Posted by Daniel Todd on November 28, 2010 at 11:10pm
Hello CBG people! I tend to get bored during the winter months and to keep myself entertained I take to doing projects. Having become enamored with Blues music a while back and being a cigar smoker, I feel it's only natural that I decided to try my hand at building a CBG. I look forward to leaning a lot from this community and hopefully I'll be able to contribute some too.
Dan
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one last thought before yo start___coming from a designer/artist __ once you have your visualization of the finished piece ---leave your mind open to changing as you go once things start to come together...i.e. -- I had a metal tailpiece I was sculpting to mount one way -- very cool and neat......but after I roughed the hardware out and held it in place to see how it would actually mount __ I think it'll be a more classy and MORE functional mounted the 'wrong' way around.. and removes the need for a string retainer behind the bridge (out of context I'm sure that's meaningless --- but you get my drift. Just leave yourself open to adjusting the plans as you go, rather than ramming through a 'concrete must-have' notion you had in the visualization stage...I made a few 'mistakes' on my first one that turned out to be great for one reason or another...
Thanks for the replies guys. I've been looking at pictures and trying to put together in my head/on paper what I'm wanting the finished product to look like. I'm pretty excited. When I decided I wanted to do this I knew what box I wanted to use first...the Liga Privada Dirty Rat. For some reason it just sounds like a blues song. I also have a Liga Privada #9 Flying Pig box on the way that I think will make a nice looking CBG. Should be a fun project.
Hi, and good luck with your cbg. I've built my first and starting the next 2 at the same time. Believe me, you learn from your mistakes. But love every part of it along the way.
Just read and watch everything you can find.
Have fun.. I look forward to seeing the end product.
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Daniel,
Where in MO are you? There is a group of guys around KC, another around STL and a few in the Springfield area....
I'm a MO boy moving home to Springfield in June. If I can help you out with anything, just ask...
the best,
Wichita (moving soon to the promised land) Sam
Dan
Just read and watch everything you can find.
Have fun.. I look forward to seeing the end product.