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At 1:37am on September 8, 2010, chris ekelman said…: Hey Godz, thanks for the info. I'll let you know how it all works.

At 5:29pm on August 30, 2010, beStillroy said…: Mr.GODZILLA
Do you have pics of how you established such a neck rake on ChickenHead?
What was the pitch...
Box Face to nut?
Thanks

At 3:03pm on August 30, 2010, Keni Lee Burgess said…: I would say in general for superior tone, just like you use a flat pick to play acoustic bluegrass guitar, using finger picks for finger style makes the same sense. Especially playing banjo and resonator instruments. These instruments need a good strong attack to energize the skin/cone. If you start out with them, you will grow with them. Adding them later can be just as frustrating. Keep this in mind, Bottleneck style is actually finger style with bottleneck technique added. So focusing on your right hand technique and using your fingers to fret notes first make make the process easier. Then when you are comfortable finger picking adding the bottleneck technique will be easier. Of course, if you find the finger picks too difficult, you can add them later, but I would suggest giving them a real good try first. Enjoy.

At 2:48pm on August 30, 2010, beStillroy said…: I figured that on the neck angle
well done...
Come on OUT and PLAY
Hell I do.
It'll Liberate Ya.
I will Appreciate It none the less.

At 2:32pm on August 30, 2010, beStillroy said…: For 2.50 $
why is it on the "ChickenHead Reso" ...
the action looks really low
but the biscuit and saddle look high?
I really like this guitar.
thanks MAN.

At 2:22pm on August 30, 2010, beStillroy said…: Hey
and...
If I pull off this steel reso pretty well...
I'm gonna have it nickle plated...
THANKS Sir
beStillroy

At 2:18pm on August 30, 2010, beStillroy said…: Godzilla,
Your builds are IMMACULATE.
How are they PLAYING?
Make some vids! Man.
TOO pretty to not hear.
PLEASE
beStillroy

At 7:34am on August 30, 2010, Keni Lee Burgess said…: Thank you for your purchase. Please feel free to write if any questions arise as you work through the lessons. I think you will discover how nicely it all fits together in Open G tuning.
6 string DGDgbd CD2
4 string Dgbd CD5
3 string GDg CD4
Enjoy, Keni Lee

At 1:39am on August 28, 2010, chris ekelman said…: you do some awesome things brother. nice work.

At 1:31am on August 28, 2010, darren brown said…: your reso,s give me needs ,hahaha .

At 2:38pm on August 26, 2010, darren brown said…: thanks dude ,frigen made me come back and look at that reso agin luv it .

At 1:28am on August 20, 2010, Bluesheart said…: Wow, that Reso is just too awesome.So many neat details. All your builds are super!!

At 10:41pm on August 15, 2010, darren brown said…: thanks man for the comment on my john deere cbg .db.

At 4:07pm on August 14, 2010, beStillroy said…: Lacewood?
never heard of it...
HI

At 3:35pm on August 14, 2010, beStillroy said…: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_SeDA-S2As
then It's GONE

At 11:52pm on August 10, 2010, mark wright aka lefty said…: Thanks for the kind words! Well they confirmed what I suspected really. It depends on the playing style that’s intended for the guitar, the parallel wide string spacing helps for slide and a flat finger board does too. A radius helps for holding cords and comfort, and a tapered neck and normal string spacing help’s for comfort and finger picking. In short there are no rules really, guitars are the way they are to encompass all playing styles. That’s what I like about CBG’s the freedom to play around and find what you like! P.s. love the reso you have done it look really industrial, and the sliced sound holes on the other one very novel idea. I’m going to have a go at spinning my own reso cones soon I hope they turn out well!

At 1:31pm on August 5, 2010, beStillroy said…: Lacewood?
Never heard of it.
HI

At 10:56am on January 23, 2010, Lucky said…: It's a trap for giant lizards, grin. No, it's part of what holds the cap in some English Beers, you probably saw it on JuJu's plank...

At 8:04pm on December 19, 2009, Gadsden Guitars said…: Thanks Tres, I feel very welcome already. I don't even play guitar but feel very drawn to slide guitar and especially CBG's. It's hard to put my finger on it, hopefully that will change once I build one get to learning to jam. I played bass in a couple of bands in High school and have been playing the drums for about twelve years.
I think with the resources here I can fulfill a long time dream of playin' some down in the mud, back to the roots blues.
Ordered a hand made pickup and it seems I won the auction for a partially built CBG. I like the idea of building the thing I'm about to learn, I imagine it will give me a connection to the music I love!