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First Guitar Build - Bone Daddy Stogies

Well... here it is... my very first guitar build. This is an electric/acoustic fretless slider. I cut/engraved the box and fingerboard with my laser cutter.

I made a few mistakes along the way but gained an excellent guitar building education.

As always... critiques are welcome. I'm off to the next one!!!

Thanks,

Steve

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Permalink Reply by Bama Hound on October 11, 2015 at 8:30am

You definitely have a signature look going with the Bone Daddy Stogies, so how you get there is great. The first rule of CBG building is there ain't no rules. I must admit it would be crazy to have a Ferrari parked in the garage and never drive it because of gas mileage.

I would be living in a glass house,if I said not to use what you have available.I use Photoshop to do calligraphy and make patterns for pictures. If I want a flower or a bird or whatever,I resize it and tack glue it to my object, then burn through the paper and into the object I want it on. I am really making a paint by numbers pattern. Is it cheating,or taking advantage of available technology? It would be nuts not to take that Ferrari out on Sunday afternoon and open it up.If you don't do so every now and then you will loose the" feel of the wheel".

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Dudley on October 14, 2015 at 8:47am

That's AWESOME!!! Well done! I love the back panel that is removable. I just noticed that my 1/4" outlet is a little loose, and I really don't have a way to tighten it. I dropped a little thin CA glue on it though and hopefully it will hold it. Anyways, I think I might try a back panel on my next build like that to access the electronics. Oh, what is holding the strings inside the grommets? I have tons of 1/4" grommets from my knife sheath and holster kydex business and would like to use those but I would need to back up the strings with something as the grommets are too big, just like it seems yours are.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on October 14, 2015 at 7:57pm

Stick a pair of needle nose pliers into the jack and press firmly(holding the jack in place) and tighten the nut with a wrench.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Robbins on October 15, 2015 at 4:32am

Hi Christopher... Thank you very much for the kind words. Yes... the back panel can be easily removed and I can access all electronics and change strings. There are string ferrules underneath the front of the guitar as well as on the front. I'm sure grommets will work just as well. The removable panel works very well. See Pic: