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Permalink Reply by Jeff 'Bones' Reilly on October 21, 2018 at 9:04am

There’s no rules in CBG mate get them in where you can , have fun enjoy the building . 

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Permalink Reply by Mikey Hearrold II on November 28, 2018 at 5:14am

I really like that offset neck! Neat idea!

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Permalink Reply by Jeff 'Bones' Reilly on November 30, 2018 at 9:49am

Thanks Mike I do love the off set through neck seems to be my signature type of builds .

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on October 21, 2018 at 9:33am

yup . who cares ? , where-ever ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on October 21, 2018 at 10:41am

Hi, yes I agree there is no real reason you cant put controls anywhere you want. Creativity is the name of the game. Hmmm, on the peghead is a bit of a reach Ha Ha.

Spot the controls on this cbg.

That's the tone on the base There's the Volume, the grommet rotates. Taff

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on October 21, 2018 at 10:58am

Nice Taff, Note the jack on my headstock too . ( the cable  runs down the truss rod channel ) ;-) LOL . The pickup is actually an electric razor motor . ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Cause the Blue rat on October 21, 2018 at 10:33am

If you want to follow standard store bought guitar builds the volume is the closest to the strings. But if that's not what you want then do what you want. It's your guitar. 

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on October 21, 2018 at 10:50am

In all seriousness . as long as they are not where they  interfere with playing or strumming or palm muting etc ..  have at it .  note . some folks like the volume closest to the strings to  do  "volume swells" etc   .. 

If building for someone else , ask them their preference .

If building for yourself .... Have fun with it .

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Permalink Reply by Don Stachovak on October 24, 2018 at 8:40am

I once knew a guy that drilled the volume pot hole too close to the edge, it hit the frame and wouldn't close. Heh, heh. I ( mean HE) had a fun time fixing that one!

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on November 30, 2018 at 8:14pm

Just depends on you and your style of playing.

If you like to rotate the volume/tone knobs for effect, then you want them close to the bridge. If you don't use them like that then anywhere they're out of the way and look decent.

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