Roosterman

I think we have the makings of a redneck banjo army! I will provide the straw hats, but you need to provide your own dungarees and George Formby CDs...

Hi Ben!
Look forward to playing the Tin Guitar!
Will send details of that Ammo Box Guitar shortly.
Nice meeting you back at the CBG Fest.
Play it cool my friend, and I like the Youtube vids!

yeah you can play it we made a pick that was about 9 and half inches wide lol, talk about some bass, no in all honesty we had to cover the hole so people wouldnt throw crap in it. but we did play around with it!! the whole thing is about 22 ft tall

hey bro i hope things are going ok fer ya. just wanted ta stop by and ask What is a corker? new term fer me as i am still learning ya see. but i,m sure it means something good cause you usually have good comments fer me.one other thing i would like fer you to tell me that you found out something positive about yer nightmare that happened. i believe that folks that take things are not justly punished. so if i was a judge in a court system,fer the theives i would have a hardwood cutting table and a hatchet right beside my bench and make folks in the courtroom watch as i cut theives fingers off. sounds mean but i would only take one finger per thief so they wouldnt want to come back to my courtroom. take care my brother i.ll talk wit ya later on.

Thanks for the wiring advice. I was looking at some schematics that were telling me to use different pots to the ones I had already bought, and I wondered if it really mattered that much.

Thank you for the nice comment, mate! You make me feel honored by your praise! I had this idea, and some photographs just waiting for an idea to come into fruition. You know what that full moon does to people...LOL :-)

Hey Ben, you been taking bromide or something? You used to be Randy Rooster :)

Hi Ben, I'm fine thanks. Sold quite a few cbgs lately and a couple of baccy tin amps. I watched you vid on spinning a cone - great stuff, made it look dead easy and delivered in your natural entertaining style of humour. Enjoy your rest. Take care.

Hey Roosterman,you have some nice set-ups going on.I did't see the link to your store on the page .Keep up the good work.

very nice CBGs and tins. Great job.

Cheers Roosterman, lovin' your work!!

Hi Roosterman,
I saw the link to the vinyl stickers - could I ask you how well do they apply to a CBG and can you varnish over them so they last longer? Also when they come off do they peel off clean or leave a load of glue?
Thanks,
David

Thank you for the info Ben.
I have used waterslide paper in the past but thought the stickers could be a quicker option (but not if they still look like a sticker when applied) - I guess I'll stick to waterslide paper (unless I learn to airbrush).
Regards,
David

Thank you for your warm Holiday Greetings. Best of Health and Wealth in 2010. Enjoy.

I wish you a wonderful New Year and a more beautiful still "top" of the decade! (go hop altogether!)

Hi! I'm sure I've heard you say that you can cut piezos in two and they still work fine. Does it affect them at all, so that if i cut one really really small (trying to encase one in a wooden bridge), it wouldn't lose any quality? Thanks!

Thanks Roosterman , You got some cool stuff too , how bout an invite ?

Hey Birthday Bro ! hope you have a great day bro - get sum Beers sunk :-)
juju.

Happy Birthday,friend from far away. have a great weekend.

Happy Birthday, Roosterman. I hope you have a great day.

Hey, happy birthday Roosterman! Another year older, and hopefully (if not a year) a wee bit wiser, right?

Haha, no worries mate. I don't think I've been getting any wiser for the past few years... if not more! Hope it was a good one at least!

You are very welcome. Glad you had a great birthday.

dude to save you looking heres the pics for the router jig :-)
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/albums/the-plank-2

hope this helps
juju.

No worries bro ENJOY :-)
juju.

Thanks for the comment on my photo of my gear., it gave me a laugh. Believe me those things are attainable, it's a poor mans rig.

Very cool cbg,s Imstarted making these a while back and just started selling a few on ebay making pickups aswell hand wound much like yourself I want to keep the depresion make em out of wot you got style Ive been toying with the idea of building a twin neck with a tree string and diddley after seeing the four string and diddley you built Ime ganna give it a go

Hi thanks for getting back to me
Ive been happy to make a profit but my lady ,s not happy with wot they sell for cos I put a lot of love in these things so Ime ganna get a bit of stock together and do a few craft fairs this summer need to do a decent website and get some adds on here I think wheres this thing in october Ive not seen it yet?

2nd Uk cigar box fest - Birmingham. There is a discussion on the Brits Are Coming group. Last years was a blast, I highly recommend it!
Yep, pricing is always a problem, but selling cheap helps no-one. I refuse to sell on Ebay now because too many folk are giving them away - it cheapens everybodies product and if we dont have a decent profit, how can we keep building? Bear in mind what we do is a skill - some folk cant do it, so they buy from those who can. Same as everything.
Rant over - Here endeth the sermon LOL
Take it easy bro

i will be careful... cbg fest sounds good, might have my first build done by then, lol :0)

hi there... how's it goin? had another look at yr cone vid. got my former made n gonna have a go tomorro so if you never hear from me again you know how it went :0) the guitar in yr noise vid sounds sweet sspecially on both pickups... sweet. i'll let you know how it goes.

tryin it on a concave former with sturdy foil tray, around 450-500 revs wearing a seasonally coloured hazmat suit and matching motocross body armour :0). do you know if a date has been set for the cbg fest in october, would like to be going i think, if i've still got all me limbs by then... will let you know how many i lose :0)

Hi Roosterman-well Orange decided to let me know you'd left a message on my mobile (about 2 weeks after the event)- Orange are, I've decided, a bit crap..didnt even have a signal when I was up at Redd's house..but I digress.. ta for the message.Hope you aint gettin snowed in now its British summertime-lol.

Hi Honey
Check out my finished instrument, link on my page
How did your gig go.
Ani xx

Hi honey
Thanks so much for your mandolin comments!
I am very pleased with it.
I am glad she was a lefty otherwise I may have had to keep it!
I want one too.... =)
Give me a shout if you want one building!
Ani xx

I wanted to say thanks for your comments on my Voodoo Child video, I really appreciate it. Thanks, Mark

Hello Mate, Just stoppin by to see what you've been up to since I've been away for awhile...I'm impressed with your ingenuity and craft/art.

Thanks Ben. If I could only keep one accessory/pedal it would be the Akai. Second would be the Line 6 Backtrack which plugs between guitar/amp or pdeal amp and just records everything you play and saves each piece as a WAV file. That's how I captured that piece of music/buffoonery. Save your pennies and get one.

cones are spun.... its good fun, need to do some more! cheers:0) finally got a couple of photos up 2. gonna try beer cans next but gotta drink beer first :0(

havent had chance to think about building something to try em in, had an 18 month old small person for 2 weeks. he's gone home today so it'll be a weekend in the shed methinks!!!

Roosterman

Thanks for the feedback on my VIKster bass. The woodburning did take some time to do; maybe it's time to upgrade my $15 iron to something with more power! I am not nearly as prolific as your are; you have built some very cool instruments, licenses plates and wood slabs and all. I love to see the variety.

Doug

thanks for the comment, any tips or critiques are greatly appreciated. Hope to get really good one day. Keep on keepin' on brotha man.

alright there man, just seen your britain axe... i'm speechless :0)

hey Bro
thanks for the comments on the new diddley :-)
yep i've been busy finishing it off since i got back from Bluesbeaten Redshaws place ..went over for three days last week , had a good time even got to strum on the Seasick signed Guitar :-) - hey Redshaws got a Set at Glastonbury how cool is that lol!
so what you been up-to ? - i guess your gettin busy now with tourists ? keeping you on your toes eh !
juju.

yep i'm real glad for redd - would have been cool to get Hollowbelly there too :-)
no mate never recorded anything as most of his gear is packed away for there big move over to switzerland for the next three years - had a play on most of his guitars though some real nice kit and i got to handle the seasick Steve signed guitar which i was buzzing about lol!
well i've got a Three stringer to build and a one off pickup to fit to a vintage acoustic guitar and i need to get these bloody shelves made which i bought the timber for last year haha! so lots to do as always !!
whats the Challenge ?
yep i noticed your drums video very cool a change is as good as a rest eh!
juju :-)

Hi Roosterman,
The passive preamp arrived today and sounds really good (the tone actually works) I have posted a few pictures of the insides on the wiring group.
Regards,
David

i want to add a piezo to 1 of my cbg it has a floating bridge/saddle all metal. Is there any recommended way to attach it? I have never hooked up a piezo before.

well i searched through a bunch of piezo related posts. I might just try wrapping the piezo in thin cloth before taping it to bridge. We'll see how it turns out.

thanks mate.

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/zino-trican-resonator-485/prev?... this guitar would never look this cool without the cool hardware you sent to me roosterman--you a good brother.