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I uploaded some pictures last week that came up on the site squashed looking, but looked normal when you hit the "view full size" tab. I thought at first it might have been the settings on my camera,…Continue

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How did you learn about Cigar Box Nation?: Internet

How many instruments have you built so far?: 4 1/2

What do you find most interesting about cigar box guitars? (If you do not enter something meaningful here, your membership may be rejected).: I love home-made instruments like cigar box guitars, license plate guitars, mountain dulcimers, and box fiddles because they aren't mass produced in Asia, but made by hand with love

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fretfind2d

Posted on October 15, 2016 at 8:39pm 1 Comment 0 Likes

I am working on building an Épinette des Vosges.

It would seem that it is not possible to save or print a .pdf file from the fretfind2d calculator on an Android phone.

If someone with a computer can go to the fretfind2d site and enter the following information, and E-mail me the .pdf file in multiple pages so I can use it for a template, I would be most obliged!

Monterey

belleview17@gmail.com

Units: inches

Scale length: 17

String width at the nut:… Continue

My first license plate guitar...

Posted on February 3, 2015 at 9:00pm 7 Comments 0 Likes

So I am in the beginning stages of building my first License Plate Guitar. I haven't made a guitar yet, though I have completed my first Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer this past year, and made up a bridge for an old one I bought from an estate sale.

I picked up this old Kapok guitar last fall on Main Street for $10 from someone who needed beer money. The body was broken and torn away at the neck from him smacking someone over the head. I was going to use the tuners for another Dulcimer, but… Continue

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At 7:17am on November 3, 2015, Michael Fred Johnson said…: Thanks for the comments Monterey.Those are cup washers under the screw heads.

At 6:35am on July 3, 2015, Dave Lynas said…: I think we're already good friends Monterey. Hinges go on my Red violin case this morning. Happy Summertime! ..Dave

At 1:13am on July 3, 2015, Rooster said…: Glad to have you as a friend ;)

At 10:34pm on June 29, 2015, Dave Lynas said…: Hi Monterey. I'd be very happy to be your friend. Thanks much. I've enjoyed our conversations and seeing what your up to.

At 3:56pm on June 8, 2015, Monterey said…: Thanks, Rand, appreciate it. The next part is tricky, cutting the ends off so the Dulcimer will be straight when I'm finished! I made sure to make the sides way longer so I have lots of length to work with

At 11:13pm on June 7, 2015, Rand Moore said…: Hi. I tried to add a comment to your photo on CBN showing your attempt at bending wood for a mountain dulcimer frame in your bath tube. So, I have left my comment here instead.

I built a mountain dulcimer with an elliptical shaped body without having to resort to either steam bending or soaking the wood in hot/boiling water. I just bent the wood dry (once it cracked, so had to try again at not such an extreme bend). So, it is possible to build a MD w/o the hassel of boiling/setaming the wood. I documented my build on CBN at this link.

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/HMRB101/forum/topics/rand-moore-my-mountain

Any questions, can ask me...

-Rand.

At 6:20pm on May 29, 2015, Tom Lanford said…: Thanks for the friendship and the kinds words. The wood burning will work great on oak as well. I've done a lot on oak. I would suggest a little practice on some scrap first though. Due to the grain of oak it is a bit tougher to control than poplar or cedar. Good Luck!

At 7:09am on May 7, 2015, Michael Fred Johnson said…: Thanks Monterey, just amazed you and BeetleJuice picked up on a four year old photo

At 9:52am on February 5, 2015, Uncle John said…: Good to have you for a nation friend. Good luck with your LPG. I've made three and one is a four string fretless and one of my fave players. Long scale. Easy slider.