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At 12:42pm on November 16, 2010, Keni Lee Burgess said…: Thank you Furry for your purchase. I greatly appreciate the support. Please feel free to write if any questions arise as you work through the lessons. Enjoy your practice, Keni Lee

At 4:11pm on November 8, 2010, Nigel McTrustry said…: Hey Furry
I'm back in Nimbin on 18 Thurs Nov.
Playing in the bar so we will be able to turn up!
Gary Martin will be coming so bring a couple of guitars.
Would be good to catch up again.
Nigel

At 1:14pm on November 8, 2010, uncle Lou said…: That was so awesome loved it.

At 2:26am on November 2, 2010, Strolling Tone said…: Cheers Furry. Your builds look dead cool.

At 2:03am on October 16, 2010, hank shanker said…: Thanks Furry and you are right on,jagermeister has been known to ruin countless mornings...but I'm a guinness man myself! Cheers

At 1:16am on October 11, 2010, Keni Lee Burgess said…: Thank you for sharing. What a wonderful video. You should embed it here on the Nation from youtube. I think it will be well recevied. I enjoyed hearing them talk about trading instruments too, and they even managed to get their dog in there. Pure American. Enjoy.

At 9:57am on October 10, 2010, beStillroy said…: Steppin it Up... My friend his brother and Their FATHER..."Cheese"

At 5:13am on October 2, 2010, beStillroy said…: You have got some good looking gits there in your photos...
Keep it up.
Thanks
HI

At 11:27pm on October 1, 2010, Keni Lee Burgess said…: Thank you Furry for your comment. Enjoy.

At 5:55pm on August 30, 2010, Nigel McTrustry said…: Hi Furry
Great to meet you & family & friends.
We enjoyed the gig. Great reaction.
Don't forget the Sphinx rock gig.
Thanks for plugging us on the radio.
Nigel

At 11:59pm on August 14, 2010, Steve (HaGGuS) Hattersley said…: Hey mate. :)
They are are few of my creations.

Cigar world is my new favorite shop :)

At 11:14am on July 18, 2010, darren brown said…: thanks for the comment ,nice builds you have made

At 9:45pm on June 18, 2010, Steve (HaGGuS) Hattersley said…: 6 footer.. not a bad size.
I have another 4 stringer just about ready.. needs strings.. thats it.. :)

At 1:27am on May 31, 2010, Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates said…: First off, I like the avatar! Beeeeeer! Looks like a wheat -- at least its in a wheat glass.

Anyhow, So, you don't need a preamp unless you find that you don't have a lot of volume -- that is you turn up every know to 11 and still little sound. You can use a preamp but I don't . I did when I didn't do pickups right, but now I don't use them.

Here's a hint, Take two piezos (I assume you use piezos) and wire them in parallel. Put one under the bridge and one on the underside of the lid/top nearest to the bridge. Wire to the volume/tone controls and you will be amazed.

-WY

At 1:23am on May 11, 2010, Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates said…: Welcome aboard, Furry! You will find lots of helpful folks and information here on all things CBG (CBU, CBB, etc.) Feel free to poke around, ask questions, and post your stuff (photos, recordings, videos, etc.).

Up in the Free Resources menu at the top, you will see a number of plans for building and playing cigar box guitars/ukuleles/banjos/dulcimers/violins. I encourage you to download any of the plans, take a look at them, and ask questions from there. Also our site is VERY searchable. I bet you your questions have already been asked, so take a few moments and look around.

Join our Chat sometime (see the bar at the bottom of your browser page). Keep in mind that tho the chat window says there are X number of people online, not all may have the chat window up.

Most of all, have fun!

-Wes