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At 11:34am on July 11, 2011, Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates said…: No problem John. DBA is "Doing Business As" or rather an alias of you instead of a true business entity.

eg: Wes Yates DBA Chronic Blues Cigar Box Guitars. I don't have a 'real' business but call what I do as that.

-WY

At 3:19am on June 29, 2011, The Squid said…: ps. thanks for your comments. much aptd. ;)

At 3:18am on June 29, 2011, The Squid said…: what am i gonna do with this seegar box?? make it er..... different lol. heh heh heh ;)

At 12:06am on June 19, 2011, The Squid said…: Hey John. yes i found a box! huzzar! lol. its a cherry one. should be great.

as for your find. small tho it is. what about making a model? ive never seen a real model cbg/ itd be sweet. regards Squid.

At 11:50pm on April 30, 2011, Mark said…: John, in answer to your question about upper and lower case letters in tuning notation, this is usually used to differentiate between notes that are an octave apart.

The idea comes from a couple of formal systems of notation: Helmholtz Notation (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmholtz_pitch_notation ) and "ABC" notation. However people don't often stick precisely to those systems, so you have to be careful about which octave a note is in. But generally the meaning tends to be reasonably clear once you start tuning. As long as you pay attention to how a string sounds and feels as you tune it up and you stop before you break it then you should be OK.

A tuning written as GDgb would be (going from the thickest string to the thinest) G, D seven semitones up, G an octave above the low G, and B above that.

A normal guitar tuning might be written as EADgbe or EADGBe - but in proper Helmholz notation it would be E-A-d-g-b-e'.

Sharps are usually written with a letter follwed by #

Flats are usually written with a letter followed by "b" - which looks a bit like a flat symbol. If you need to write "b flat" then I guess you have to use your imagination...(one way is to simply stop using upper and lower case and write Bb)

At 12:56pm on April 14, 2011, Mark said…: Hi John, thanks for the nice comments. Getting a good finish is mostly just down to patience and a bit of elbow grease with abrasives - but it's not essential. Rough 'n' ready is a perfectly fine approach too and has produced many fine instruments. At the end of the day it's more about how the thing plays and sounds and - most of all - about the general spirit of the whole business.

At 1:51am on March 28, 2011, Michael Fred Johnson said…: Have you applied for your visa to come north of the Tyne?

At 12:36am on March 28, 2011, FUMIKAZU TAJIKA said…: Hi John,

Thanks a lot for your listening to our music and the impressive comment.

Keep on Rockin' !

Best Regards,

Tj from Japan (beated)

At 5:38am on March 16, 2011, Johno said…: hi john :) thanks for the comment mate, your build is cool & unique too.

paul sparks? sorry bud, thats not me. cheers,,,paul

At 7:56pm on March 11, 2011, Gadsden Guitars said…: I don't know if you've found any Hollowbelly videos but you should check him out as well. Welcome to the Nation.