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I was given some scrap oak block worktop/ shelving material by my friend’s son leftover from a refurbishment he has just completed. My wife thought chopping board, but I thought guitars!I am no left…Continue
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I am building my second slide steel guitar as a gift for a friend. BUT I have made an error, and angled the pickup in the wrong/non-standard direction, will this be a problem? I am thinking of making…Continue
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I am making a guitar for a friend form a 1930s tin they have supplied, and I do not want to cut into the top and spoil it, the tin is 12 inches long. My question is how my frets to use, 15 of 18? 18…Continue
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Sensory percussionMy son with a song he wrote for one snare drum using my sensory percussion, all the sounds you hear are triggered and…Continue
Hi Dave. Thank you for FR. A pleasure to be your friend. Good to have another CBG'ist in the locale!
Hello, we’re friends now :D
Hi David, Thank you for the friend request. Kind regards, David L.
Thanks for the friendship request, David. Glad to accept. All the best and keep building and playing! :0)
Hi David,
Try your local model shop or look up SLEC model supplies
Thanks David,I used an alcohol leather dye for this build and put a lacquer finish over it.Really brought out the grain in the maple.
Hi David, sorry I forgot it because I was in hurry. Look at my side, I added two pics of the case. The inside was lined with genuine 100 dollar bills and a much more genuine map. No, unfortunately not quite right. The frame was made of 5mm and the two plates from 3mm strong birchplywood. After being covered with a coffee sack or jute bag, an inner frame of 2mm laminated wood was placed in the outer frame to cover the edges of the jute sack fixed at this point. Best regards Schorsch
Thanks, I appreciate it!
Hi David, Thanks for the encouraging words, useful as a new starter.
Thanks David
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I am making a guitar for a friend form a 1930s tin they have supplied, and I do not want to cut into the top and spoil it, the tin is 12 inches long. My question is how my frets to use, 15 of 18? 18 will make the neck quite long, any advice? I have marked the bridge position (wrong way round) for both options.IMG_20181206_200247%5B1096%5D.jpg…
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We quite often see photos of 1st world war troops with homemade instruments on this site , so I thought I would share the link below to the events which took place across the UK to commemorate the 20,000 thousand British soldiers who were killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, which began 100 years ago on on July 1, 1916. Ultimately 1 million troops were liked or injured in this battle alone, with big losses on both sides, at the end of the battle, there were 485,000 British and…
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Does anyone in the UK know of, or can recommend a supplier of reasonably priced Tuners/ Machine Heads?
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