Intructions for New Builders- Gittyman Manual

Posted by Ken Reiss on December 22, 2013 at 10:39am

I recently completed building my first CBG. I'm not a woodworker and my carpentry skills are perhaps not the best. I had very low expectations and I assumed I'd screw it up and it would wind in the recycle bin. Before I started, I was surfing the Internet and I came across a site by Mordacai Bondurant offering a very reasonably priced manual called the Gittyman Manual. I figured what the heck so I ordered it.

The manual explained where to get cheap tools and provided very detailed step by step instructions that even a complete amateur like myself could understand. Guess what ? My first attempt did NOT wind up in the recycle bin and now I'm hooked as a builder. I can thank Mordacai for my success. Had it not come out so well, I would have lost interest.

If I've posted this in the wrong place, sorry. I'm new to the Nation.

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  • 3 Fingered Ape December 23, 2013 at 9:48am

    306210578?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024I too got Mordacai's book and have to say it is great! Very clear and easy to follow instructions I now on my 9th build and every one is a player!

    • 440pat > 3 Fingered Ape January 10, 2014 at 3:59pm

      really decorative way to display. but how are they strung up? i am thinking not by any of the tuners.

    • Ken Reiss > 440pat January 10, 2014 at 4:59pm

      It's strung up with tuners I bought from CB Gitty

    • Keith Stanford > 3 Fingered Ape December 23, 2013 at 10:12am

      Really nice looking CBGs, Ape....I especially like the one with the cowskull....how did you get that design on there?

      kieta

    • 3 Fingered Ape > Keith Stanford January 10, 2014 at 8:42pm

      I downloaded a skull drawing from Google images tweaked it a little and transferred the image onto the box (carbon paper) then used a dremel with a diamond bit to carve it. finished it off with a gold paint pen from Staples. A couple coats of satin and there you go. It sounds great the pickup is from CBGitty's . As far as hanging them its just some old jute craft rope i found and tied in a loop and put behind the neck and around the tuners, nothing special.

  • Bruce Wharton December 22, 2013 at 5:44pm

    I have purchased a few CBG building instruction manuals in CD, DVD and PDF form. I found all of them to be top notch and this manual from Mordacai is no acception and is a must for every first time builder or builder with a few CBG's builds under their belt. What is real nice is there is no wait and Mordacai follows up with information that may have been missed in your search for answers.

    Have a great time building and playing!!!!

    Bruce

  • Keith Stanford December 22, 2013 at 11:03am

    There are dozens of us on here, Ken, who also use Mordacai's book.  The web site is www.GittyMan.com

    Welcome to our world of CBG making, and welcome to Cigar Box Nation. We hope to see you on here a lot.

    kieta

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