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Triple Chaos is part of the Não Só Serradura, (Portuguese for "Not Just Sawdust") woodwork and recycling shop on a lonely hill in the rural vicinity of central Portugal. CBG's , RBG's, Stomp-boxes and other creative instruments are made with passion, just one door from the Bluesbarn Studio.
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Not a one weekend project
Posted on April 25, 2018 at 3:30am 4 Comments 0 Likes
If you read the intro to these series of blogs, it will not be a surprise that I don't plan ahead when building an instrument. (unless somebody asks me to build one) There are no drawings, there's no list of parts and there is certainly not a budget. The way an instrument will look in the end depends solely on the (free) materials that are available and scale length and amount…
Not a one weekend project (intro)
Posted on April 21, 2018 at 5:11am 3 Comments 0 Likes
Now, I am one of those people who has never build a cigar box guitar. Really! That's because I'm living on a lonesome hill in central Portugal and I just didn't find any cigar box here. Call me a "purist" but I do not want to buy a box or any other part for that matter. Not only because of the choice once made to go and live in a place where…
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i need to make a cool bass like yours
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