Hi, I've just finished building a 4 string CBG, I already have a 3 string tuned to open G. I want to use an open tuning for the 4 string but with the extra string as a bass note. The strings I have are 046, 030, 022 (as I use on my 3 string and I hav
Read more…I have had masking tape on a blue Perez Camillo box for a long time. What is the best product to remove the tape edge marks and finger prints?
Read more…I made my first CBG and enjoy it a lot. Cherry scarfed neck, cedar Oliva box, piezo and a sweet $15 amp from Goodwill.
Now I'm on a quest for the elusive good-sounding acoustic. I've read "use a bigger box" whenever the concept is mentioned. So noted,
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I have only built about 10 CBG's and with each of those the necks were shaped with hand tools. A 1x2 for the neck with a 1x2 as a back strap. Making the notch in the box was easy enough as everything was square.
Today I tried shaping a nec
Read more…Hello, folks, I already used up what little search skill I have, and thought it might make a decent discussion for those interested. How do you store your cigar boxes for long term?
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3 string 25" scale
3 string .017, .013. .010
Poplar neck
Red Oak fretboard
Piezo pickup
Stallone Cowboy Series box
Two matching 3 string twin girls CGB's. The only difference is the Pink vs Purple accents.
Three strings .017, .013, and .010
Poplar neck
Fretted red oak fretboard
rare oak Head stock with Shane Speal tuners
Piezo pickup
West Tampa box
Read more…Just finished this for a 10 year old that is into sports for his birthday.
23" scale Chugger
nail frets
Shane Speal .042, .032 strings
Black Maduro box
I have no other person who builds CBG. I am having a hard time finding Bass Fretboards. I emailed Mike Orr, and have not gotten a reply. Can anyone help? Mike Orr has built fretboards for me in the past. I don't know what happened to him.
Read more…I made a box and am having major trouble finding the correct height of the neck .i could easily give up and make a slide instrument only but i want a fretted 4 string . I've made it before but with a different box or cigarbox .
I think the problem is
Ok, Ray, you said you would pay for this post… I hope the money is on its way. Here is the [shortened] conversion breakdown of the job.
I have seen a few accounts of others who have done this, but they have been very basic conversions. If you are doin
Read more…Sorry no new CBGs to show, but here is a collection of resonator guitars I have built over the years. One is a left-handed acoustic guitar that I was commissioned to convert to a Resonator guitar. It might be worth showing how the job was done someti
Read more…Hi, some time ago I built a 4x2 bass, it's called a stick bass. Photos should help tell the story. It is free-standing so the bass player would just walk over and play, standing or sitting.
It sounded like a mic'ed-up acoustic bass.
New guinea Rosewood
Read more…I searched "Ghost Pickup" and found a few entries from people who tried the Wicked Bucker under the box top. Apparently it was not particularly successful.
I'm just checking in to see if anyone has successfully installed a wicked bucker under the bo Read more…I’m working up to build my first licence plate CBG. Does anyone, who build their own boxes, cut rebates to fit the plate into, or do they just fit them on top?
Read more…Hi, here are the build photos in full. I'll let the captions tell the story.
I cut all the text out to save space, any comments dont forget to use HTML.
Cheers Taff
Just thought I’d let out a hint on an adhesive that’s worked for me well in woodwork,Gunsmithing and now in guitar building,it has a couple of real nice features it comes with a hypodermic type applicator needle as a permanent unremovable part,and
Read more…My new creation is coming along well ,using experience gained from No.1.I opted for a different tuning…why have only two guitars and tuned the same?Other than that I don’t have enough time in grade to know why,just seems a good idea ,so I opted for
Read more…Try to decide what type of pick up to put under the bridge. Using a GittyBucker near the neck, was contemplating just a small peizo under the chrome bridge. Suggestions? Also have an Electric Delta 3-pole pickup, just not sure about depth for install
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