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My latest and best Six stringer

Hi Guy's just thought I'd share my latest build.

I think I posted this in the wrong place earlier, so I'll go again. Its a full acoustic with EQ and bridge pick up. I built it on the lines of building a full acoustic guitar, just to see if the…

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Added by Taffy Evans on January 6, 2017 at 2:45pm — 6 Comments

A Dulcimer from Way Waaaay Back

Hi, This dulcimer was my first build ever [apart from a mandolin built without plans or one to copy, but from photos]. Anyway built in around 1975 whilst living in Central Australia in the Northern Territory it was the first of many I built during the 70's…

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Added by Taffy Evans on July 19, 2016 at 12:57pm — 1 Comment

Dulcimer from way back

Hi, I hear its Dulcimer week. Here's a photo of one I built some time ago being played by my young granddaughter. She's a young kid there but the manager of a jewellery shop now, phew! how time fly's.

I walked in the room and found that she had picked up the stick dulcimer and found one of my slides and was sliding away. She had also built a biscuit tin banjo, but…

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Added by Taffy Evans on July 19, 2016 at 12:25pm — No Comments

Violin with a difference.

I thought I would add these photos of a violin I built, as I've just seen mention of CB violins. Must have built it about 25 years ago.

Its a solid body so of course its electric, the pickup is under the bridge feet. needs a preamp with an EQ to get a…

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Added by Taffy Evans on July 5, 2016 at 1:21pm — 4 Comments

Ashtray electric CBG

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Added by Taffy Evans on June 8, 2016 at 6:49pm — 4 Comments

My latest guitar a BTG

Hi, here are some photos…

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Added by Taffy Evans on April 20, 2016 at 6:26pm — 2 Comments

Shoulda, coulda, but better late than never.

Hi all, I'm a bit confused as to where to post material as there are so many headings on this site. I cant see the difference in a Forum post a Blog post or Latest Activity post, and I suppose there are other places this would fit, but I'll post it here.

Here's my story about bringing somebody into the guitar building fold using a CBG as the starting point.

I have been working with and building guitars and all stringed instruments for around [long, long time] years, and around…

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Added by Taffy Evans on March 22, 2016 at 2:27pm — No Comments

Resonator with real cone.

Hi All, I just strung this CBG up and had a bit of time to spare so I thought I would post it. I still have to do some setting up and mods,…

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Added by Taffy Evans on November 25, 2015 at 5:30pm — 5 Comments

Dog Bowl Reso

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Added by Taffy Evans on November 10, 2015 at 7:44pm — 12 Comments

CBG's another X#@%&$ try!!

Hi, I just wrote a heap of info about these guitars prior to this and attached photo's. [I thought] but the photo's displayed but the text did not, and not all the photo's either and not in the correct order. So I thought I'd try this blog thingy. Looks like only one photo, what a crappy site this is. I know I'm missing something but this is the worst forum I've had to use.…

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Added by Taffy Evans on October 22, 2015 at 4:11pm — 4 Comments

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