CB inserts
What do you do with the thin strips of wood on the sides and end of CBs leave em or discard? Some are lightly glued others aren't
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Anyone else into Billy Strings? Superb acoustic guitar
I came across this great picker/singer a couple of weeks ago and man, what guitar skills. New generation bluegrass. Does the old school justice too.
Here is a great example in concert Billy Strings Live in Pittsburgh
Read more…Leaf Microphonic Soundbox
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b7G1BDhRpZ4
This looks like a strange little noise maker.
Read more…Easter Weekend Build: Baritone 5 String Canjo
Got an itch to build a Baritone Biscuit Tin Guitar a while ago and this weekend, not being particularly hungover, I decided to get it built.
I had an old Encore Lefty neck laying around so that was easy, I then decided on a suitable tin, which I had
Read more…Displaying a CBG
Are the tuners strong enough to hold a cbg by a strap or string for a tent display at a show? I have seen one example where a hook was screwed into the neck but not sure if most buyers would appreciate that.
Read more…Pan for a resonator
I came across this neat old cake pan and thought it would make a kool resonator. I have no intention of building one, but if anyone is interested in using it it's yours free. All I ask is you pay actual postage. I'm not out to make money, just don't
Read more…Rescued ss can.
I "rescued" this 1gal ss safety can from a unspeakable demise and can't figure out what to do with it it's beat up at the bottom seam, so the original purpose is out of the question. I'm thinking a steel slide or maybe an amp housing. Any suggestions
Read more…Potentiometer graphic design
- Anyone have a source for graphics to print out or buy to place on the body like these
thanks for any help.
Setup for cutting the neck back angle on a hand miter box
For my last few ukuleles, I used a bolt on neck. The neck had a threaded insert and a 1/4-20 screw passed through a reinforcing block in the box and into the neck. I needed to cut the back angle on the face of the neck that screws to the box, but my
Read more…Intonation problems
Hello everyone. I just recently finished my first 4 string CBG build, You can see the uploaded photos my page for reference. Overall I think the project went well for a first build, however...
I've attempted to set up the string height for both sl
Read more…Doghouse Double Bass - in the Vertical Position
Good evening guys
Fresh face on the board … I am looking for advice re building a one-string bass on a vertical plinth, to be played as a stand-up bass … has it been done, is it possible ? I am hoping the answer is on this board somewhere
list of com
Read more…Lid thickness question.
I picked up a couple nice cigar boxes one of which is basically an upside down pyramid(only tapered on 2 sides) my concern is the thickness of the lids, they are every bit of 1/4" of hard wood. One is going on display in a cigar store so flipping it
Read more…Bamboo Guitar.......
Hi, over in Paul Craig's What's on Your Workbench thread, Paul mentioned building guitars out of bamboo, so I thought I would show this one I built some years ago.
Its actually a cigar box made of bamboo. It was too thick to build as an acoustic so i
Read more…Bento Box peek
I'm building a couple of Bento Box ukes from C.B.Gitty. I have not glued the box, so my pictures have it held together in some painter's tape. But I wanted to show it off as is, partly to help people decide if they want to stain or paint before buyin
Read more…Laying out tuning machines on headstock?
I'm working on the headstock for my latest build; I want to do three-in-line on the tuners, with each peg lined up so the string comes off the peg and across the nut and down the neck in a straight line.
I've determined the angle at which they need t
The Doctor method for applying a neat, even layer of glue to small parts
I use this method to apply glue to small parts like braces, bridges and such. Much neater than using a brush, and you know the glue thickness is consistent.
Mounting resonator cones
i built my first resonator using a spun aluminum cone and was happy with the sound and tone however I didn’t have the right size screws to mount the steel cover at first. Once I did get the cover on it seemed the volume and maybe the tone had been re
Read more…Spring Reverb Advice
Looking for advice on doing a build w/ internal springs for a reverb effect.
What kind of spring did you use? Storm door springs seem too heavy / got too much tension to use. Thinking screen door springs? Where did you get your springs? Local hardwar
Read more…Perma grit sandpaper
Back when I built RC scale tugboats. I also wrote articles for a British based model magazine(Traplet I think), from time to time they would send me a product of some sort to tryout. Looking through some of my stuff in the black hole(storage) I came
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