Greetings Nation,
Does anyone know where I can get a fat back neck template? Most internet searches come up with ones that are no longer listed for sale. Thanks in advance!
Jim
Read more…I used a bolt on neck from CB Gitty for my last two builds. The neck attaches to a plank that goes through the box. To get the neck back angle right, I had to create a slight bevel on the plank where the neck connects. This bevel had to be flat, squa
Read more…If you aren't installing a truss rod, is there any reason to glue a fretboard onto the neck? I've seen quite a few people doing this and it surprised me. Just for aesthetic reasons?
I was planning on simply installing frets directly onto the main bo
Read more…So i am going to be finishing up my new CBG soon, this is the first one i have built in a long time, and there are a few things I wanted to do that I never had done before.
First thing, I did not want to rush. All my older builds were done all in t
Read more…What happens when you spend all day cutting 1/8" thick wood on a CNC laser cutter? Apparently, C. B. Gitty's Jason Munoz gets inspired to recycle the wood scraps into cigar box guitar necks!
Check out this wild neck Munoz created using nothing but 1
Read more…Hello all,
I ordered a CBG neck and pickup from Delta Groove Guitars just about a month and a half ago. I haven't seen or heard anything about this order since I paid the invoice. I have made a couple of attempts to reach them by email but the email
Read more…Hello all: I'm getting ready to (attempt to) build a CB violin. I have a cheap fiddle that I can use to check tolerances and stuff but what I'm Wresting with is how to attach the neck (its an actual violin neck) to the box and how much bracing I'll n
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…Excuse me if this has been dealt with already. I searched for it, but all I found were table saw jigs. I just bought a sliding compound miter saw. I want to make 15 degree necks. Can anyone point me in the right direction for how to proceed? Do I nee
Read more…The three day weekend gave me time to enjoy time with loved ones AND work on a guitar! Plus I received a spoke shave in the mail (on a Sunday! thumbs up Amazon), that made shaping the back of the neck very enjoyable. I just love the sound a plane mak
Read more…Hi guys,
I'd like to preface this post by saying I'm an idiot sometimes.
I've just glued a finished fret board to a finished neck and need to remove a lot of hardened woodglue from these "finished" pieces. I'm guessing one or two of you may have had
Read more…This build has been a little haphazard (my first build from top to bottom). After working on the neck for a while, I decide I need to lay a 1/4" red oak fret board on top to give the neck a little more strength. So I lay the red oak down on the neck
Read more…My first three builds were made using maple for the necks, which was fine except that the maple costs a small fortune. So my last build I decided to try poplar. Looking at the finished product, it seems very stable (no bowing or twisting). I do la
Read more…Hello, I'm about to start building my first CBG, and I don't know what width the neck should be for a 4-string guitar. Can anyone help me out?
Read more…Newby needs some help. I've done a couple of guitars with red oak necks & fretboards. I've stained the necks then poly coats. Have only stained the fretboards.
Now, I've got a neck almost complete. It's maple with a walnut fretboard. The frets a
Read more…My old classical guitar is circa 20-30mm thick. Maybe ukulele neck is 15mm thick?
I may get two 25mm thick blanks made out of leftover pieces from work. If I did not mess up glueing.
pieces together. Its not very good idea to glue different height 1
Read more…I'm working on my third build. It's one for an old high school buddy in another state. He saw my video and wants me to build him one. We've chosen the Punch box for his body and I want to stain the neck a blue to match the box. What's a good hardwood
Read more…Hello all -
So far I've built a number of different "Cigar Box" instruments. 3 & 4 string guitars, ukes, a 4 string bass, and most recently a "cookie tin" guitar (see pic). I'd like to try building a "cookie tin" banjo next.
Can anyone supply me wit
Read more…Having just completed my first build I was thinking over the things I'd do differently and the parts of the build that gave me the most trouble. Building the box from scratch was truly simple woodworking and was perhaps the easiest major part of the
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