We had a heavy, wet snow - 3 inches or more - a couple weeks ago. I was sitting around looking out the window contemplating the task at ha...

I was looking around the other day for a taper jig that would work with my table saw.  They're available from a variety of sources rangi...

Great response!   Thanks, everyone. In the short time since posting the contest request asking for suggestions in re-purposing this woo...

My friend Ed Paxton, owner of Woodland Cigar Company in Delaware, Ohio, asked me to build a guitar for him.  The only proviso was that it mu...

A while back, I posted photos of a couple TotalRojo  pickups I designed and created for my friend Carl, the wild man from Ireland, who trad...

My friend Carlton wrote me a while back offering to trade an old wood violin case for a couple hand wound pickups for future CBG builds he h...

I've not posted anything for a while, because I was invited to participate in a 'piano man' project, which has taken some time t...

'The Drifter' , a three-string electro/acoustic cigar box guitar is on its way to a new home in Carlsbad , New Mexico. I got a...

I like Cohiba cigar boxes, because they are simple in design and work so well for cigar box guitars.  The box is constructed from Spanish ce...

Finally, I cleared my bench and was ready to attack the project of creating my first guitar pickup.  Several weeks ago, I had transformed my...

The "Delta King' is the latest creation coming out of my shed yesterday.  As you can see, it's a six-string electric with Te...

I appreciate the need for assembly line work, and for those who have the patience for it.  But I learned this past week that it is not for m...

This place is, without exaggeration, the coolest lumber/hardware store I've ever been to, and I've been to a lot of lumber yards i...

This morning was the required trek to the monthly swap meet . . .  rainy, cold, and generally not a good day for a  swap.  But, lo-and-behol...

This morning I got a message from Jeri, the wife of my old friend Joe.  After reading my latest blog post, she didn't understand what a ...

The recent trip to Mississippi Delta Blues country has raised serious havoc with my guitar building.  My free time has been centered around ...

There are times in one's life when opportunity knocks, and the result is amazing.  Recently, I had the opportunity to meet Roger Berry, ...