Finished two oak scarf joints last week and after clamping I always lay the neck on its side against parchment paper so it won't stick. After about an hour I remove and clean up any excess glue and reclamp.
Both necks had about 4-5 eraser head sized
Read more…I kind of screwed up cutting a hole for a cookie tin lid and almost sanded the hole too large. The lid is a little sloppy in the fit dept. If it is slid in one spot it's ok, but if I slid it in another and apply a down pressure it falls through. Can
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It's been a too damned long since I posted on here. I was wondering if you all knew any tricks for fixing the random buzzing that happens on a license plate guitar. I've tightened all of the screws down. My old trick was to put tape, or pap
Read more…Hi everyone, thank you for allowing me to join this group. I have just bought my first CBG and am completely new to learning how to play it. I am trying to see if anyone can help me with a tab version of 'Belfast Child' by Simple Minds. I've got a
Read more…https://jerusalemmules.bandcamp.com/album/the-jerusalem-mules-pulling-out-of-the-world
Here is a link to the new CD by my lofi string band. All home made instruments and a collection of original and classic old songs. Hoping you will all take a list
Read more…Hello,I am new to CBG or guitars in general. I notice in the videos of people playing that when sitting most people dont use a strap. I see them take their hand off the neck and the guitar seems to be balanced,or they say you shouldnt support the gui
Read more…Looking for ideas on supporting a nut from the back side on a scarf joint other than grooving out a notch for the nut to fit into.
Seems I saw a pic of a build once where their was some support behind the nut on the tuner side so it was supported fr
Read more…Just posting a quick tip on how I have added logos printed on to paper
Here I have printed a logo on plain paper and tracing paper.
The plain paper is glued to a piece of scrap and the tracing paper is glued to the headstock of a Darth Vader star
Read more…I looked and haven't found any reference to this, so here goes, Has anyone embedded a disc Piezo under the fretboard? The reason I'm asking because the neck that I'm working on is laminated butcher block red oak and it has a beautiful resonance quali
Read more…Do you install your frets before or after you glue it onto the neck? Why? Inquiring minds want to know!
Read more…Hi, i recently got a used micro cube for $40. It works but sounded like crap, breaking up and complete distortion anywhere near 1/2 volume. I pulled it apart and found a tear in the speaker, searched some guitar forums and found that people are swapp
Read more…Im trying to figure out how to get thru this forum. At the bottom of "Discussions" do you "Reply" to add to the whole topic or are you replying to the person ahead of you? How do you add photos? Thanks
Read more…Hey Good People,
the question is fairly simple: does a lap steel need a truss rod or can it be worked out by using sufficiently rigid materials for the body?
My logic says a rigid body will work just fine but my logic has gotten me in severe troubles
Hi, My last batch of ebony fingerboard blanks had a couple amongst them that had warped while I was storing them. They were perfectly flat but had twisted to one side so that I had no straight edges to work from.
As builders of instruments often usin
Read more…I recently purchased a walnut guitar neck from cbgitty with a scarf joint and expanded headstock I intend to build a four string and was wondering is it safe to drill the holes for the tuner shafts along the seem of the headstock's expansions I would
Read more…I'm relatively new to the whole cbg world. I caught the bug last fall, and this is my sixth build. I worked my way from a simple parts kit supplied with a cigar box, add your own neck, to a paint can lid reso kit, followed by a fretless and two more
Read more…I wonder what people think about putting the volume knob on the top side of the box rather than through the lid. Seems like the knob can get in the way when strumming, especially with a smaller box. Most people seem to put the knobs on the lid, in th
Read more…This has got to be one of the best cigar box guitar documentaries I've ever seen. Cigar Box Nation member, Henry Dervaric (see his profile here) talks about his passion for the instruments, his heart for veterans and his close friendship with his f
Read more…As part of this ongoing problematic build, I've attached my headstock to the neck via a scarf joint, with the headstock face creating part of the flat surface of the neck where the fretboard will be attached.
However, in the course of trying to flatt
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