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At 9:29am on September 30, 2010, Keni Lee Burgess said…: Thank you for your comment. Here is the link to the Stroh Uke.
http://www.frets.com/FRETSPages/Museum/Ukulele/StroviolsUke/strohuke.html
Google Stroh violin for more info.
Enjoy.

At 5:33am on March 7, 2010, Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) said…: Hey, man. I put them upside down because I thought it looked more interesting on a quasi-asymmetrical head than having everything running along the same line.

I can't see how this would introduce tuning instability. It's just a simple worm gear after all. Did you try this with high quality machines? My experience has been that if you have at least a moderately decent tuning machine on your guitar it'll hold fast no matter which way you pull on it.

At 1:19pm on March 1, 2010, dg said…: thanks for the link...I have seen his vids a long time ago and acually forgot about it, so I checked out the link you sent and found the vid for a through neck and he has an easy way to figure it out, I will have to post some pics of the jig I made,and its very non user friendly but it works, its set to a 2 degree, and I found with some research that it is and industry standard obviously you can tweek it as needed but for now Im gonna stick to the 2rule

At 10:00am on September 24, 2009, Yellowbelly Flatt said…: Thanks for your kind words posted about my first effort at making a gigar box guitar. It's a bit crude, but sits well with my collection of wood and steel bodied resonator guitars.

At 6:38am on September 4, 2009, Darwin Gentry said…: Just remember a shitty guitar can sound great through a graet amp

At 3:28am on September 2, 2009, Keni Lee Burgess said…: Thank you for your comment about my busking video. You will have a nice time in Ptown. Make sure you go to the Portuguese Bakery on Commercial Street and get you some "Fried Dough" LOL Enjoy.

At 3:18am on August 31, 2009, Paul Doug said…: Brian, thanks for the offer. That is mighty neighborly. Right now I have about 40+ boxes and my wife is stomping her foot. That is not a good thing! And she doesn't know I have 9 sitting at the post office waiting for me!

At 6:54am on August 23, 2009, Keni Lee Burgess said…: Hello,
I have started a CBN group entitled, "How to Play CBG" It is my hope and intention to encourage the "Wealth of Talent" here on the Nation to share their knowledge and skill to further the CBG movement. Please consider contributing an instructional "video" link to this group. If you are a viewer seeking instruction, please feel free to write. If you have any suggestions or know other players who you think may want to post instructional "video" links, please contact me. Thank you for your interest and support, Keni Lee

At 5:08pm on July 29, 2009, rodney fruits said…: thanks fur lookin Brian. that old saw works great fur toothpick frets.. some nice work you have in here, keep up the good work...

At 12:40am on June 30, 2009, Keni Lee Burgess said…: Thank you for your friend invite. Please visit me on youtube and feel free to write if I can be of any assistance. Enjoy.

At 6:38pm on June 17, 2009, Old Lowe said…: Holler if you need help in just in Rockwall.

At 11:06pm on June 16, 2009, joe cerroni said…: Howdy from Austin! wwelcome to the nation. Fun ain't it?

At 9:49am on June 12, 2009, steve (Roots) said…: Hello Brian, this is another fellow texan. I live in Lancaster and I have a sister that lives in Wylie. Lots of good info on this sight. Hope yu enjoy. Steve