Cigar Box Nation2024-03-28T13:06:58ZJLhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/JL239https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/364679837?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/cigarboxbasses/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=2wi04sdg3e031&feed=yes&xn_auth=noCigar box a little differenttag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2018-11-08:2592684:Topic:32329862018-11-08T19:01:54.030ZJLhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/JL239
<p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/133731212?profile=original" rel="noopener" target="_blank">This is a proto type cigar box bass full scale with removable / interchangeable body "wings "</a></p>
<p>Features a piezo with hi mid and low adjust with chouris reverb phase delay and tuner. The magnetic pu features a 5 position filter / boost. Its a tone monster! </p>
<p>Body wings are removable and interchangeable to other styles. I chose the Rickenbacker as it was…</p>
<p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/133731212?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">This is a proto type cigar box bass full scale with removable / interchangeable body "wings "</a></p>
<p>Features a piezo with hi mid and low adjust with chouris reverb phase delay and tuner. The magnetic pu features a 5 position filter / boost. Its a tone monster! </p>
<p>Body wings are removable and interchangeable to other styles. I chose the Rickenbacker as it was harder than most</p> looking for alternate tunings-tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2017-07-23:2592684:Topic:29099902017-07-23T20:14:14.938ZJLhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/JL239
<p>bass strings, either the ead, or adg.......thanks</p>
<p>bass strings, either the ead, or adg.......thanks</p> first bass buildtag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2017-04-29:2592684:Topic:28563972017-04-29T02:29:28.448ZJLhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/JL239
<p>Hey folks. Thinking of building a CBG bass and I have a question or 2. </p>
<p>Does it matter what kind of magnetic pickup I put in it? I mean is there one specific for basses? Also, does the 3 or 4 string matter? </p>
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<p>Also do I have to use a hardtail bridge or can I use a tail piece with a floating bridge like most CBG's? </p>
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<p>thanks for the input. I'm not a real experienced builder and I know nothing about basses. But I want to built one. </p>
<p>Hey folks. Thinking of building a CBG bass and I have a question or 2. </p>
<p>Does it matter what kind of magnetic pickup I put in it? I mean is there one specific for basses? Also, does the 3 or 4 string matter? </p>
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<p>Also do I have to use a hardtail bridge or can I use a tail piece with a floating bridge like most CBG's? </p>
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<p>thanks for the input. I'm not a real experienced builder and I know nothing about basses. But I want to built one. </p> Building my 1st Cigar Box Bass with Cerrywood box and tiger stripe maple necktag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2017-03-25:2592684:Topic:28307512017-03-25T04:16:43.593ZJLhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/JL239
<p>Just introducing myself from across the pond. Built a 4-string cigar box guitar now tackling a bass. Having great fun in learning and being able to practise skills required. Didn't realise how much time it starts taking over your life. It's a great hobby and all you guys seem really helpful. Bass should be finished soon hopefully. Will post short video of sound once complete. Cheers guys.…</p>
<p>Just introducing myself from across the pond. Built a 4-string cigar box guitar now tackling a bass. Having great fun in learning and being able to practise skills required. Didn't realise how much time it starts taking over your life. It's a great hobby and all you guys seem really helpful. Bass should be finished soon hopefully. Will post short video of sound once complete. Cheers guys.<a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1080096393?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1080096393?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024"/></a></p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1080095399?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1080095399?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024"/></a></p> Bass build helptag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2017-03-23:2592684:Topic:28291702017-03-23T02:01:28.435ZJLhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/JL239
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">i need the complete plan for a smaller bass build, around maybe 30" can anyone help me. i need to know things like should hte bridge be higher than the nut</span></p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">i am visually impaired as a program in columbia sc and need help in my material arts classes in making this guitar</span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">i need the complete plan for a smaller bass build, around maybe 30" can anyone help me. i need to know things like should hte bridge be higher than the nut</span></p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">i am visually impaired as a program in columbia sc and need help in my material arts classes in making this guitar</span></p> Building my first basstag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2016-11-14:2592684:Topic:27272912016-11-14T02:03:06.271ZJLhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/JL239
<p>Hi All - Been a long time since I posted as I've been busy just building CBGs and having a good time. These are all your basic 3/4 x 1 1/2 oak neck with a quarter inch fretboard and scarf joint. A few weeks back my son mentioned he would be interested in a bass so I've been thinking about that. So thats been rattling around my head for awhile and I've googled a few things, but basically I don't know doodley about basses. Sounds like my choices in scale length are 30" short scale - 32" - or…</p>
<p>Hi All - Been a long time since I posted as I've been busy just building CBGs and having a good time. These are all your basic 3/4 x 1 1/2 oak neck with a quarter inch fretboard and scarf joint. A few weeks back my son mentioned he would be interested in a bass so I've been thinking about that. So thats been rattling around my head for awhile and I've googled a few things, but basically I don't know doodley about basses. Sounds like my choices in scale length are 30" short scale - 32" - or 35" standard. I also believe the neck is going to have to be beefier than what I've been dealing with. Will a standard single-coil pickup work just fine on a bass ? Any words of wisdom would be appreciated before I start my journey.</p> fingerboard question(s)tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2016-10-31:2592684:Topic:27196262016-10-31T21:48:07.618ZJLhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/JL239
<p>My next bass project (and electric upright fretless bass), like my first one, is primarily red oak it's just easy to find the pieces I need (in the sizes I need) at Home Depot. Red oak is a decent hard wood and I can generally find something straight enough for my purposes. It does have that porous quality that makes it a little hard to use a hand plane on, but so far I've done ok with it.</p>
<p>In the cigar box bass I'm finishing up now, I laminated three 1/2" thick pieces together to…</p>
<p>My next bass project (and electric upright fretless bass), like my first one, is primarily red oak it's just easy to find the pieces I need (in the sizes I need) at Home Depot. Red oak is a decent hard wood and I can generally find something straight enough for my purposes. It does have that porous quality that makes it a little hard to use a hand plane on, but so far I've done ok with it.</p>
<p>In the cigar box bass I'm finishing up now, I laminated three 1/2" thick pieces together to form a straight 1 1/2" neck that fit three bass strings nicely. I put no additional fingerboard piece atop this laminated neck - it was straight and fit the purpose well enough.</p>
<p>This time the bass will have four strings and I've already created the neck with a tapered width - 1.5" at the nut going up to 2" at the end of the fingerboard. I'm thinking of using a flat, thin-stock fingerboard atop the laminated neck. I've located a couple possible pieces online. </p>
<p>First question - How hard is it to add a radius to a fingerboard? I don't have much of a workshop and use mostly hand tools, I'm wondering if I'll be able to modify the fingerboard in a way that doesn't introduce highs/lows that would show up when playing.a fretless instrument.</p>
<p>My second question is this - how thin/thick should this fingerboard be? If I were to go for some amount of radius, this would probably answer itself - I'd need the 1/4" stock in order to have material to shape and I can easily find 1/4" thick stock. But if I stayed with a flat neck,I found a nice looking piece of 1/8" thick stock. Is 1/8" too thin? I'm not worried about the neck warping - the laminated oak should be just fine keeping straight.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance,</p>
<p>Dan</p> My first bass buildtag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2016-08-02:2592684:Topic:26614482016-08-02T23:55:38.322ZJLhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/JL239
<p>Brand new to the site, wanted to show my latest build, a long scale fretless 2 string bass.</p>
<p>Started with a Tabak box, fully braced, then cut the neck out of red oak. Had some rosewood left over from a long ago project so I made a fret board from that. Fret markers are simply cut with the fret saw into raw wood to contrast against the espresso colored stain. Dot markers on the side are done the same way, using my dremel press and a small 1/8" cutter bit.…</p>
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<p>Brand new to the site, wanted to show my latest build, a long scale fretless 2 string bass.</p>
<p>Started with a Tabak box, fully braced, then cut the neck out of red oak. Had some rosewood left over from a long ago project so I made a fret board from that. Fret markers are simply cut with the fret saw into raw wood to contrast against the espresso colored stain. Dot markers on the side are done the same way, using my dremel press and a small 1/8" cutter bit.</p>
<p><a href="http://badtexasgt.com/cbg/bass1/body_detail.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://badtexasgt.com/cbg/bass1/body_detail.jpg" class="align-left"/></a></p>
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<p>Used a CBGitty 4 pole enclosed pickup (prewired with a jack and volume control), some imported Strat style individual bridges and a hand cut bone nut. She has 24 "frets" and the intonation ended up near perfect right out of the box. I strung her with DR coated ultra lights, using the 45 and 65 gauge strings, tuned to E and A. Action is nice and light, and just a tad high for my tastes, so I'll be working over the bridges and the nut.</p>
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<p>Overall, I'm pretty happy with the results, can't wait to get started on the next one.</p>
<p><a href="http://badtexasgt.com/cbg/bass1/overall.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://badtexasgt.com/cbg/bass1/overall.jpg" class="align-left"/></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://badtexasgt.com/cbg/dt63_00004a.jpg" target="_blank"> </a></p> 3 String Cigar Box Bass Guitar Partstag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2016-06-27:2592684:Topic:26359032016-06-27T14:29:52.680ZJLhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/JL239
<p>Anyone have a good suggestion on what to use for a bridge on a 3 string cigar box bass guitar? Looking for ideas / suggestions / pics / any info you can share. Thanks! Chaplain Will</p>
<p>Anyone have a good suggestion on what to use for a bridge on a 3 string cigar box bass guitar? Looking for ideas / suggestions / pics / any info you can share. Thanks! Chaplain Will</p> 3 string bass questionstag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2016-05-10:2592684:Topic:25949932016-05-10T20:48:48.953ZJLhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/JL239
Hey folks, new to the group and to cigar box instrument making, but not to creative homemade instrument making.<br />
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I'm building my first cigar box 3 string bass (30 inch scale, most likely) using three 1/2" thick oak pieces laminated together for the neck. Based on what I've read here as long as it's at least an inch thick I should be able to get by without a truss rod.<br />
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Looking ahead to the pickup arrangement... I've considered using piezos, but I like the sound of magnetic pickups on bass.…
Hey folks, new to the group and to cigar box instrument making, but not to creative homemade instrument making.<br />
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I'm building my first cigar box 3 string bass (30 inch scale, most likely) using three 1/2" thick oak pieces laminated together for the neck. Based on what I've read here as long as it's at least an inch thick I should be able to get by without a truss rod.<br />
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Looking ahead to the pickup arrangement... I've considered using piezos, but I like the sound of magnetic pickups on bass. Given that it's a three string bass, though, I wonder what pickup I could use. Precision bass pickups have the two and two pole split thing and jazz bass pickups are four poles in a row (or actually, eight poles where the strings align between two poles each).<br />
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Now electric guitar pickups are six across, which makes me wonder if I could just use most any six string pickup and maybe the width of the string spacing just might match up in between sets of two poles?<br />
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Just how crucial is the pickup pole placement under each string? Has anyone grappled with this?<br />
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Dan