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At 11:43am on November 17, 2010, Laurie Lee Campbell said…: thanks kindly---nice to meet you!--some of your heros are mine too..Hollowbelly, Chickenbone John, Olds Sleeper, Seasick Steve...great artist, all.....your firstbuilds look super!!
one day i hafta find my way to the workshop, too...

At 3:13am on November 17, 2010, richard Woolrich said…: yher man i am not from donny but i live ther and my famly are from there but i was born in hull like

hay check out my band www.myspace.com/deadmansbootstheband

At 11:11am on November 14, 2010, anthony said…: definitely mate, if you see any good gigs on and around the area then we will have to sort out another excursion for the south yorkshire massive. I'll keep my eye out too.

At 1:43pm on November 12, 2010, JUJU said…: hey man good to meet up with you and your Mrs - your a cool couple ..well got my Catfish Keith Album playing and i'm diggin it :) - cant get over the tone Catfish extracted from the guitars all i can say is awsome !
heres the link to watermelon slim
http://www.watermelonslim.com/

juju :)

At 10:47am on November 4, 2010, dogfinger steve said…: cheers for the shout man, feel free to drop in if yr round these parts (watch out for the ginger banjo players tho). keep it free :0)

At 12:59pm on November 3, 2010, leonardo blues said…: hi my friend, I would like to know how to build wood-CBG, starting from the neck and body, then the scale as it should be, what steps do I fit in the scale, I'm new and I do not know where to start, but I'm a luthier electric guitars, thanks again, your Italian friend

At 3:06am on November 2, 2010, leonardo blues said…: thanks for the friendship ........yeah

At 7:56am on October 18, 2010, Sherb said…: thanks for the link some excellent shots there. Nice to have met up its good to put faces to the names.

At 7:44am on October 18, 2010, Yellowbelly Flatt said…: Thanks so much for the friends invite. It was good to meet you, if only briefly, at the second guitar box festival.

At 9:26am on September 30, 2010, Keni Lee Burgess said…: Thank you for your comment. Here is the link to all the pictures.
http://www.frets.com/FRETSPages/Museum/Ukulele/StroviolsUke/strohuke.html
Google Stroh violin for more info.
Enjoy.

At 6:06pm on September 29, 2010, bairfoot cajun said…: thanks for the comment on the gurkha expidition 3 stringer man.it was a fun build to make.

At 11:25am on September 26, 2010, Keni Lee Burgess said…: Yes, you can use 5432 for a GDgb tuning or 4321 for a Dgbd tuning. Have you seen my instructional video CDs:
http://shop.ebay.com/njmikeb/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686
I use these tuning too. CD 4 (3 string tuned GDg) and CD 5 (4 string tuned Dgbd) Your 4 string will be the same as my 3 string except you have that additional high string to work with. Hope you don't mind the information. Thank you for your consideration. Enjoy.

At 7:54pm on September 20, 2010, MrRandomWritings (Backwater Bri) said…: Hi thanks for your comment - glad you enjoyed my little series

At 11:00am on September 15, 2010, MrRandomWritings (Backwater Bri) said…: The next two are very different in style to the first two but hopefully will make sense at the end! .... or I'm sunk!

At 7:35am on September 15, 2010, MrRandomWritings (Backwater Bri) said…: Many thanks for your comments - OK I will post them though I don't expect many views on here

At 2:03am on August 31, 2010, MrRandomWritings (Backwater Bri) said…: Yep - keep loking and you will find them cheaper even if they need a bit of repair work. Also try local tobaconists - ours asks for a small donation to the Helicopter Rescue Fund but one in Paignton gave me three or 4 for nothing. Often they are small but fine for diddley's.

At 12:47am on August 31, 2010, MrRandomWritings (Backwater Bri) said…: btw I buy wood that is 35mm - 40mm wide and about 30mm thick - the narrower ones make a really comfortable 3 string and you need 30mm to fit the pegs if you don't angle the headstock - alternatively I laminate a bit of ply or veneer on the back of the headstock to give it more bulk. I don't have good enough tools to cut wide pieces lengthways but obviously if you have a bench saw of some kind you can just buy planks!

At 12:35am on August 31, 2010, MrRandomWritings (Backwater Bri) said…: Hi there, thanks for your comment. As to timber I did a short video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwMwGnGXacA I just buy off cuts and he charges me about £1 per 6 foot length so that's 2 necks worth. Some is a bit crap so I have to watch for knots so there can be wastage. He will plane it to size but that is a lot extra. Last trip I got some walnut flooring offcuts for the same price which are beautifully smooth.

As to boxes my max is £2 but for most I pay about 20p to 50p so it has to be really special to pay over £1. Aside from the car boots a lady who runs a market stall looks out for them for me and she sometimes gets lovely old boxes and has got me some real antiques for about 50p - £1. Hope that helps and thanks for watching