User:65strat
From WWR
Hello, Anon!
I discovered WWR after picking up a copy of The Appalachian Voice at the offices of WildSouth. There was an ad in there for internet radio station hober.com. I listened for a while; it was ok. Then I googled for internet radio and found Whole Wheat Radio and it was much more to my liking. A listener called Cigar Box Guitars(Now goes by Tybee Guy) caught my attention. After checking out his website (http://cigarboxguitars.com), I got interested in building Cigar Box Guitars and now I spend all my free time in the shop making them. I also experimented with a hubcap banjo.
Here is a video of Eric Butler demonstrating a bass he made using pickups that I made:
Here are some pics of cigar box guitars that I have made.
 CBG number 3 played by Microwave Dave |
 CBG number 4 |
 CBG number 5 owned by Steve Norris Steve Norris |
 Ben Prestage playing number 5. VIDEO! |
 CBG number 6 in progress |
 CBG number 6 in progress |
 CBG number 6 detail of scarf joint |
 CBG number 6 detail of heel |
 CBG number 6 closeup |
 CBG number 6 finished |
 Poor man's bending iron |
 Clamping banjo ring around mold |
 Banjo ring and back |
 Banjo back |
 Banjo showing dowel rod and heel |
 Headstock |
 Headstock |
 Just put the skin head on |
 All finished! |
 All finished! |
 Herb Trotman giving it a test drive. That's me on the left. |
 Fretted four string with walnut neck. |
 Fretted four string with walnut neck. |
 Fretted four string with walnut neck. |
- CBG3 is a three-stringer made with a Fuente box and an ash neck. It has two handwound pickups. It is not fretted.
- CBG4 has four strings and is fretted with a cocobolo fingerboard and a Macanudo box. It also has two handwound pickups.
- CBG5 is a 6 fretted six string made from a Padron box. It has a curly maple Tele-style neck with a bocote fingerboard. It has one handwound pickup.
- CBG6 has a curly maple neck with a scarf joint (angled neck) with a cocobolo fingerboard and purpleheart accents on the headplate and heel plate. It uses a La Gloria Cubana box. It has 4 strings and two pickups.
- Ok, I admit that the banjo is silly. But I think its kinda cool. The ring is made of 5 plies of maple. The neck is mahogany with Bolivian rosewood on the fingerboard, head plate, and heel plate. The head is goatskin held on by about 70 upholstery tacks. Here is a sound sample
You can learn more about Cigar Box Guitars here, a site maintained by Shane Speal.
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| Nickname (set in preferences) | 65strat | ||
| Location | Hoover, AL - USA | ||
| Songs ranked | 2,202 | ||
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| Birthday | Monday, April 18th | ||
| This year's birthday | 4 months, 9 days ago on a Friday | ||
| Zodiac sign | Aries | ||
| Current Listening Status | Hi-speed line using xmms/1.2.10 for 4 hrs, 59 mins. |
| Other people at 65strat's IP | None |
| Last seen | 5 hours ago |
| IPs used recently | 198.68.193.122 (lyle.cashretriever.com) / 24.179.47.106 (24-179-47-106.dhcp.leds.al.charter.com) |
65strat's Favorites
Request this show that 65strat is sure to like! Here are songs 65strat has rated 5 stars.
| # | Song | Artist | Image | Album | Length | Played count | Last Played | Overall | You | Tags | Single Request |
| 1 | Morning Affirmation | Oscar Jordan |  |
Eclectic Soul | 3:11 | 35 | Jun 11th, 2008 |  14 votes 5 stars=Steven E King / 65strat / dolcefarniente / Atuuschaaw / Jtskreyn / Kazookid |
You have to login to give your opinion about songs. | Blues / Electric guitar / Solo vocalist / Electric / Band |  |
2 | Riverside | Justin Roth |  |
In Between | 4:51 | 36 | Mar 15th, 2008 | 10 votes 5 stars=Jim / 65strat / AaaaaOOCH |
You have to login to give your opinion about songs. | Folk pop / Electric / Solo vocalist / Band / Acoustic guitar / Major key / Upbeat / Toe tapper | |
3 | Amelia | Watercarvers Guild |  |
Balladeers And Aeronauts | 5:17 | 23 | Jul 28th, 2008 | 20 votes 5 stars=Jim / Oldcajun / Flying Trout / RickHap / 12-stringer / Atuuschaaw / Dean / 65strat / Peterdale / Kazookid / Murray |
You have to login to give your opinion about songs. | Folk pop / Acoustic guitar / Mellow / Pretty / Airplanes / Airports / Pilots / Solo vocalist / Acoustic / Band | |
| Total Time | 13:19 |
The current music queue contains 4 songs that will take 13 mins, 9 secs to play.
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50 most favorite artists
Favorite artists: Johnsmith / Harry Manx / Stephen Bennett / Big Head Todd And The Monsters / 3 Blind Mice / The Waybacks / Greg Brown / Larry Zarella / Buster B Jones / Townes Van Zandt / Brooks Williams / Nickel Creek / Dave Potts / Doug Geeting / Guy Davis / Carbon Leaf / George Wirth / Esther Golton / Michael Chapdelaine / Kris Delmhorst / Sloan Wainwright / James McMurtry / Emily Elbert / Kalai / Laura Blackley Band / Danny Gatton And Joey DeFrancesco / Bill Wharton And The Ingredients / John Sheehan / Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer / Snooks Eaglin / Guy Clark / Chris Proctor / Danny Schmidt / Dar Williams / Les Barker / Blake Guthrie And Getaway Car / Corey Stevens / Larry Carlton With Special Guest Robben Ford / Jack Williams / Joel Mabus / Alice Di Micele / Michael McNevin / Antje Duvekot / Blake Guthrie / Tom Principato / Paul Kamm And Eleanore MacDonald / Jim Henry And Brooks Williams / Dayna Kurtz / Darol Anger's Republic Of Strings / Vicki Genfan
Requests 65strat has made
| Last 25 song requests | |||
| Song | Artist | When | Dedication |
| 54-46 (Was My Number) | Brooks Williams | Tue., May 6, 2008 - 06:08:56 | |
| If Night Be Kind | Jack Williams | Tue., Nov 6, 2007 - 17:52:17 | |
| Nothin' | Townes Van Zandt | Tue., Nov 6, 2007 - 17:07:13 | |
| Got A New Truck | Tracy Nelson | Wed., Sep 6, 2006 - 13:45:32 | for Hoonah |
| Closer | Lisa Kelly | Tue., Feb 21, 2006 - 12:24:41 | |
| Troubadour | Sean Mormelo | Thu., Nov 17, 2005 - 19:01:57 | |
| Tanglewood Tree | Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer | Fri., Aug 12, 2005 - 12:52:52 | |
| Pieces | Laura Blackley Band | Tue., Jul 5, 2005 - 13:40:25 | |
| Bittersweet | Big Head Todd And The Monsters | Thu., Jun 9, 2005 - 14:47:26 | |
| Mississippi You're On My Mind | Steve Norris | Thu., May 5, 2005 - 14:15:57 | |
| Coffeehouses In The U.S.A. | Blake Guthrie | Thu., May 5, 2005 - 14:13:56 | |
| The Ghost Of Frankey Silver | Laura Blackley Band | Fri., Apr 8, 2005 - 13:22:44 | |
| Rose Tattoo | The Overalls | Thu., Apr 7, 2005 - 15:01:03 | |
| Bears | Steve Norris | Fri., Apr 1, 2005 - 14:18:25 | |
| Top 15 artists requested | ||
| Artist | Times requested | Percent of 14 total requests |
| Steve Norris | 2 | 14% |
| Laura Blackley Band | 2 | 14% |
| Brooks Williams | 1 | 7% |
| Townes Van Zandt | 1 | 7% |
| Lisa Kelly | 1 | 7% |
| Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer | 1 | 7% |
| Blake Guthrie | 1 | 7% |
| The Overalls | 1 | 7% |
| Jack Williams | 1 | 7% |
| Tracy Nelson | 1 | 7% |
| Sean Mormelo | 1 | 7% |
| Big Head Todd And The Monsters | 1 | 7% |
