bridge placement
when putting the bridge on, does it need to be supported under the lid by the neck, or will that dull the sound?
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fret wire
If I use gold fret wire, an need to file it level, will the fret wire still be gold on top?
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My 2nd build, CBG/AMP
Here's my 2nd build, it came out way better than my 1st
Arturo Fuente CBG
-4 string, (middle four electric)
-fretted oak scarf joint neck with poplar markers ebonized then finished with a walnut poly
-hammered copper nut inset into neck
-hea
Read more…yet another reso build question
I think I got the reso thing just about figured out, well on paper anyways. But I would like to ask:
Does the lid/top touch the resonator or does it just go around it really close without touching it.
Now that I asked this I can sleep easy.
Stiff Card Box
Has anyone ever used a stiff card cigar box for a 3 string guitar. If so was there any sound deadening from the box. I plan to use a through neck so I don't think I got an issue with strength and I'm to use a piezo pickup. Thanks Daz
Festival Circuit
Not sure if anyone does the Festival Circuit selling CBG's but here in Rochester NY there is a Festival every weekend in the area.... ..These are just a few of the Big ones here...
Jamn for Haiti
check it out guys, crow and i, with the band Uncle Crow, just played our second gig last night and it was AWESOME!! played at a small bar in Lake Wales caled Al's Place. it was a benifit concert for an orphanage down in, you guessed it, haiti. we end
Read more…Who gigs with what?
Just curious how many of the builders on here are gigging musicians, and of those, who is gigging full time with their CBGs. I do a fair amount of gigging, but playing in a variety band limits the amount of songs that I play on my CBG.
I have to s
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Question!!!!!!!
Ok, so I got the action down to about where I want it using a smaller bolt for the nut and replacing the bridge with an eye bolt! I also made a makeshift string tree to add tension for the new nut height. Here is my issue/question! First, I tuned to
Read more…Jamn for Haiti
check it out guys, crow and i, with the band Uncle Crow, just played our second gig last night and it was AWESOME!! played at a small bar in Lake Wales caled Al's Place. it was a benifit concert for an orphanage down in, you guessed it, haiti. we end
Read more…Smoking kills label
I have managed to peel one of those awful smoking kills label off a wooden box, but i can't get the glue off,, any ideas people????
How To Get The Most Out Of My Instructional CD Lessons!
Ideas to unleash the potential of Open Tunings:
1) Watch the whole video through from beginning to end, like a TV show without your guitar. Doing this will help you see the "Big Picture" and you will have a clearer understanding of the approach to
Home-made instruments featured on NPR's Science Friday
http://www.sciencefriday.com/
Check out the "featured video" (left side of the page) for a "hacker" group making primitive instruments, winding pickups, etc.
Pretty cool for a national science program.
Need advice on a 4 string please !!!
Hi evryone !!!
this is my first post and i'm still planning on my first build,
i would like to build a 4 stinger but using the lower 4 string of a regular guitar
and tune it to normal E tuning as i mostly play only these string anyway on a 6
stringer
Read more…Hip Bone Slide
OK I'm getting Scheduled for a total hip replacement...
And I had a thought...when they cut the top part of my femur off...
1. Maybe I could keep it and use it as a slide!
2. Or sell it on ebay "Human Bone Slide" I know no selling of human parts...
My Texas Electric.....Finally
Got this baby tuned to GBD, 2 pickups piezo pickup and Jazz Coil, and the real switch panel works... Sounds great....I was gonna save this for a competition but I just can't hold out... Now I have to learn to play during my Hip Replacement.. Hope y
what is a diatonic scale? kids CBG
I built my first CBG with a 24" scale. It is great, now I want to build something small for my kids.
I have read a thread suggesting a 15 or 17" scale and a dulicmer scale but somebody mentioned a
diatonic scale as even simpler.
What is is and what s
Donors Choose
Hey Nation,
For any of you that don't know me, I've been a member of CBN for a bit over a year now and love this place and the people here. I realize that many of us are drawn toward these instruments for their thriftiness and possibly our lack of fu
Read more…Common North American (plus other) wood hardness chart
Attached are a few good charts that describes most North American and some foriegn/exotic woods in their Janka hardness. Keep this in mind, this is NOT intended to promote one wood over another or act as a definitive guide to all things wood, but a g
Read more…I can't receive emails
I have been sending pictures to my email here but they never show up.also I cannot upload them when clicking on the camera on my page. Also I sent a emailto invite some people to join but they never received them..what gives?
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