I found a few "junker" guitars at a local music shop, and I bought them for cheap and stripped the necks and pickups off them. Is there any easy way to test the pickups to see if they are working properly?
Read more…I'm really new to CBGs, and am currently gathering supplies to make my first cbg. Does anyone know of a good place to buy 2x1 lumber?
Read more…WARNING: That's an old style AC/DC amp , sure it's cheap to make but Deadly Voltages may be present on the chassis making it totally unsafe to handle ... Nice to look at but may be the last amp you ever play ...
Read more…So, I ordered some cigar boxes last week and I just received them. Well, out of the 20 I purchased, 10 paper and 10 solid, I got maybe 8 I could use for guitars. The others, maybe amps or something, but it's a hit or miss thing. Anyhow, I figured I'd
Read more…Here is a foot percussion pedal that I made at the weekend. it works pretty good, I put a piezo on it, sounds better unplugged. Tam
Read more…Looking to purchase some guitars to be used as display decorations on my new pizza place. I posted about two months ago but was not ready to receive them. Now we are ready for them and I need to buy a bunch. Looking for individual pieces or lots. Ple
Read more…So, with my builds I've made sure that I only cut enough wood out of the neck inside the box so that I can glue the box lid directly to the neck. But looking through some of the plans I noticed that they take out WAY more wood than I do... what's t
Read more…Hey folks, I recently contacted one of the heads of a blues society here in the mountains of Colorado, just kinda showing him what I do. My ultimate goal was to get free admission to the 2-day blues fest they host in June... hee hee hee. But he too
Read more…Anyone know of a place to get cigar boxes in Virginia? For reference I'm a little less than an hour from Williamsburg. Thanks, Sam
Read more…I am in the process of making a six string CBG and want to use a single coil pup for the bridge and a humbucker for the neck position. I have read, in these hallowed pages, that you should use 250k pots for single and 500k for humbuckers. With this c
Read more…I noticed I haven't been getting an email when I somebody comments on my pictures or videos lately. I went to the email settings on my home page and clicked all the little boxes over and over but it seems like from now on when ever you add a picture
Read more…Ok, to make a CBG with sympathetic strings, I need to know a couple of things. The plans I have scavanged so far suggest twelve strings (presumably each tuned to a note of the western scale) - so question 1 is: Does it matter which octave the sympath
Read more…A while back someone was looking got a bigger box. Would this do? http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Edge-LARGE-Wood-Cigar-Box-17-25-Wide-Great-Tool-Box_W0QQitemZ330368002649QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4ceb77aa59
Read more…I want to take a stab at making a reso cover. I see Lowes/Home Depot carry 6X24" sheets of steel or aluminum. For those of you that have done this ... would either work, or should I stick with steel? I want to drill many holes in them, and pound them
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Read more…Just wondering where the best place to get bulk parts would be?? Looking for a good place to buy the simple stuff like hardware, tuners, fretwire, etc. I know StewMac has a ton of stuff for builders but they are quite pricey in my opinion. Any help??
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