Just got done testing it out. Works good, and it's alot faster than rubbing the slide on the sidewalk to get the sharp edges off. Materials: An electric drill A cork from a wine bottle a woodscrew about 2 inches long a knife sharpening stone (or a c
Read more…Anyone have experience making bone nut blanks? I seem to remember reading somewhere that the un-smoked doggie bones from a pet shop are the best source.... Do they require further degreasing or other processing? Or is this just a stupid idea to beg
Read more…What is everyones feelings on the use of open tuners? I've looked at allot of pics and almost everyone uses sealed tuners. Is their a reason for using the sealed ones? I was thinking of using open ones because I actually like the look of the gearing.
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We had a people use old blinds as a fret guard to shape and polish frets. Great ideas!!! I found other great uses
for wooden blinds. I was given a set of thin wooden blinds- almost a 16th of an inch and just over 2" wide. Here's a few ideas- some I
Read more…Hey all, this is my first day on the Nation. I've been crawling all over the site this weekend absorbing all I can and I'm committed to making my first CBG. I've never played one and really don't play guitar all that well, not really much of a woodwo
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I'm new to cbn and a rookie slide guitar builder. I was wondering if anyone knows of a good (cheap) alternative to a slide used for playing a lap slide guitar. I've seen them on ebay made of various materials (metal. bone etc.) and they can be pre
Hey all. I have a couple of old tin gas cans that need to be played. I can't explain why I drug them all over the country with me when I moved around, but I finally have a use for them. Trouble is, they both had some gas in them from back when "
Read more…As cheap as piezos are, I found a cheaper alternative. I picked up a set of headphones at the 99 Cents Only store for, what else, 99 cents. It came with an 1/8" to 1/4" adapter, so I connected it up and plugged it into my guitar amp. SInce a speaker
Read more…Tis the season for people to throw away old toys to make room for new ones. I found a broken drum set for an Xbox guitar hero type game. I look under the pads and... you guessed it - peizos. got 5 of them out of that one toy.
Read more…Found this : http://www.specialtybottle.com ........ order 1 or many ..... Coricidin style ... cheap enough to give away with each guit ..... Some of the others look promising ..... if you're good w/ a glass cutter or Dremel wheel ,the "Boston roun
Read more…Here is a link to the Easy Jointer ($59) http://www.luthiersuppliers.com/products/p11.html It looks like it could be a pretty handy thing to have at times, and I'm fairly certain that anybody in here could throw something like this together in no t
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In the rather fine website instructables.com there are some instructions on how to make pickups. http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-A-Guitar-Pickup/ It's got this clever bit where they use a sewing machine to wind the wire round. I have never made
Read more…I'm new here and new to CBG's & I'm bound to ask lots of stupid questions. I'm a fan of paying up front for things so here's a few tricks. Don't throw that busted cordless phone away until you take the handset apart, yep the speaker is a piezo/transd
Read more…When I looked at a broken acoustic guitar I found in the trash I realized how thin the wood of a guitar really is. I started removing material from my lids and it has made a big difference in volume and tone. Just don't take any off the edges or the
Read more…I have been using a wood file/rasp to notch the neck for the box on my guitars since I don't own a router and can't really afford to buy one right now. Is there an easier way to do this than the time-consuming, tedious method I am using? I have also
Read more…I have had a few cbg's that started to bow at the neck when tuned high. Anyone know a po' man's way of making and installing truss rods. I don't own a router so I'm not sure how easy this could be, but a metal rod could be simple enough to find.
Read more…I posted this tip in another area, but had to share it here also. Need a neck template you say? Take your favorite instrument and scan it or xerox it. It will take two scans to fit the entire neck on there, but at five or ten cents a copy, who's coun
Read more…Save time and money on glue. Suppose you have a narrow area that you need to glue. First, suppose you are gluing a lid on your guitar. Depending on your glue tip, you may be able to cut one of the "legs" off of your glue tip, or add a small leg to th
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