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  • Randy S. Bretz January 10, 2014 at 5:33pm

    Butternut Limb Neck Cookie Tin Build

  • Mike Breen January 9, 2014 at 9:03am

    Ivo thanks for the instructions they are very well done and must have been very time consuming. I have a question, in the picture of hardware parts what is the function of the long sliver sleeve?

    thanks

    Mike

    • Ivo Garza > Mike Breen January 10, 2014 at 5:11pm

      That is a spacer that I used for the bridge.  I have made composite bone and wood bridges for banjoes that I have made, but thought in keeping with construction techniques for the rest of the guitar, I would just us a hardware store spacer for the bridge.

      Ivo

  • Barsymes Cratchnee January 8, 2014 at 11:35pm

    Wow, I can't believe you put this up for free.  Printing this off now for my CBG building folder.  Thank you for this.  Unbelievably good of you.

  • Greg Potts January 7, 2014 at 3:59pm

    Nice writeup. I just finished building a "Christmas Fruitcake Tin" guitar and put the strings on last night. It worked out pretty well. I did mine a little different, putting the tin on facing upwards and using some bracing inside the box. I'll get some pics when I get home tonight... Very interested to hear what yours sounds like.

    • Ivo Garza > Greg Potts January 8, 2014 at 1:28pm

      Greg:

      Thanks ahead of time for posting the pics.  If it is possible, please post some of the bracing.  I think it would be good to have a place where people can trade what has been successful in making tin-skin CBGs.

    • Greg Potts > Ivo Garza January 8, 2014 at 10:42pm

      Here are the pics. I will try to get some decent audio from it as well, I am really pleased with the sound.

      http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/albums/fruitcake-tin-guitar

    • Ivo Garza > Greg Potts January 10, 2014 at 5:15pm

      Thanks for posting the pics.  I like the bracing.  I don't see screws from the outside in any of the pictures.  How do you hold the bracing to the tin?  I don't know where you got the tin, but that sure made a pretty guitar.

      Ivo

    • Greg Potts > Greg Potts January 8, 2014 at 11:31pm

      Here's the audio:

      http://www.pottsfamily.ca/slowlanemusic/wordpress/wp-content/upload...

    • Ivo Garza > Greg Potts January 11, 2014 at 3:57pm

      That sounds as nice as it looks.  

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