Just getting into this CBG thing. Built a 5watt amp a couple weeks ago. Now in the midst of building a LBG, or what is referred to as a Letter Box Guitar. I am using a box that held a stencil set, brass I think, that I inherited from my grandfather (Pepere). It is 16" long, so has been a challenge to figure out scale and such. Curly maple neck, birdseye maple head, rosewood (real) fret board. I build furniture for a living, so I got some neat wood to work with and tools too!!
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Great job on both. They look great. Really like the CBG stand you have there too. What kind of amp is that?
It's the 5watt tonemonster MAH5 kit off Ebay. A friend gave me the link and it's pretty sweet! I went a little crazy with the enclosure and the control board. I cut in a 9 volt battery compartment in the back after too. I got that from CBGitty.
I looked the amp up on the net. Nice little amp with built in tone selections. One thing I've discovered about little amps is they sound better with bigger speakers, 6" - 8" - 10" and even 12".
I'm just getting into that, so the kit was great. It sounds awesome. Next one I am going to do is going to be that wiring harness but my amp friend here is ordering me a 15watt 6" speaker when he orders his stuff. Not sure if I order 4ohm or 8ohm though. He will know though and order what's best I would imagine. Lol!
I got a medium set of strings as the small string was twangy and I didn't like it. The medium set from CBGitty are all wound strings. It's awesome now! I lowered the action some too. It worked fine for the slide but not using fingers on there! It sounds awesome. I need someone who knows how to play to make a little recording soon. Can't wait to make another one! I am going to focus more on making the boxes and doing wacky stuff I think and let my friend do the actual cigar box builds. It is sort of more my style. I have all kinds of ideas flowing through my head!!!
That's the great thing about these instruments, you can use just about anything for a body. I have an old gas can for my next project.
I built a couple of amps awhile back. A 1 Watt "Ruby" amp with a 6" speaker. Uses the LM386 chip(sounds like a Fender Champ). The other amp was one I designed using 2 Lm386 chips and has a 2 stage gain(Fender Champ on steroids). Amps can be fun too, but you have to be careful with the tube ones.
I actually make open ended boxes out of cherry for a guy who makes tube amps! They are pretty cool, but just the amp, no speaker. I ordered my amp/speaker parts from that Monster place on Ebay. Only thing I don't like so far is the 9v battery connection is weak at the board. Afraid it will break. I need to get into soldering my own stuff I guess...
Batteries are good if you don't have access to electricity when gigging. I use 9v wallwarts, but they can cause interference problems in some places. I have though about converting over to real transformers. That can get expensive, but Radio Shack still sells some cheap ones.
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