This is a proto type cigar box bass full scale with removable / interchangeable body "wings "
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 mon
Read more…Hey folks. Thinking of building a CBG bass and I have a question or 2.
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?
Also do I have to use a hardtail bridg
Read more…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
i am visually impaired as a program in columbia sc and need help in my material arts clas
Read more…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 h
Read more…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 straigh
Read more…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 intereste
Read more…Brand new to the site, wanted to show my latest build, a long scale fretless 2 string bass.
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
Read more…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
Read more…Hey folks, new to the group and to cigar box instrument making, but not to creative homemade instrument making. 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 n
Read more…Okay, I have the neck fretted and the body ready to go on my first CB bass. I built it 30"scale from nut to bridge. Going acoustic with a piezo pickup. The question is.....does it matter if I use a longer length string. I know I need acoustic string
Read more…Sorry if this sounds like a repeat question. I've searched around and found some answers, but not exactly everything I was looking for.
I've built a bass uke (here) and originally used classical guitar nylons tuned GCEA (low G) and down an octave fro
Read more…I made my first 2 string out of a giant box that was given to me. I don't know how to play a bass and was wondering what tuning to use. I tried the weed eater strings just to see if it would work and to my surprise, it did . Using the rule that ther
Read more…Hello, I've built a handful of 3 string CBGs and a few handfuls of CB diddley bows and want to make a 2 string fretless bass as a gift for my cousin. I know nothing about basses and need some guidance. On my 3 stringers I used a neck through design
Read more…Wondering how they compare for a Diddley Bow bass? If I go magnetic and use a full-sized bass pickup, what is the best alignment with the string? Any disadvantage having the 4 poles in alignment with the string? Piezo's I understand. I'll be usin
Read more…Hey folks, working on my second bass build. This is an upright suitcase bass.
Does the fingerboard need to be radiused? The fingerboard I have now is flat red oak. My access to power tools is limited so if I can get away with a flat fingerboard I wil
Read more…In the last few weeks I have made 2 travel ukuleles,about 30 kazoos,An upright bass, A gaint Bass kilimba, a stomp box,and two strum sticks. I have had questions about everyone I built.So far some one will supply an answer to which I am most thankfu
Read more…Hey folks! I've been going back and forth for months on whether or not I can pull off building this instrument, and I'm wondering what you think. I want to build my own bass ukulele, 4 polyurethane strings (probably the Kala Silver Rumblers), standar
Read more…soon I'll be back onto my making a bass guitar out of an old violin.
when folks talk of 30" scale that is from the nut to the bridge right?
my son has my old 4 string bass not sure what scale length that is.
the same as this one on ebay.
can I use th
Read more…Hello Lads,
I'm about to finish my first CBG and am looking to build a CBB next. While there is a wealth of information about CBG's there's little about CBB'S. I know about the rule in CBB-building regarding the scale-length but what about the bass
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