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A 1921 homemade 4 string guitar and special case! A true Portuguese story!
"I agree ...this was just amazing!"
1921 Portuguese "reconstruction" homemade 4 string guitar
"Wow. Love this and it sure looks a hundred years old. Good job on it and the video."
1921 Portuguese "reconstruction" homemade 4 string guitar
"@Jan Pili; It's normal agriculture rope (the one you put on sticks to measure), originally that would have to be gut rope, but I didn't buy anything for this build (I hardly by any parts, that's the whole idea of making these kind of…"
1921 Portuguese "reconstruction" homemade 4 string guitar
"super cool! what type of rope is that, and does it work as frets?"
A 1921 homemade 4 string guitar and special case! A true Portuguese story!
"mind = blown .. Awesome work ! "
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- more than 20
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I have never build a Cigar Box Guitar!
Posted on June 15, 2019 at 6:45am 3 Comments 2 Likes
Now, I am one of those people who has never build a cigar box guitar. Really!
That's because I'm living on a lonesome hill in central Portugal and I just didn't find any cigar box here. Call me a "purist" but I do not want to buy a box or any other part for that matter. Not only because of the choice once made to go and live in a place where modern gadgets…
The "Coevorden Special" on the road
Posted on August 23, 2015 at 6:47am 0 Comments 1 Like
After a week of playing several gigs on the "Coevorden Special" it turns out to be a reliable little box guitar with a great sound, especially during the jazzy solo's.
(balcony concert at the town square, Tomar)
It's new owner, Canadian singer/songwriter Robert Burton Hubele, seems to be very happy with it. Even though we…
ContinueFour times a RGB part #2
Posted on June 14, 2015 at 8:30am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Unloading wood in the middle of the night.
It's hard to find the right wood here in Portugal. Thanks to a local furniture maker we got…
ContinueFour times a RBG part #1
Posted on June 14, 2015 at 8:30am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Starting a new project...
4 Recycled Box Guitars....
nr.1 beetle perforated pine
nr.2 a recycled phonograph panel
nr.3 combined oak drawer pieces
nr.4 a 17th century curved panel…
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Neck and fretboard height and action for slide and finger playing
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Blues and Exotic Scales for CBG...
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Tooth pick frets and bridge building
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Rainy Day Blues
"Appropriate Song also for me in the Land Down Under James O, just had a week of rain down here,…"
AGP #466 - ''Theo''
""Thanks Ron", the solid body gits are well worth having a go at, have done quite a few…"
AGP #466 - ''Theo''
""Thanks A.D.", No 78 Records were harmed in the construction of this build, purchased…"
AGP #466 - ''Theo''
""Thanks Doug", have used my Pyromaniac Expertise on a few builds over the years. ;-D"
AGP #466 - ''Theo''
"That is a very nice build, I have never done a solid body. May have to give it a go."
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