i thought i'd put together a guide for what to check out when buying a guitar of any type. I thought I'd post here to get some feedback on everything in general. I go through such things as the top and back quality, fretboard action, ease of use, etc
Read more…Would two piezo pickups in one beer can microphone be of any benefit? Or just redundant and a waste of time?
Read more…Hi all,
First, this seems to be a wonderful community - I really appreciate all the resources here.
I am just finishing up my very first guitar - waiting for some pieces/tools I just ordered from CB Gitty.
While I do own an electric miter saw, electr
Read more…So, I am building 50 ukuleles for the kids in my community. I am working with a local music teacher that will be providing online lessons doing all this crazy. Feel free to check out the Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/Keep-the-music-going-A
Read more…found a workaround for the missing post issue that is easier than the cut and paste method.
when you type your post the tab in the top left is highlighted as "Visual Mode"
All we have to do when you are finished writing your post is to click on the "
Read more…I built a really nice upright bass thing from an ebay cello neck and a chunk of wood. Everything is fine except it will not stay in tune. I think either it's the cheap tailgut stretching or the design of it itself is flawed and it's bowing. The neck
Read more…Letting everyone know, that starting next Friday July 24th, the show will now start at 3:00 PM Eastern Time. That way, they can finish their work, and then have a fun time, doing their show. Hope to see you there.
Read more…I see some people embed piezo discs in the tail end of the neck under the bridge. Other folks attach them to the vibrating sound board. The bridge makes sense to me on one side, but it’s usually then butted right against the neck and not free to vibr
Read more…decided to go back do an old favourite before I moved onto my next new idea.
complete set of M&M collector tins, each with a piezo and a broom handle shoved into them. Always a fun build. This is the 3rd time I've made a set of them and the 4th set o
Read more…Hey All, Down with a pinched nerve so figured I'd use this time to put up the next part of the story on CBG set-up. If you're looking to dial in your next build, this covers what's going on with 'action', how to measure your string height, and how to
Read more…Hi, this is one of the most useful time saving tools I have purchased in a long time, and it was only around $50au.
When gluing or applying lacquer to an instrument under repair, I always like to have it at the best angle to aid glue flow, clamping,
Found this website and with a few clicks of the mouse produced a comprehensive custom (attached) GDGB chord chart for my new 4 string just completed (see photos). I know there is quite a bit of this on this site already but I hadn't come across this
Read more…Just finished converting a Harbor Freight tile saw to a fret slotting saw using a Stew-Mac fret slotting blade.
Read more…when I measure the scale length using a metal bridge like the one pictured do I measure from the zero fret to the front edge of the bridge, right where the strings come out? Right where they make last contact with the bridge?
Read more…I have been working on this since Lockdown. lots of cutting and sanding and gluing and screwing and swearing and some bleeding and that was just making the body and I'm a little out of it as I type this because of the amount of clear gloss I sprayed
Read more…not sure whats up but for a while now i get chrome refusing to allow cigarboxnation.com . I have to click advanced and tell it to go to the site anyway... anyone else have this problem?
Read more…Like many people I use bolt bridges. however recently I've been concentrating on finger picking and find that, quite often, either of the G strings will slip across the threads. My current bridge has quite a deep thread, M8 Now this may be due to my
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Does anyone have any advice on preventing or even minimizing fret sprout? I've made 4 guitars so far, and all developed fret spout to varying degrees. My most recent build almost immediately!
This last one and the one I am working on are gi
Read more…Howdy...I am building a two string, short scale, stand up ( well...sit down) bass. I want to mount a Gitty bass pickup under the strings but on top of a short L bracket which will be mounted to a block on the inside wall of the narrow box. This L bra
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