I haven't seen this done before and thought you guys might be interested. I have been using these in my builds for a while now and they work quite well. The bridge can be adjusted in height to suite your frets or playing style. There are factory made
Read more…I'm currently working on 4 "paddle box" style guitars/strummers/whatever. I'm at the stage of shaping the tops and trying to decide on sound hole size and design. I've looked online at a lot of technical discussions on Helmholtz resonation and such
Read more…The guitar sounded a bit odd on the base string so I made the sound holes adjustable. The sound holes can be adjusted to have varying openings including one sound hole open and one closed. The adjustment is made via the two screws next to the sound
Read more…Hey everybody, I am building a concert scale pot lid reso uke,with a piezo pickup. My string ends will show thru the tail piece. So ball end strings may be the ticket. Can anyone recommend steel wrapped nylon strings that will tune like a uke? A
Read more…I'm thinking of building a 'just intonation' guitar. 4-5 string, probably 23-24" shorter scale length CBG.
Any thoughts, advice, experience, tips will be most helpful.
Read more…I've been looking for an alternative truss rod just to strengthen a long thin neck.
I've had a peek on e-bog for aluminium T-section rods but they seem just as expensive as buying an actual adjustable truss rod.
What I was was thinking was a 10mm x
Read more…A while back I built a cajon for my grandson with a built-in snare. It came out great and the snare added a whole different dimension to the sound.
I'm currently working on a reso CBG using an Old Lowe cone with a rod piezo in the biscuit bridge.
Has
Read more…I'll start off by saying that this may not be everyone's "cup of tea" and that some people might consider this "overthinking". To that I will simply say that one person's overthinking is another person's "understanding".
Let's start with something w
Read more…You will see in the photos a new way to do a resonator. Is a copper/nikel soldering rod tin soldered on the inside of the brass bell. It makes an interesting sound. I will try to put inside how many I can.
Read more…How does everyone do this? Ink? Pen? Label? How do you code information?
Read more…I like the insides of the picture that heads this forum. It seems that a real attempt has been made to get the best sound out of his box (that suits him!) I was wondering if the guitar theory of bars and bracing really applies to CBGs? Regarding br
Read more…I am helping my daughter build a 5-string long-neck gas can banjo. It needs a truss rod, and we are doing this the found parts and hardware store way. We have an appropriate, small mild steel bar to embed as a non-adjustable truss rod -- sort of earl
Read more…Hi all. Here to pick some brains and share what I can if I can. Here my latest finished project. The Blues Legend.
Read more…Has anyone made their own tailpiece out of brass? Is so, what gauge did you use? I am thinking of making one for a 6 string reso project I am starting Thanks Tim
Read more…So I'm out in the shop and working on 8 builds, which I'm sure will put me over 100, and wondering "why all the conversation about neck angle"? I see folks post about a 2 or 3 degree neck angle and ask myself, "Why bother?". We're not talking about
Read more…I have just cut a test neck to body joint dovetail. I made a jig from plywood to hold the pieces and templates cut from 1/4 inch plexiglass. It works! If I could get the templates cut on a CnC machine it would be perfect but I still got a passable do
Read more…I know bridge placement has been discussed, but what about the difference between the glued on bridge with the strings pegged, or hooked on like a uke or hard tail, compared to a bridge with a tailpiece and the strings pressing down on the bridge.
I
Read more…One of my favorite 3 string guitars has developed a buzz on the middle string on several frets. Any advice about fixing this? Am I simply locating the high frets and filing them down some?
Read more…I've been searching through the articles on this site for information on selecting the position where the bridge should be. Obviously on an unfretted instrument you can move the bridge and experiment, but on a fretted guitar, once the frets are on an
Read more…Hi all ,does anybody here know where I can find inexpensive reso cones and coverplate with bscuit bridge ? I have been in contact with Old Lowe (love these brass cones will be buying one soon) but I am also looking for something more traditional as w
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