Thank you Jim for supplying your video as a response. Yes, certainly finding an original copy of the music and lyrics will be helpful, but also listening to various renditions from other artists, will open up endless ideas for arranging. Many of my arrangements continue to change over the years as I learn new ideas. Nothing is written in stone. When I was younger, my Grandfather would often say to me, Can't you just play a whole song! lol. Too much noodling drives everybody crazy. Enjoy.

No problem, whenever you get a chance.

Thanks,
Phil

Jim, if you get a chance, shoot me a message with the part number for the Drain Covers you use from Lowes (the small ones). I've not been able to find them here in Wisconsin.

Thank you Jim. No, not Wall Street...Lexington and 53rd underground! lol. BTW: that bound neck looks real sweet. Enjoy.

Ya, I saw the picture of the neck on the main page and I knew it was yours Jim. Ha! Looking good. Enjoy.

hey Jim...lol, I just now caught on to the comments on mypage that were completely independent of threads I was following.

Yeah, I'm still trying to sell em...stomp boxes too, but its slow going. I sent a number of 3 string slides down to Hot Springs, Arkansas but no luck yet. I wish trying to sell em was as much fun as makin em

Thank you again Jim for the encouraging comments and support. I believe the stringing and tuning video will really help to spark some creative ideas. There are some really great builders on this site. It will be interesting to see where they take it. Enjoy.

Hey Jim, Did you see that the Cake Pan CBG video on youtube got linked to a site called BoingBoing and is almost up to 9000 hits. God, you would think, you have to get some interest out of numbers like that! lol. Enjoy.

Thank you Jim for the kind words. Well, you know the life of a Blues player. Saturday night is all cheap booze and loose woman. Come Sunday morning, it is put on your suit and your T...i...e. Saturday night swinger and Sunday morning singers. lol. Enjoy.

Real nice work, Wow!

haha!! i'm just a gluten for punishment !!
cheers mate
juju.

Ouch!! i'm also a sucker for endos been over a couple of times myself but i still do em lol!! , most of the time i do wear my helmet i always have it with me , theres a webbing strap on the back of my Back pack for it , if i'm going to be doing any heroics i'll put it on
Glad i had it on last year , ended up in hospital for two days last sept the Bruise on my legs has only just gone in the past week , went blasting down a hill that i go down once in a while , anyway i had not been down this hill for a week or two , i just set off at full wack only to find 3/4 of the way down some earth movers /excivators had removed the bottom of the hill , shock horror ,going too fast to stop so i went for the jump !! and boy was it the biggest and best jump i have ever done !! but sadly as i came back down to earth the back wheel clipped the edge of the void i had just jumpped sending the back end of the bike into orbit , i did the biggest and baddest endo and landed with my Groin on the end of the Handle bars and Brake lever ,just missing the main vein in my leg by 10mm , i was very lucky , well you live and learn , well most of the time lol!!
thanks for the reply
take it easy mate
juju.

i'm undercover - no just kiddin , i took the pic the other day just before i went out on the mountain bike , it's been such nice weather here i have been making the most of it while it lasts , and i thought i needed to update my profile
well on my bench right now is nothing , i'm just building a new bench , but i have a couple of orders the first one is a Rat Rod build someone askked me to make for them - not really my style but i'll give it a shot (plus i have pre warned him not to tell anyone i made it for him lol!) the other one is a Reso with a differance can's say too much about it right now ! but i'll be posting pictures thats for sure .
so you scored two reso sets from Frank , be good to see what you make of them , i'm sure they wil be top notch
good to here from you Jim
Remember i'm undercover you ain't seen me !!
juju

Hi Jim
Yes i'm feeling much better thanks
The bandsaw is classed as a medium size heres some spec on it Blade length 93" , blade width 1/4" - 3/4" , depth of cut 8" , throat depth 12 1/4" , table size 19" x 17" cast iron and heavy gauge steel weight is 85Kg it's big enough for what i will ever need the bench planer/ jointer is 6 1/2" max width of cut and 4mm depth of cut all cast iron weighs in at 56Kg and the thicknesser is 13" width of cut by 1/8" - 6" height also cast iron weighs in at 56Kg also
i was looking around for weeks deciding which tools best suited my needs also my pocket , i think i did quite well for the cost plus space is at a premium so anything any bigger would have been a hindrance
the bandsaw has a five year guarantee and the jointer and thicknesser both have a two year guarantee
i tried them after set-up and all worked superb more than pleased with them just need to put them to work now to earn there keep lol!
Gonna be easy to make necks now a batch at a time , also i scored a good amount of spanish Cedar from work which is 6" x 1" x 30' so i'm gonna saw it down the thickness (1") then thickness it and make a shed load of my own boxes , cant wait , i also found a local supplier for hard maple , oak (english & american ) and Cherry at a very good price so things are looking real good , no more buying timber from ebay and taking pot luck with it
Thanks for the intrest mate , hope to be able to show you some CBG very soon
Regards
juju.

Hi jim
Thanks for the mail always good to here from you mate
Well i dont seem to be able to make a start on anything what with work falling i'll and refurbishment work on our home - it's killing me "I NEED TO BUILD "
dont know if i told you but i purchased a Bandsaw a bench planer/jointer and thicknesser over a month ago cost me £1,000 about $1,400 ish but not had the chance to use them as yet , managed to get them all set-up but that's as far as i got , itching to use them
i have lots of builds in mind and two orders that need doing first just got to make time to get a start on them , need to get all these little jobs tied up then thats it , aint no stopping me "Build mode" here i come lol!!
As soon as i make a start i'll be posting pics , until then my minds eye will be working overtime !
keep them sweet looking builds commin
Regards
juju
p.s i like the sander thicknesser post you sent Eric thats a cool project i would like to make myself at some stage .

Thanks a bunch Jim! Alot of that stuff's gettin hard to find cause so much has been wasted. So I'm trying to hoard a stash of wood at every chance I can get otherwise I may not get that deal again ya know? It's terrible

Well I was hoping for some type of spruce and some better choices on side, back, and neck material. At the moment I'm talking with Ed Braun about some Western Red Cedar as my tonewood and I've found some cherry for side and back wood. I haven't found a real good neck wood yet. I'm thinkin about trying oak as I've found mixed opinions and just want to see which is right.

Oh that's cool. You wouldn't happen to know where to find good acoustic wood would ya? I'm trying to expand my field in guitar building. Let me know. Thanks man!

I'll have to pass right now...I have basically no tools. I even have to keep my table saw in the trunk of my car. I basically have a crap table saw, a dremel, and a drill.