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First build, in progress

Posted by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars on February 6, 2010 at 11:20am in Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts
I have added some pics of my first CBG, Neck is from a bed, Box was donated by dad, it held parts, tailpiece if cut from a rain gutter bracket, bridge is from some flooring wood, nut screws are from an old Evinrude, the tuners I bought new because my music shop wanted more for used one from his parts bin. What do you think? More pics on my page.

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  • Bluesheart February 19, 2010 at 8:58pm
    Nice. You know you will have to learn how to play "Shake Your Money Maker" on that when you get it finished!
  • Larry McInnes February 8, 2010 at 11:00pm
    LUV that box. Actually the whole thing looks great. Really nice first showing.
  • Wichita Sam February 8, 2010 at 11:33am
    Looks like the strings are going thru metal guides of some kind..... can't tell from pic...

    MichaelS said:
    Sam, the bridge is carved from a piece if oak flooring trim strip and the tailpiece is bent from an aluminum rain gutter bracket. Simple and free. Thanks for the comments everyone.

    Wichita Sam said:
    great looking cbg... love the vintage box and build.... tell us about your "bridge"... something different there?
  • MichaelS Country Boy Guitars February 8, 2010 at 10:23am
    Sam, the bridge is carved from a piece if oak flooring trim strip and the tailpiece is bent from an aluminum rain gutter bracket. Simple and free. Thanks for the comments everyone.

    Wichita Sam said:
    great looking cbg... love the vintage box and build.... tell us about your "bridge"... something different there?
  • Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates February 8, 2010 at 9:11am
    NICE. Now for the Video of how it sounds.

    -WY

    MichaelS said:
    Done, and it even sounds good (to me anyway).
  • Diane in Chicago February 8, 2010 at 8:35am
    Minwax makes a color Driftwood that is just a tad grey/brown. I've used it to help fresh wood look more like older wood nearby.

    MichaelS said:
    Good suggestion Roger, they don't stand out as much in real life, I think the camera flash made the cut wood jump out some. I might just put some furniture oil on the cuts and see if it darkens some, the aging on the box is old gun oil mostly and age.

    Roger Morin said:
    Got to find something to make the inside edge of the f holes look older to match the rest of the box, looks great.
  • Roger Martin February 8, 2010 at 7:41am
    Thats a good 1st or 20th even. Your off to a great start. I'm with shane on the GDG , I tend to go with that tuning most of the time
  • Wichita Sam February 8, 2010 at 1:08am
    great looking cbg... love the vintage box and build.... tell us about your "bridge"... something different there?
  • MichaelS Country Boy Guitars February 7, 2010 at 10:32pm
    Done, and it even sounds good (to me anyway).

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  • MichaelS Country Boy Guitars February 7, 2010 at 2:00pm
    Update: I fitted the neck on temporarily and strung it up, tuned to GDG as suggested by Shane. Wow it sounds great to me. The best sounding Cigar box guitar I have ever built! I have not yet put in the piezo and I might not, it really sounds pretty good on its own, must be the aged wood box.
    I am taking Wes's suggestion and screwing it together so things can be changed/ modified or whatever. These cigar box's are cool. More photos later.
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