'Allo guys...
First, I learned the flat pencil trick, and tried filing a nut. Worked out not too bad at all.
So...the build it was for. I don't think I posted this pic, if I have, sorry. I don't remember what I had for breakfast.
It actually is not 1
Read more…Hi,
The guitar that was played over in the video section is this one. Just to give those interested a better look.
New Guinee rosewood body with a Burdiken Plum top, Fingerboard is rosewood, and the neck is maple.
Pickups are Seymour Duncan Pearly Ga
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I am getting started soon on my next project. For many reasons I need to keep the cost to a bare minimum. I am going to use for the neck what I consider to be very unconventional, bordering on taboo, plywood. Now don't go jumping up and down. Nice
Read more…I build fretless, hollow body, 3 stringers and am now venturing into my first electric build. I've got a Gitty humbucker I'll be using with a hardtail bridge. I've already cut the hole near the neck and would love to see a discussion on the ins and o
Read more…Greetings. My eldest daughter recently expressed an interest in a Banjo. I found these plans Make a Tin Pan Banjo - 1923 (cigarboxguitars.com) and was wondering if anyone here has followed them. I have several questions.
The plans show Frets but give
Read more…I picked up an old gas can at an antique store. I'd like to build an electric three-string guitar ghosting the pick-up inside of it. Whether I ghost the pick-up or not what is the best way to get inside the can to put in the jack and the volume and t
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Finishing off my first fretless CBG and trying to figure out the height of the bridge and nut. I've grooved out the neck for the nut and it is sitting at it is sitting at 3.5mm or 9/64".
Should the bridge sit level or higher than this?
Thanks
Will po
Thinking of using some old 32 guitar strings as uke frets. Anyone ever tried? Or have any thoughts about it?
Read more…Attention New Members, there’s two other sites archived with build & play secrets created by the founders of Cigar Box Nation? Looking for Build plans & How-To Videos or technical info on Strings & Pickups, there’s even info on Tunings & String combi
Read more…Just purchased a snake oil humbucker prewired for volume and tone control. The wiring harness does not have a ground wire. Do I need to run a ground wire to the strings? If I do, which component should it be attached to?
P.S. This is my first magneti
Read more…No, really. Nuts. Guitar nuts.
Looking for a neck for a new build in my other thread, but having a tough time finding what I want. But then, I had a flash of inspiration.
The neck I've found closest is 24-inch scale (good), 4-string (good), bolt-on
Is this wire good enough for grounding my strings? I was too lazy to run out to the barn and search and the wire for the piezo ground was not much bigger.I ground it to the volume switch case and soldered it to the brass tailpiece
Hello all. It's been a while...
Some remember me, to others I'm new. Started building CBG's but skill set plateaued, and I shifted to building full size geets (see a couple pix below).
I have access to a couple 40 watt lasers and am able to cut rout
Read more…Hi All. I'm busy trying my hand out at building a 3-pole single coil pickup for my next CBG (probably a Steampunk). I have started the construction of the bobbin and am using 3 Alnico 5 pole pieces. I have built a jig for putting on the 42AWG copper
Read more…Out of curiosity, has anyone ever tried attaching the neck at a corner instead of the middle of a short side? If the neck goes through the box it would go in at one corner and then go out at the diagonally opposite corner.
(It is 00:13 am here and I
Read more…I am going to order a truss rod for my guitar project. If you have used a truss rod, what length did you use?
Read more…While waiting for my CBG parts I was browsing CBG videos and I saw this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gWign-qR-o
How can it be so loud even thou the neck is dampening the whole soundboard? What mechanics are working there? It goes against all
Read more…Hi, I have not had time to build a box guitar in a long while, but last week I made the effort.
The inspiration came from having an abundance of timber available from a fence that I demolished, and a reason to build.
The timber is shown in the first
Anything I should know about trying a hardtail bridge on an acoustic guitar. Surely someone has done it before.
The pics are what I'm thinking about trying
