I'm sitting here, drinking way to many big mugs of coffee, bored out of my skull, watching 10" of snow melt .....then I see it.
DUM ... DUM ... DUMMMMM .... !!!
A cbg I call my test mule. All that really remains is the original box and tuners.
I have messed with and rebuilt this one so much that the box is getting very ragged. OK! I have sumthin' to do now.
But what?
I know ... a reso .. I have a can just waiting.
I take the box of and get it cut and ready ... but the longscale fully carved neck is a neck-thru. That won't work.
OK .. I've got this thing apart, so ..... let's re-box it!
I go poking around in my big box of cigar boxes and come out with a MonteCristo Toro .... no wait! There's two!
Didn't I see something about gluing 2 boxes together?
This is gonna be big. It may turn into a 3-string bass. Now I gotta go dig in the cold, cold shop and find the weed-whacker line.
Matt
BTW- It's too cold to work in the shop ... so now I have sawdust all over the office!
Matt
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That is fookin`fantastic.
I have been doing the same with old steel toolboxes. Seem to be very popular down here as well.....
Shane Speal said:
Back when I lived alone, I was bored one Saturday night, about 2am. I got up, put $10 in my pocket and went to WalMart with the challenge, "what can I build from $10 in WalMart parts?" When I passed the home section, I saw a cheap metal black mailbox. I took it home, killed an old acoustic for it's neck and built a dobro:
I cut holes in the ends leaving about 1/2" lip. Then glued with Titebond II and several clamps. I then cut out the ends and middle just like you would for a regular neck-thru.
No drilling ... I ended up just re-stringing as it was. EAD ... top 3 strings from a set of Pearce's. Tuned GDG for now. Sounds good, mellow and louder (acoustically) than any other CBG I've built.Maybe baritone-ish? In fact, I doubt I'll put a pick-up in this one. Buuuut I do have a cb mic element that was in the old box.
Tomorrow it gets fretted.
How did you end up treating the join between the two boxes?
No drilling ... I ended up just re-stringing as it was. EAD ... top 3 strings from a set of Pearce's.
Tuned GDG for now. Sounds good, mellow and louder (acoustically) than any other CBG I've built.Maybe baritone-ish?
In fact, I doubt I'll put a pick-up in this one. Buuuut I do have a cb mic element that was in the old box.
Tomorrow it gets fretted.
Here's the damage ... I don't usually name projects, I did once with an off-road vehicle and it developed a life of it's own .... .... but I give you ...
DUBBLE TRUBBLE
Looks awesome: how does it sound? Did you have to drill out tuners for the WW line?
Here's the damage ... I don't usually name projects, I did once with an off-road vehicle and it developed a life of it's own .... .... but I give you ... DUBBLE TRUBBLE
Beside of it is the main culprit ... a newish build in 25.5" scale that I have been playing. It broke a string and it was all down hill from there. Matt
Back when I lived alone, I was bored one Saturday night, about 2am. I got up, put $10 in my pocket and went to WalMart with the challenge, "what can I build from $10 in WalMart parts?" When I passed the home section, I saw a cheap metal black mailbox. I took it home, killed an old acoustic for it's neck and built a dobro:
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I have been doing the same with old steel toolboxes. Seem to be very popular down here as well.....
Shane Speal said:
I'm looking for more boxes that will work together.
Matt
Matt
How did you end up treating the join between the two boxes?
Tuned GDG for now. Sounds good, mellow and louder (acoustically) than any other CBG I've built.Maybe baritone-ish?
In fact, I doubt I'll put a pick-up in this one. Buuuut I do have a cb mic element that was in the old box.
Tomorrow it gets fretted.
Matt
Looks awesome: how does it sound? Did you have to drill out tuners for the WW line?
DUBBLE TRUBBLE
Beside of it is the main culprit ... a newish build in 25.5" scale that I have been playing. It broke a string and it was all down hill from there. Matt