I found this lovely piece of Brazilian rosewood, 1/4” x 1 1/2”, that would be lovely for a fretboard I’m building for a friend BUT it’s got what looks like a little bit of tear out from the planer. It’s very shallow, but would I have to sand down to
Read more…I saw a question on here by Jerry Gibson regarding surface pickup too high and thought I would explain the problem and the possible solution.
The issue is I suspect that the bridge is too low, the action may be correct as that applies to string heigh
Read more…Having trouble finding videos or instruction on how to fit the neck to the box.
I want to make my first CBG with the neck ending inside the box.After making the U shaped cutout on the front side, is the neck glued to the base or the lid?
Does the ne
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So I made a mistake and want to see everyone's opinion on how to fix it.
I spent a long time carving the neck and rounding off the heel only to discover that I rounded back too far and now the flat neck slots I made on my box don't match the roun
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I just realized that the fretboard that I built was straight, and the frets I bought were curved.
When installing them, I cut the slot a bit deeper than needed and hammered them in place (classy...), which does barely the trick.
Do you go for
Read more…Hello all, I just finished my first build, and am quite happy with it.
I used a floating bridge, and definitely have a significant buzz from all three strings. If i press down on the bridge, or just behind it, the sound is very clean and pleasing.
Read more…...a baritone CBG. I have a big square thin box like Shane's and I'm going to try making another successful hardwood/plywood hybrid neck like the one on the Rocky Patel 12-Year cbg I just made.
Are there any plans for a baritone?
Hey ya’ll, My understanding, in the 6 string electric guitar world, is that aligning strings with PU magnetic poles is ideal. If I use a 6 pole PU on my 3 strings, would I attempt to align the strings in between the 6 magnetic poles?
Thank you for
Hello All, I'm new to this site and always looking to learn from what's out there on YouTube and here as well. Some have lessons on playing, building and helpful tips on both. I've subscribed to some like Shane Speal, Del Puckett, Southern Fire Guita
Read more…Been gone a couple years. Felt I had reached a plateau as far as CBG skillset, so I've been building Telecasters (couple pix below). Occasionally, CBG influence creeps into my geet builds.
Building got me through the covid mess, but recently I'm noti
I’ve just finished breadboarding the amp and the funniest thing, not only did it ‘work’ but I got 2 radio stations to boot! Yep on the same power in line to our shed I’ve got an AM radio and an FM radio plugged in so I unplugged both but still got bo
Read more…I've been asked to build a short scale 2 string bass which in it self is no biggie even though I haven't done one before..
What I'm wondering is what pickups are out there at a reasonable price, the guy doesn't have bottomless pockets and I'm doing t
Read more…Is anyone familiar with the CAO Flattop 770 box? Would it be a good option for a guitar? The top is very thick, so I don't think you would get any resonance. I'm thinking about a magnetic pickup for slide playing, so I don't know if box resonance is
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i’ve built 4 CBGs now, all with pickups of some design, but I tend to play, and I use the term loosely, acoustically. However I plugged my latest project into the amp built with the CB Gitty kit, and when I pluck a string I get a loud “quack” bef
Read more…I've got several three stringers. 24" scale, tuned D3, A3, D4
I'm using Nickel wound strings for the D3 and A3 with a plain wound string for the D4.
String diameters are 0.026, 0.018 and 0.012 respectively.
Based on online sting tension calculators,
Read more…Well, this is my first post, thank you for the welcome and for reading this. I'm new in CBG bulding, and I've decided go for the acoustic type.
First of all, because I don´t have now an amp, a piezo or a pickup, jack...
Second, because I want to try
Read more…I seem to have an issue with necks not keeping flat/straight. I usually use the 1x2 neck wood and double up for the heel into the box. Woods I have readily available is red oak and poplar (which is ridiculous since I live in the furniture capitol o
Read more…Hi all. This week i am building my first cbg. What are the diementions of the neck, 25 inch scale - 19 frets
What length. Width and depth should the neck be?
Cheers rich
Read more…Hi there!
This is the latest in a series of home-built instruments - all based on the theme of re-cycling dead 'folk' guitars.
A colleague donated a particularly nasty IKEA guitar, that was beyond all redemption. So I ripped the front and back off it
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