I have bought 2 small cigar boxes a 'La Corona' 5 1/4" x 8 1/4" x 1 5/8" and a 'La Doncella' 5" x 8" x 1 1/2" are these too small for 3 srtingers? And what scale length ? plan on piezo bridge pup...
Any help much apprieciated . Cheers
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I ve recently gotten into cbgs and i have a box (ceder a. fuente), strings, tuning pegs(gold grover imperials :) ), an output jack, and possibly a neck.
I have a few concerns with the build:
Where is the best place on line to get pick wire to wind some pups? Best price, best service and etc.
Read more…Ok. I'm trying to decide what to do with this guitar. The neck is twisted, and it will barely hold a tune. So what should I do? Use it for parts? Try to replace the neck? Sell it to some unsuspecting yard sale shopper? Its not worth much. Maybe $100
Read more…ok, so by the title its pretty much obvious i have never made a cigar box guitar and have no clue what im doing i need some schoolin' from yall! i have a bunch of questions but im only gonna ask three for right now.
first off: i was reading around on
Can someone tell me what kind of "volume" knob I need to use for a pickup and a peizo....all seperate of course. What is a pot? and what is the difference between a pot and a volume knob.....and do I need to be using a variable resistor with thes
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Can I get your feedback please. Building my first fretted CBG. I want to play it as a slide guitar but also fret some notes. What action can you get away with so you dont pull the note too sharp when you play it fretted?
I do find
Read more…The boxes I currently possess aren't long enough for the scale length to work out unless the neck attaches outside the box. I would appreciate some help. Also What is the ideal box for this project?
Read more…I can get some peizo's pretty cheap...but, when I get them, the wires are kinda small and thin. I want to just take off the wires that come with them and replace them with some stronger, longer, copper wire...does anyone replace their peizo wi
Read more…There is a post on low budget land that you can use a speaker as a cbg pickup....kinda like a peizo.....is there someone here on the nation tha is doing this? And if so, could they post some pics. Thanks. Do they sound better the peizo's?
Read more…If you go to my Diddley Bow page http://www.dbrooker.com/diddly.html about half way down there's a link where you can download a PDF of a 23" and 24" fretscale with 24 frets that can be printed out on a single 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper - Just thoug
Read more…Hi everyone, once again need more information. I was wondering what the best types of glue to use.
currently have made CBG's using PVA glue for box etc.
Whats best for
fingerboard to neck
neck to box
strenghten box
etc etc...
As may not be able to get speci
I have started my first build. I have the neck cut and the box cut out to fit the neck, so I am by far no expert. I see threads of people asking about tools, as I go troling for info and ideas. If you do not have a lot of money I would think hand too
Read more…Let me just start by saying that I have no wood working skills whatsoever, let alone luthier skills (or tools for that matter), but inspiration has struck nonetheless.
I have been a guitarist for around 15 years now, but have always been fascinated b
Somebody mentioned using a hack saw for a fret saw, worked like a charm. The first one I used was to thick. I found a 32 tooth per inch saw, and it was better. I hammered flat the waves in it and it was closer, I filed off the remaining waves and it
Read more…I have two 250k pots that I want to use for a tone and volume control.
Does the rating on the pot have any bearing on the size of the cap that is wired to ground?
I have seen mention of .033 to .047 caps being used, but I don't know what the differenc
