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Nancy Barnes
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First CBG
Added May 8, 2011 at 1:06pm
Guitar Straps
Added November 12, 2010 at 11:56pm
No. 2 pencil tin
Added October 1, 2010 at 3:49am
Nancy's Snaps
Added September 4, 2010 at 8:23pm
Update December 2013:
Back online with a computer again... of course, only a matter of time before wandering back in here as I love handmade music, can't play worth beans, but oh well. I like making things and enjoy listening to those who can.
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Bottle Neck Slide Cutter Test
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 4:22am 9 Comments 0 Likes
In a chat about cutting bottle neck slides, I remembered I had this old gadget, a yard sale find, which may or may not be an antique glass cutter for cutting gauge tubes for steam things. So I had to find it... and then I had to try it out.
I rinsed out a hot sauce bottle for the test. Yes, it will scratch a line on the INSIDE of a bottle neck.…
ContinueHope Chest, a newbie's first build
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 9:26pm 19 Comments 0 Likes
On Ted's suggestion, I'm blogging to document my first build. Fair warning, I don't know what I am doing so I am just figuring it out as I go and gleaming information wherever I can. This first photo is one some of you have seen before, and then I will bring you up to date as to what I've done so far.
This first build is pretty much just for practice because I have the tendency…
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- Maybe on that YouTube or some other website. I've been wandering the internet trying to figure out how to do things.
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- UPDATE 9/16/2010: I still want to make a guitar out of leather and wood and a pencil tin. I'm learning to play my first homemade instrument, the 3-string Hope Chest Guitar.
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Thanks Nancy,,havent been here for awhile myself, busy "building" ukes/guitars, etc. There should be 8 days in the week, one just for building "stuff"....uninterupted!
Hi Nancy, just come across you're 'first build" page..very nice, I am soon to build my first CBG three or four strings..one of each I guess..hope mine are as good as yours.... You're post is very informative and pictures speak a thousand words..I get things much quicker by sight.. so the pics are great..how many have you built scince 2010? cheers from Australia..(ps I just changed my name to stringy bark..because I like strings and when I sing it sounds like I am barking LOL)
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