I am gearing up to work on my new build, it will be a broom stick neck set up with some home made pick ups.....but here is the thing. Where can I fit the pickups with a broom stick neck that goes all the way through?, and also, I am thinking of a two
Read more…Is there any reason I couldn't make saddles from the scrap cedar that comes with the boxes? I am worried that the wood will be too soft. I was just going to put a slot in it and use a non slotted bridge out of brass rod.
Read more…My first self-built CBG. Apologies for the poor picture quality. It's a simple 3 string with 22.5 inch scale length using a piece of Oak for the neck. Tuners donated by a friend who'd recovered them from a trashed electric guitar. Internally there ar
Read more…I am not fond of the job of putting in fret wire. Yesterday I got pretty flusterated with using the bottle of brush on super glue so I quit for a while. On the way home tonight I stopped a ACE Hardware and picked up a little bottle of Loctite Super G
Read more…Hello Folks, I am a newbie and I am getting ready to build mi 1st cigarbox guitar and have a question on how to make the groove in the neck so it will fit well into the top of the cigar box. I bought the Bill Jehle's DVD "how to Build a Guitar" and h
Read more…I am setting up my first 3 sting cbg and have 2 questions. what height on the action is good for playing and sliding? what size on spacing between the strings? I have gone for half inch gap between strings and looks like a high action. It just feels
Read more…Looking at violins, I see that the f-holes are usually around the saddle, but on CBGs, they tend to be more toward the neck. Any ideas about how it might affect the sound to place f-holes kinda on either side of the saddle more like on a violin? Seem
Read more…I have an experimental project in mind, and in order for it to work and look halfway decent, the neck will have to be long enough to accommodate a 30 inch scale. Are there any issues with making a CBG with a 30 inch scale that is not a bass? I just
Read more…Ive seen the diagram for tone and volume pots on a single pickup that's been posted here a few times, and I'm wondering would it be as simple as just removing the volume pot from the schematic to have just a single tone control on the guitar? Or does
Read more…Can you wire two piezo pickups in series like you can single coil pickups? If so would it work to simply wire the ground of one to the jack/switch/knob/etc. then wire that hot from that pickup to the ground of the other pickup's ground wire, and wire
Read more…I recently got one of these mini amps, but using the piezo pickups, it only works if I set it to overdrive. The regular setting produces no sound to speak of. Does it need a pre-amp, or am I just expecting too much?
Read more…I feel like I hit the jackpot when I visited the cigar store the other day. They had this God Of Fire box, in really nice shape too. It is deep red, with gold lettering. I think I want to make this one a little nicer than the ones I normally make, an
Read more…I was wondering what would be a good fret board material? I was thinking about lamenit flooring, but was not sure, and really not thrilled about the look....I just kinda want something that fits over the neck and the box when I lay it on. Keep in min
Read more…I know this has been asked over and over here, so with this post I'm sort of looking to clarify all the info Ive gotten from the other posts. My cbg nearing completing is a peizo pickup, 1x2 poplar neck, through the box for the tailpeice so it should
Read more…Glad to be here and here goes my first post. I have some nice gym floor maple and would like to use it for a neck. I figure 1 1/2" to 2 " wide should be good for a 4 string. Any preferences for how thick the neck should be? And I know it is in here s
Read more…I'm working on a PBR themed guitar and the last thing I need to do before assembly is finish the neck. It is a fretless style, with a poplar neck and fingerboard. I plan on painting the space between the frets where the inlays usually are blue and th
Read more…Hi! am looking for sdvice as to what to use or not to use for colouring wooden CBG parts. I caught the one with the vinager/iron on oak, which turned out great, but am aiming to colour up some of the cedar boxes and maple/ash necks into something int
Read more…need some help on something....Last couple of builds I've done I have struggled a little with buzzing at the bridge or nut. Not sure why. Doesn't seem to matter what material I am using. I've used lots of stuff from bone to brass rods to bolts to cor
Read more…Hi there, I've made a few CBGs but just got my hands on an excellent, large, rectangular tin that is begging to become a guitar. I was just wondering what, if anything people did as structural support in these things. Its as solid as your average tin
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