Hello! new member here and i have not posted yet so i think it's time! Sadly not for a good reason.
I have just finished my first Cigar box guitar and strung it up. When tuned to GDG i get a buzz on the thickest string when not fretted and it goes aw
Read more…So here is my first build. I had be looking around all over the internet about CBGs. I have been a musician for years and have played guitar for a long time. I have always wanted to build a guitar, and I figured this would be a good starting poin
Read more…Trying to figure out is problem in intonation or frets.Neck is straight. Bridge is tune-o-matic. Using chromatic guitar tuner. 3 highest strings are on 12 fret 2 tone sharp.
3 lowest are on 12 fret 2 tone flat. G string sounds weird(not right for my
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've been having some problems with "economy" guitar and mandolin tuners, from different sources. it seems like i'm losing too many of them to gear failure. the little gear just strips out on a tooth, and then it skips. this has happened about
Read more…I have a problem wherein I made a small cookie-tin instrument about the scale of a soprano uke with steel strings and the first fret sounds two half steps above the open note, as opposed to one (if I tune to C, the first fret plays a D). The rest of
Read more…Hey guys, appologies if this has been covered but there are a LOT of discussion to file through.
I've been experimenting with piezo elements to amplify one of my CBG's and a mic and i get the same issue with both...they feedback like a bitch!
I've trie
Just wired up my guitar.... and I've got buzz. I am having trouble diagnosing it... and it's starting to irritate me. Typical guitar wiring setup, one magnetic pickup, one volume and one tone control. This is the exact same setup I've used on my oth
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