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Yardstick Fretboards

Started by Jim Codog. Last reply by Jim Codog 49 minutes ago. 6 Replies

Magnetic Pickups - What's good

Started by Jim Codog. Last reply by Jim Codog 3 hours ago. 2 Replies

Questions about CBG details...

Started by James Pobog. Last reply by MadGomer yesterday. 6 Replies

General wiring question

Started by James Pobog. Last reply by James Pobog on Monday. 5 Replies

Soldering/grounding plan

Started by T-Gripped. Last reply by Gus K on Saturday. 7 Replies

I'm gonna need help...

Started by James Pobog. Last reply by MadGomer on Friday. 4 Replies

Building my first CBG....

Started by James Pobog. Last reply by James Pobog Dec 4. 6 Replies

About neck thru....

Started by James Pobog. Last reply by John Mark Perchalski Dec 4. 1 Reply

Fitting Frets

Started by neddy. Last reply by Taffy Evans Nov 27. 8 Replies

Joinery suggestions for hand-made boxes

Started by Chris Wharton. Last reply by MadGomer Nov 23. 43 Replies

Fretted....

Started by Jim Codog. Last reply by Jim Codog Nov 20. 5 Replies

Connecting a guitar jack?

Started by rick schoen. Last reply by David Clewell Nov 17. 5 Replies

Fretting for beginners

Started by Michael Myers. Last reply by MadGomer Nov 14. 3 Replies

Adjusting the action on a cbg 3 string.

Started by rick schoen. Last reply by Tim Pannabecker Nov 11. 8 Replies

Tuner and nut question.

Started by Bill. Last reply by Gus K Nov 6. 12 Replies

My first, thank you for your advice.

Started by Bill. Last reply by Bill Nov 6. 15 Replies

Help with first tuning procedure.

Started by James Pobog. Last reply by Mark Bliss Nov 6. 3 Replies

Too far gone??

Started by T-Gripped. Last reply by Mark Bliss Nov 6. 7 Replies

Pickup query

Started by Arthur Payne. Last reply by Arthur Payne Nov 6. 11 Replies

Newbie question about marking frets.

Started by Bill. Last reply by BrianQ. Nov 5. 9 Replies

Blog Posts

New Diddley and Song for CBN Christmas Project too :)

Posted by Glenn Kaiser on December 8, 2019 at 5:13pm 2 Comments

Feel like a kid again....why I build guitars

Posted by john w on December 3, 2019 at 1:30pm 3 Comments

Mag pickup help

Posted by Fantacone Box Works on December 1, 2019 at 7:26pm 5 Comments

Learn How To Play "I'll Fly Away" | 3-string CBG lesson

Posted by Glenn Watt on November 23, 2019 at 1:30pm 5 Comments

Tupelo Tenor kit

Posted by Craig W.Solomon on November 21, 2019 at 6:51pm 4 Comments

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