hey guys, Ive built a couple of guitars so far, and Im looking to improve the way that I make them. I have a question about cutting the neck holes out of the cigar box. What I am doin right now, is Im using my fret saw to make the vertical cuts, and
Read more…My daughter went to the market in Vancouver, WA this weekend and said someone was selling CBGs . Coarse she didn't bother to ask them anything, like who they were. Just curious if it was someone that is a member here.
Read more…I have seen over the weeks, since starting this beautiful addiction of building CBGs, many questions on humming problems on piezos. I have been experimenting, researching and trying to find some answers to these questions.
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You think some wood would be cool hot glued to a magnet?....I guess I can just use a washer....I am just thinking about a pickup in my head and thinking about some magnets and stuff....it's late.....my brain does not want to shut down and
Read more…Hey guys, Ive built a couple cbg's, and I want to start getting more creative. I see in pictures these silver rings that people put on thier sound holes. What exactly are these, and where can I get some? -Alex
Read more…Just getting some stuff together to start my first build. I have access to a large variety of wooden cigar boxs and woods for the neck. I want to "electrfiy" my CBG , probably with the piezo method on my first build.
1)Would a box that is made of th
Read more…Can anyone help me? I installed a radio shack piezo transducer (273-0073) and it is humming...how to remove it? Any tips? Thanks!
Read more…I'm in the process of building my first CBG after many years of playing the bass and 6 string guitar. I'm having a huge mental block in deciding how many strings to put on my CBG. I initially thought that I'd just build a homemade 6 string but now I'
Read more…I am about to wind my first pup. It is going to be a 3 stringer. From what I can tell, 8,000 wraps of 42 AWG is a good starting point for a first try, then I can experiment from there. I've read as much as I can find but most of the info out there is
Read more…Hey everyone. I purchased a Karosa neck on eBay which is a nice handmade neck, but it's a little on the rough side for my liking to use in a standard guitar build. I've never built a guitar before, and this neck was going to be used on my first build
Read more…Strung up my first last night and it's almost there... That little box is louder than I expected, and that's without soundholes yet. Very cool! It wasn't hard to get a couple good licks out of it either. I can't wait to add a pickup and try it though
Read more…and i can't seem to find the curtain grommets that everyone is using for their sound holes...a little help please...preferably retail stores...but i'll check out websites too
well the 14th fret (last one) is a mm too high on the bottom , only mess up when you play the low string past the 12th fret . so i have too tweak tomorrow . it sounds better than i had imagined , didn't try it on the metal amp , went with the chorus
Read more…If you follow this link you can download WFret, it's a great fret calculater and even better it comes with a feature that lets you print out the fret scale and then tape it to your fret board and just line up the frets with that of the printed templa
Read more…I now have 2 CBG built one for each of my kids, a 6yo and a 10yo.
The small one has a 13" scale and the bigger is 17"
Thanks for the help with the dulcimer scale.
Cheers Ron.
Here is my second build. A 3 stringer.
A nice deep all wood box, from the local shop, house brand.
13" scale dulcimer frets. Maple neck, old flooring. Maple bridge with a piece of mahogany from the box liner. The nut is Lignum Vitae.The tuners had so
I just finished with building my first CBG (pictures below) - I'm thrilled with how it looks, but it's not letting me tune it up proper and I'm not thrilled with the noise from the pick-up. I can live with it not being electrified, if I can still pl
Read more…Howdy all. new to cigar box but not to guitars. Got a few questions. And when these are answered I'll have a few more...kinda how it goes..LOL I've read threw a lot of the posts here and even did some searches. Totally cool info! Is is possible or
Read more…Wondering where UK builders get their wood for CBG necks? All B&Q seem to have is cheap pine and other wood merchants aren't much better. I could trek out to my nearest sawmill and get some proper hardwood but it's a bit of a distance and I can't h
Read more…I had read a "How To" Building a Piezo pick up somewhere else on the net and the artical mention if "some" of the white crystal substance chipped off during disassebly of the plastic case that it would not effect its operation. Well after I took mine
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