Building my first CBG....

Posted by James Pobog on December 4, 2019 at 9:22am

It's a C. B. Gitty kit. (been building several lap steels tho...)

Question about upgrade pickup.

I do not like piezo's. Too noisy. Is it possible to upgrade the neck-thru kit to a magnetic pup? I have a couple 3- pole pups...


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  • Tim Pannabecker December 4, 2019 at 3:40pm

    the flush mount mag pups are nice and easy.  Otherwise you will need to cut into the neck for the drop in pup distance.  This usually requires beefing up the neck from the sides or under the neck, as the neck cutoff for the pup clearance weakens the structural integrity of the neck.   There are tutorials on this site for all I have shared

    enjoy

    • James Pobog > Tim Pannabecker December 4, 2019 at 4:37pm

      Yeah, i've seen some of those. Putting a  bottom plate under the neck is easy peasy for me, I screw and glue the hell out of things...

  • James Pobog December 4, 2019 at 9:50am

    Never mind. Answered my own question...

    • Blind Lemon Cello > James Pobog December 4, 2019 at 9:57am

      Nice. If you have an ohm meter test the pups and use the highest output pup if you want more of an overdrive tone. 

    • James Pobog > Blind Lemon Cello December 4, 2019 at 11:34am

      Yeah, that I can do...

  • Blind Lemon Cello December 4, 2019 at 9:44am

    The whole point of CBG's, no 2 are the same.

    I'm with you, my 1st CBG was piezo & didn't care for it. You could add an equalizer to axe or as a pedal that will help.

    I would use the 3 pole pup, should be easy to adapt, have fun!

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