Rooting through my scaps, I've come across some that I'd like to cut and use for a fret-board. They are thick enough (or will be as soon as I resaw them), but they aren't long enough. As I seen it, I have two options:
1. Glue them together to and t
Read more…I was asked to build a cigar box sitar and this is what I came up with. No sympathetic strings but I kind of got the sitar sound out of the bridge. I used super jumbo frets. If do another one I think will scallop the fret board so I can get the extr
Read more…Here I am, just finishing my first CBG and even getting it strung out/tuned up! Will wonders never end?
But now I have enough timber suitable for a second instrument... even have a very thin cigar box. The length of suitable wood for the fret board w
Read more…Can tap tuning be effectively applied to a CBG? The only thing I can see that might be done to effect the tuning of the soundboard is adding bracing. Does anyone have any thoughts or experience in applying this technique to a CBG?
A web page discu
Read more…I am preparing to build my first CBG. I have collected some tools and cigar boxes. I am going to buy my wood for the neck/fingerboard this week. I will probably buy my wood at a big box store. Does the finger board and neck stock need to be planed on
Read more…I made concert ukulele fretboard drafting.
Is this correct or is it completely wrong?
Read more…Hi, I've spent the last few weeks researching CB Ukulele's looking at various sites, tutorials, videos, this forum etc... so have most of my first build questions answered. I've just acquired my first cigar box (La Invicta, red cedar with plywood b
Read more…I have good cigar box. Bad is that it's in propeller. Can I fix it and how ?
I have guitar fingerboard what is 70cm long. I wanna make 28" scale guitar.
30" scale if I can't calculated 28" and I have short scale bass neck mesures.
My electric guit
Read more…I am building a new guitar based on this box:
I cut the wood lid to fit the candy tin. I plan on using a Klangbox 3-pole pup on the neck and I would like to put a mag pup inside the tin to pick up on the lid. I have materials for a couple options
Read more…I have 3 fret boards for sale they are 1 3/8 inch wide by 22 inch long by 1/4 inch thick, a little narrow for an average cbg neck but maybe a good fit for other instruments or projects. $5.00 a piece.plus actual shipping....Picture in attachment bel
Read more…Hey all. I am trying to finish up a fret board where I drilled some holes and placed some white marble tacks as the fret dots. I sank them level with the board, but because they are rounded a bit, I have some space that I will need to fill. So....
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