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Fretted and Slide Advice
I'm looking for my next build from CB Gitty. Does anyone have any advice on what CBG build kits are good for playing slide on a fretted CBG? My first build was the "Pure & Simple" fretted build. I love it but the action is so low it's really difficul
Read more…Sound holes or not sound holes in a electric cbg?
This is my first dog bowl guitar and I plugged it in. In this cbg Good idea or not I used a springs around the bowl and on the bottom spacer I hollowed that out and stuck on spring, My question is, if your making a electric cbg, should it have soun
Read more…Guitar Amp
What would happen if I installed the amplifier directly into the cigar box of a guitar? Would it make an instrument that blasts sound directly from it or would something make it not work? Like maybe some crazy feedback when the sound hits the piezo?
Read more…It Happened at breakneck speed....
Hi, I have lost count of the number of guitar necks I have repaired over the years. These accidents have been caused by a number of reasons: people sit on them, drop them, the strap comes off, drunk trips over a guitar on stage, guitar falls off the
Read more…Using aluminium
I'm making a dog bowl resonator and am considering using an aluminium sheet/plate as the "soundboard" - with a hole in it to suspend the upside-down bowl. Any ideas as to the thickness - I'm thinking 2mm (UK measures!)? Also, if I were to spend some
Read more…Thinning headstocks
Hey folks,
I am doing my 3rd large batch build for another elementary school, 25-30 ukuleles. I have yet to figure out a faster easier way to thin the headstocks.
Any suggestions would be appreciated!
regards,
eric
Read more…Finding correct bridge position.
Hi, I thought some of you might find this useful. I’m showing one of my acoustic builds here, but I use the same method on my CBGs.
The bridge saddle slot is already compensated at an angle on the bridge itself when I make it, so the bridge sits squa
Editing this site?
Hey, I'm wondering if it is possible to delete photos and edit photo albums.
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Read more…Looking for advice on pickup type and placement
I'm building a reso-plate kit from C. B. Gitty. Looking for advice on a type of pickup and the best location for it.
Read more…Springs in a cigar box guitar
In my first build I added springs to the box but later for the fun of it cut out my neck to except (4 springs) thinking it would vibrate a little extra, don’t seem to sound different, but now iam thinking I should fire it up with a pickup, what you t
Read more…Help for beginner
Hi, I’m looking for help with my CBG playing. When chord names are shown above a melody tab, are the chords strummed at the same time as the melody string would be picked? So far I’ve only been attempting to play the melody tabs.
Read more…Hi everyone. Need some advice plz...
I'm baaaaack for a bit. Some might remember me, I've been gone quite some tims.
Long story short, I moved from CBG's to making full size guitars, mostly T-style. Made about 15-20 of them, even sold 3. I switched because my cbg skillset had sort of
Need help
I’m trying to make a guitar that I can play by removing the frets epic Ying the fretboard and then just sliding up and down the strings, I’ve got some experience making Diddley bows but I’m unsure of exactly what I need to do in order to get somthing
Read more…How can I use this cool piece?
I have this brass saddle rosette that's vintage Civil War. It's 2 1/2 inches wide. It would be nice if it could go flat on the top somehow with the strings going through drilled holes.
Or even better, it goes on top of a piece of hardwood in a cresce
Read more…Box thickness effect on sound
If a guy wanted to build a dog bowl resonator: Will a thick box produce a better tone than a thin box? Will a larger - 10.5 X 9 - box sound better than an 8 X 6? Is it better to attach the neck to the bottom or the lid? Is it better to have the d
Read more…Rocky Patel mocked up
Probably about 2 days work left on it, maybe more. Gotta fret, glue on the fretboard, do the wiring fit the tailpiece, string retainer plate, pup, and bridge, then screw it together.This is probably the best quality one I have built. Zoom in on the h
Read more…I am back and I have something new; Biscuit Tin Micro Bass
Been a while since I last posted on here. fair enough most of what I build is for sale and I don't want it to look like I am on here to advertise, but this build here is a personal one and one I have been planning for for years.
It is a Micro Bass, f
Read more…Ghost pickup
I’m working on a build where I want to leave the box lid uncluttered. I’m thinking about ghosting the pickup under the lid. I’ve never done that and I’m concerned that the lid may be too thick. Is there a rule of thumb or other guidance? I’m using a
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