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At 11:39am on March 22, 2011, Brian Tin-Pot Pearse said…: Hi John. Yes, London and nearby is a great idea. I was wondering whether to pluck (no pun intended!) up courage and ask if their were any other cbg nuts around the Guildford, Haslemere, Farnham triangle. Now you've pushed me into it! I've been ploughing through Kenny Lee's dvd for the last eight months (his 12 bar blues is close to your version, you go in a different direction at bthe end!) and have just started lessons with a slide guitar guy with an ambition to post out a half decent video ... I can but dream. Love the Black 10 year cbg in your pics. Good job, Bri

At 9:51am on March 20, 2011, Pyno said…: yeah we had a real good time can't wait for the next one

At 9:02am on March 20, 2011, George Yeager said…: Haha! Thanks, man. Cutting grass is good for your soul.

At 10:19am on March 18, 2011, dogfinger steve said…: cheers mate, may be a longer song soon, considering how to record it properly. good to take it out live tho:0)

At 6:38pm on March 13, 2011, rodney fruits said…: Thanks John. Good question. I wanted to have the bottom open, not the top. I also built it so the neck slides through a u shape frame in the front and a box frame at the tail end. I can take the neck out and put it back in. It is held in place with just one screw, works great. This would not have been possible if the top opened. I hope to have a video soon... Your latest builds look great, keep it up.

At 8:17am on March 12, 2011, Doug Thorsvik said…: John

Thanks for the specific information on the adjustable bridge. I am always on the lookout for a design that has the potential to be implemented with off-the-shelf-hardware and normal tools whenever possible. You have given me some food for thought. I would also like to be able to terminate the strings on the bridge too.

Doug

At 12:51pm on March 11, 2011, Bear said…: John -- Shoot me an e-mail at tktreadway@aol.com with your address, and I'll send you a cd gratis. It's all just homebrew recording, but it ain't bad. Hey, your instruments are FANTASTIC, btw! -- Todd (Bear)

At 11:50am on March 11, 2011, Mister Scott said…: Those are some great pics of Roadkill 3, John... I'd like to ask you about your string action. I myself have been looking high and low for advice on angling my future necks for more uniform string action. Those bridge elements look like they raise the strings quite a bit off the soundboard... Did you do any neck angling on it?

At 12:29pm on March 10, 2011, Mal Chilvers said…: Hi John I presume the strings go through the slots in the screw heads but where are they secured.My first attempt finished up with one major fault ,it finished up with neck bend even though I used 2 major nuts to secure it.I have now started my second but this time I shall be using a Tele Hot Rail pick up instead of a rod piezo pick up plus it won't have a cone, I shall use that in a future build.If you intend to sell your new bridges I would be very interested. Kind regards Mal

At 10:18am on March 2, 2011, David L. said…: Hi John,

Thank you for the friend invite :O)

David

At 9:38am on March 1, 2011, Brian Walak said…: I too have not been to active on the bike since my son was born last year. I have never raced track pretty much raced everything else. Then again I don't have a track near by to try. Well I love your CBG work keep it up.

At 12:01pm on February 27, 2011, Slowpaw Steve T said…: Hi John, yes you are quite near me, a few miles further along the A40!

Currently at "fretting" stage (know why they're called "frets" now...have been fretting all day...), will post more pics tomorrow, when i've covered up one or two minor cock-ups... :-D

measure twice cut once they used to tell me...

At 12:08pm on February 23, 2011, dogfinger steve said…: cheers john, 1 a day...lol:0)

At 10:35pm on February 19, 2011, Strolling Tone said…: Thanks for your comment on my Soul of a Man Effort. Much appreciated.

At 12:22pm on February 17, 2011, Stefan lardi Dar Guitar Tofari said…: Cheers mate will do

At 8:27am on February 7, 2011, Stefan lardi Dar Guitar Tofari said…: Hi John, not done any since shop guitar,,thinking of what to do next! how you been? pop in and we`ll go for a coffee