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Howdy Gitty,I've been using parts from you guys for a while now. Was really excited when I learned about the psycho knob. I want to send a huge shout out to Ben Gitty Baker for being so gracious in offering help to get this working correctly. Mr Mayhem was pretty much built on a dare. Shane Speal highlighted the psycho knob on his show one day after he installed it in his partscaster. He dared someone to build a diddley-bow with a psycho knob. So of course, me being me, I took it to task. Cbgi …

This has got to be one of the most insane amp builds/hacks we've encountered.  Bullethead has taken an old school intercom speaker and loaded it with the Gitty amp kit, a preamp and even the Psycho Knob internal distortion unitGitty Parts:2.5W Artec amp circuit boardPre-Amp Unit Model EQ-7545RPsycho Knob Kit - Internal Distortion/Boost/Overdrive1/4" input jacksSquare plastic jack plate matte whiteChrome Dome Knobs …

Build # 16 – 3 String CBGI finished this build in late 2015 – before I read Glenn’s article “Improve your cigar box guitars by getting to know the anatomy and orientation of open gear tuners.”Yep… I installed the tuners upside down. #alwayslearningFeatures Padilla Reserva Maduro wood Cigar Box 3 String Acoustic - medium gauge "Blues Blaster" strings.044W, .034W & .026W Tuned To Low open G "GDG" Black Open-Gear Guitar Tuners/Machine Heads 25.0" scale with 23 me …

Hey folks! Nick again with the second part of my 7-20-4 build.Step 4: The BridgeThe bridge turned out to be a bit of a stalling point on the build. As I mentioned in the last article, I had settled on the 3-string Gold hard-tail bridge. When I went to attack my bridge for a mockup, I found that the screws lined up perfectly on one side… and ended up hitting the corner of the very corner of the neck, and caused a blowout due to there not being enough meat to grab.This was where I r …

On my last trip down to Arkansas I made it a point to stop in and see Bill Jagitsch (a.k.a. "Bluesboy Jag") and compare notes. We ended up trading boxes and I got a Comacho from him that I thought would be good for Cooking with Gitty.I made a couple miscalculations that weren't too disastrous. Like not notching the neck and it coming out almost level with the top. Fixed that by angling the neck.It is a Yellow Camacho Box, Walnut and Maple neck with a figured Maple fretboard. From past and r …