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James Taze Bennett replied to Tim Pattimore's discussion Making my first resonator - can anyone help me? in the group Homemade Dobros

Mar 17, 2021

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Tim Pattimore joined Diane in Chicago's group

Cigar Box Fiddles - Plans, ideas, tips & more

Idea trading post for bowed instruments. Share photos and tips of fiddles and whatnot that you've built, acquired or seen.See More

Sep 10, 2019

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Intermediate building tips and tricks forum

This forum is for sharing general building information that falls between "CBG building 101" and "Super advanced building"

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KOOL DOG HOOCH commented on Tim Pattimore's blog post Help with scale length and string gauge on small lapsteel guitar

"Might I suggest adding springs for reverb. The ones I like are from "Dollar tree" they are in a plastic microphone called a "Echo mics"."

Jul 28, 2019

Korrigan commented on Tim Pattimore's blog post Help with scale length and string gauge on small lapsteel guitar

"Here's a very handy calculator: https://wahiduddin.net/calc/calc_guitar_string.htm"

Jul 28, 2019

Tim Pattimore commented on Tim Pattimore's blog post Help with scale length and string gauge on small lapsteel guitar

"Thanks for your reply! I'd like to go as small as I can but still achieve a reasonable amount of sustain with the strings - I'm guessing those strings you've mentioned are steel not nylon? Thinking further, the "box"…"

Jul 28, 2019

BrianQ. commented on Tim Pattimore's blog post Help with scale length and string gauge on small lapsteel guitar

"Your not tripping, 23” scale is very common with lap steels? They actually go smaller than that? The shorter scale lap steels had smaller strings on them & were mostly tuned to C6? The string gauges are usually either .014 -.034 or…"

Jul 27, 2019

Tim Pattimore posted a blog post

Help with scale length and string gauge on small lapsteel guitar

So many questions...I'm thinking of building something that resembles a miniature lap steel guitar . Here's what I'm thinking -* 6 string instrument tuned open D * very short scale length (roundabouts a concert/tenor ukulele size - around 23 - 26"* no electrics, just a deep resonator box made from very thin plywood.It's more of an experiment than anything else but I'm really stuck with what gauge strings to use. I've always used medium-light strings on my guitars but would these still be too…See More

Jul 27, 2019

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I Built a LEGO Ukulele

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How did you learn about Cigar Box Nation?: Internet

How many instruments have you built so far?: 5

What do you find most interesting about cigar box guitars? (If you do not enter something meaningful here (at least one sentence long), your membership may be rejected as a spam/bot fake account).: Building something beautiful out of something that is otherwise junk