellac is separated. What Zinnser shellac is has wax in it. You don't want that. Cut that 3:1 with denatured alcohol or Everclear (no kidding). Use that. I put about 10 drops on a small patch of old Tshirt material and wipe it on. let that sit a few minutes and do that again. a few more in a buffing manner and you will have a semi-gloss finish. I wouldn't do more than that. Put some fretboard oil on top of that.

I wouldn't use polyurethane.

-WY

oh ok, so you can get fretboard oil at any store that sells guitars (not WalMart ;-) ) Or you can use lemon oil. Either one will work.

Well, as soon as I can get my computer back up and running, I'll send you a PDF of the headstock. I don't mind you seeing it. I would ask not using the exact design as I'm using it as a signature style but I certainly don't mind you using it as a basis. The only real area that's signature is the curve across the top. Everything else is basic Les Paul style.

When I design a headstock, I will use a drawing program (adobe illustrator) and work the design until it looks right.

Scarfs are really easy when you have a good table saw or a band saw. usually use a 13 deg angle and put the scarf on top of the neck instead of the neck on the scarf. I will also form up the neck before I add the headstock 'wings'.

-WY

Thanks for the help. I am better at electronics than playing music. But maybe in time I"ll see what happens.

He he he, yeah, I do travel for work so I'm in between here and there. Hey I did make it up to Pink'll recently but believe it or not was there for business. I went to LeJeune to meet with some of the IT staff on base. I should be in the area sometime in April.

Post some pics man I wanna see! Oh and post a pic of the gas can banjo. I wanna show it to Mac Arnold next time I see him.

-WY

Small pic. Can't see well. Have a bigger uploaded?

-WY

Dude, you been a'workin!

-WY

Kenyon, Dude! Hey man check this out. I'm gonna be in the Kinston (pink hill and deep run) area this week. We'll have to get together. I'm gonna go down to Jacksonville for a trade show at the base and then back there to train them on our equipment. I'll have some of my boxes with me. Maybe we can hook up.

Cheers
-Wes

See, I told you to message me ;-) I forget sometimes. I'm sending my stuff up to a cool site called divshare.com. I will send you the link when I'm done.

On another note, my folks said is was a great pleasure to have you at their house and to call you next time (I'm) in Pink'll! They were very impressed with you and your guitars and I told them that prior to us meeting here on the Nation, you had no prior knowledge of CBGs. Oh and one thing I wish pop would have done is to bring his dulcimers out. Oh well. Maybe nest visit.

I might be in the area sometime in June. Dunno yet. My wife and oldest are going to Guatemala for a mission trip with her uncle so me and the little one (9yr old) might be making a road trip.

Anyhow, I'll send you a link real soon as well as post the pics from last week.

peace

-Wes

Hey chief, I have the files uploading as I type. I also have some links to the tools I use from Harbor Freight:

Bench Plane, Spoke Shave (I have one of each but you only need the blue one.), Diamond cutting disks for slides, Cheap set of diagonal cutters for fretting - I have a technique for using them, indispensable pocket ruler/caliper, any 1/4" hole punch from office stores, this set of forstner bits from Northern Tool and Equipment. A 35W+ soldering iron for small parts. Do not get this from Harbor Freight. 3M Sandblaster 120 grit sandpaper (other grits too -- 220, 400, 600), Woodworking vise (VERY handy), Wood Clamps.


... and my all time fave -- Japanese Flush Cut Saw for cutting fret slots.

there's more but these are my most used.

:-)

no prob. Its a LOT of stuff tho. Good luck.

-Wes

C8^(|) <-- Homer Simpson in smiley

Hey chief, sorry I was in Atlanta these past few days and busted my laptop so no Internet on the road...

... Hmmm I would say about a 500MB flash would be sufficient. You prolly have that or better. I've only sent half that up to divshare.

HEh, funny you saw them ... or at least recognized them as me but then again, it has Simpsonville on it. Web68 is me on ebay. one is already sold.

-WY

Kenyon -- Thanks for the friend invite! Nice work on your instruments, too. I gotta make an amp like yours someday!

Thanks for accepting my friend request. I am finding the CBG more difficult to learn then the 6 string. I would love to chat with you about CBG's and yes maybe we can help each other in some way.

Hey, Kenyon -- Not sure what you're asking... Looks like you're listed as one of my friends, and I one of yours. Tell you the truth, though, I still have trouble figgerin' out this new-fangled "social media" stuff!

Kenyon, I'm already listed as a friend on your page ("view all"). 'Sides, I can't seem to get how to invite somebody without having their e-mail address...