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First build Long time guitar player here, but I'm mostly an electric bass player these days. Anyway, someone posted a link to a Samatha Fish video on… Started by Lark Leazar	33	Aug 20 Reply by Lark Leazar
Irritating noise through amp hi, i’ve built 4 CBGs now, all with pickups of some design, but I tend to play, and I use the term loosely, acoustically. However I plugged… Started by Michael Myers	8	Aug 20 Reply by Taffy Evans
Minty Amp Clone I’ve just finished breadboarding the amp and the funniest thing, not only did it ‘work’ but I got 2 radio stations to boot! Yep on the same… Started by Trevor Stephenson	14	Aug 16 Reply by BrianQ.
Bass pickup I've been asked to build a short scale 2 string bass which in it self is no biggie even though I haven't done one before.. What I'm wonderi… Started by Eric Shepherd	7	Aug 11 Reply by Taffy Evans
Fret calculations I made a spreadsheet to calculate frets offline. Features Up to 24 frets unlimited scale length in inches Decimal and fractional inches Mi… Started by Graham Wedepohl	6	Jul 30 Reply by Tom T
What would you do? What would you do with this 'vanilla' gallon can? Paint it? Leave it as is? Add a mod-podge image[s]? I want to make a 3-string git but no… Started by T-Gripped	3	Jul 30 Reply by Cigar Box Nation
New build with Tabak box Just thought I would share a couple of pics of the build I'm currently working on. I'm really liking this Tabak box. I like how deep it i… Started by Webster Miller	3	Jul 20 Reply by Pete
Guitar photos, builds from the past. Hi, I thought I had better post something before I forget how to do it. I hope the members I don't see here much anymore are well and just… Started by Taffy Evans	3	Jul 14 Reply by Taffy Evans
CBGitty lipstick Tube Pickups I bought some of these pickups for a project guitar. These pickups are close to the same output as the original Danelectro pickups. They do… Started by Paul Craig	27	Jul 1 Reply by Paul Craig
To ground or not to ground? I have a 3pole delta blues pick up from cbgitty. Comes wired with a plug in. Do I need to ground this unit? Started by Karen Pal	8	Jun 29 Reply by JL

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