Hi,,,,I am making my 1st scarf joint. I am using 3/4 inch stock and want to resaw it to 5/8 inch to fit the depth of the tuners. When do I cut the thickness?,,,,before or after I make the angled cut for the scarf joint?
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I've been away from building guitars for well over a year due to depression after a family bereavement. My current build is two three string necks and a four string for good measure. The thing is, I don't know what to do with it as far as tu
Read more…has anyone used these? I think you could and then just have one knob that does both vol and tone if you press before you turn it , etc. thoughts? Not sure on the wiring and if you can solder the grounds and the capacitor all to the same base of th
Read more…I’ve built several CBGs, but I am building my first six string electric. This will be my first with a single coil pick up. It is a 23.5 inch scale. Where is the best location for the single coil pick up. I’ve looked through photos and people seem to
Read more…OK... a fella mentioned he was gonna put some old springs in his guitar... to "do whatever they may be inclined to do in there".
I decided I like this dude's style for sure, but I have no idea what might be produced.
.. so I tried it. It sounds like
Read more…So I started working on a build and was all gunho and built a nice neck of walnut and oak ,got as far as gluing my neck piece to the heel piece for a neck through style. 25 1/2 in scale. So while sort of eyeballing everything up, and trying to figure
Read more…Hello, I have most of the specs I need for a baritone CB ukulele, but the box size is my dilemma. Since baritone ukes are large instruments, I would think a larger cigar box would be required. If you have built one, what size box would you recom
Read more…I'm wondering if anyone has tried using a post or posts to hold each strings tension through the string eye? (The brass drum at the bottom end of the things)
Actually curious if this could be used to create a bridge, there are string rods on some tre
Read more…Drilling is always VERY dicey for me. Even with my little drill press, and anyway very often I'll have to use the hand drill because it won't fit in the thing or whatever.
....sometimes I can't see around a larger bit so it's off when I'm done..
Read more…I've been having some ideas about making one since I'm at the stage where I make 2-3 bridges for a guitar before I'm happy - so I've been wondering about an adjustable bridge.
Saw some pretty nifty hand made adjustable bridge ideas developed by membe
Read more…I like using really old boxes, so with them comes old paper, corners and stamps and labels half worn through, along with whatever exposed wood and so forth.
Something has to be done if they are gonna be played. I've used poly but not a big fan of the
Read more…Has anyone tried one of these clipped on or installed inside a CBG?
Curious how it would work out.
I have several, nice quality, mahogany cigar box "spacers" that are 3/4" and 5/8" square and up to 7" in length. If you are using them for parts, what do you use them for? I need a mahogany bridge for a vintage soprano uke I'm re-doing. If I do a
Read more…*Very* decent quality, 5/16" thick solid cedar top. Sounds nice on my box tester, good volume, wonder if dishing out the back 1/16" or 1/8" would make it louder?
HI , ive built a couple of cbg,s now , they look pretty good , but they are very hard to finger and make them sound right , and when you get up around the 12 fret they dont sound quite right , i dont know if its something iam doing wrong , or its jus
Read more…hello all , ive been making quite a few necks, and experimenting with different heel shapes and shaping teqhniques. Im interested in how others do it so I can get a broader perspective on how its done out there . my biggest bummer is most of the neck
Read more…I am having trouble with round fret markers.
When I drill the circle the wood tears out and ruins the fret board. I am replacing one now because of this. A round punch would be ideal if there is such a thing. Any advise?
Most cigar boxes available to us have various labels glued to them - a tax stamp, bar code, pricing label, or the dreaded "Smoking Kills". When I want to remove these on a wooden box, I usually just peel 'em away and finish the job by rubbing the st
Read more…YOu guys have been great helping me with fret markers. I just finished a cigar box violin, using a modification of the Steve Miller violin, I would like to have an adjustable shoulder rest but I am not sure how to go about it. A sponge would proba
Read more…I'm curious to know if anybody uses a router table for making a neck. The rounding off of the backside is easy, but how do i carve away the wood on top for creating a headstock? I used to do that with hammer and chisel, but now that i've got a router
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