2nd day of holiday, decided to experiment with my next build. as a result of the 4ft broom handles that I got sent by mistake, I end up with a lot of short end pieces which I can't use, so I decided to try and make a folding neck Diddley Bow by screw
Read more…I was doing some home repairs, and was staring at an 1-1/4 piece of PVC and thought WHY NOT??
34" Scale, Bass String, Bass Tuner, Angled headstock Electric Diddly Bow...
I have a old small cheap amp that has no effects just terrible, bass, volume, and tone. I'm looking at getting something bigger and better for the festivals and craft shows. What do you recommend, an amp that has built in effects (reverb, chorus, e
Read more…That's what I focus on a lot in my cogitations about what I'm gonna build.
I have had a couple flashes of what I at lease t consider inspiration. I'd like feedback on my ideas.
1. Fret markers (NOT frets). All these will go into slots, and be sanded fl
...trick.
But this is not for gitty work.This can augment domistic tranquility.
This headstock trick is very closely related to how I untangle the wife's gold chains.
Get the foam core and some sewing pins, colored ball end works well, you can color cod
What's the consensus on the placement of a single pickup on a CBG? Do most people prefer the neck,bridge or middle and why?....
Read more…Well,....WOOT! Success!
Here's a bunch of pix. If Shane built his in 1 hour, well, he;s a far better man than I. This took about 10 hours.
It ain't perfect, but that was not the goal. All the goat staring allows me to sift thru the endless plans an
Man, primer sure shows flaws.
Color change, it's gonna be satin Navy blue.
Curious if anybody has used a combo 1/4" jack and Bluetooth when building a small CBG amp?
Had someone ask if the amp I built was Bluetooth accessible besides playing guitar through.
Read more…I was given some nice boxes, from a 9x7x1 3/4 to a 6x6x3. What is the smallest size box that some of you have used for a regular 3 string slide guitar and how did it sound? Art
Read more…I was asked to build a cigar box sitar and this is what I came up with. No sympathetic strings but I kind of got the sitar sound out of the bridge. I used super jumbo frets. If do another one I think will scallop the fret board so I can get the extr
Read more…I found out until I have surgery on my eyes, "STOP trying to read a ruler!" I pains takenly and as precise as I could be laid out the frets for a 25.5" scale, each time check it (even with dial calipers) I would be off by a football field. Then I bor
Read more…Hi, still gathering parts for my first build, and NOT being a musician I will have to ask some noob questions.
Now, I've been watching the great Justin Johnson unpack one of his signature shovels and I noticed it's made using a Blue Hwak shovel/spade
Read more…the wife decided to buy a new fryingpan so i snagged the old one, seeing as i hadn't built a cbg style guitar in quite a while this was the perfect opportunity,
10" fryingpan + a few piece's of an old school bench (beech) + a pbass pickup,
Read more…Hi, still in the process of gathering components etc for my guitar which WAS going to be a shovel variety but may yet be made out of an old pew.
I have bought a double coil humbucker for use and am curious just how far it is possible to have the stri
Read more…My inbox sounded like a fire alarm from all the new members(30) UK, CANADA, CZECH REPUBLIC, MEXICO, GERMANY and THE STATES. WELCOME ALL to the asylum! To the newbies, who are starting out on first builds. There's a wealth of information here for buil
Read more…Just how accurate are you supposed to be when laying out frets? Most fret calculators 1/1000 of an " or metric. Some building plans and builder use the touch over this measurement or a smidgen under this. I have watched videos of a builder going down
Read more…The pages seems to have gone a bit silent.
So, who is building what? There have to be a lot of "in process" gits out there.
Share the build. Maybe we'll all learn a little bit.
I just ordered some red Brick House boxes. Christmas and the red guitars
Read more…Hello, I am making a single string diddley bow. I have a P90 pickup I am gonna use. I see some pickups mounted lengthwise on the neck,have seen a video with lengthwise pickup and it sounded good. I have seen videos with pickup going across that sound
Read more…Was talking to my guitar friend at work about 'hardtail' bridges. He explained about the string dynamics of VSL and what he called 'voice'. So in concept, I understand what is being acomplished.
What I am not clear on is whether the units are in fact
