I'm putting together the materials to make a 6 string CBG, and bought a new old stock Harmony classical neck. Fully fretted and with slotted tuners (that's why I bought it, they look too good to use any others, reminds me of a Dobro). The neck is onl
Read more…Wanna give a shout out to all my CBG' brothers who are just starting out and cutting into and onto and up their first or second or so cbg. Building these things is a blast. Experiment explore and make some mistakes , just learn from em. Im a fellow
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I've never built musical instruments before but I think building a CBG would be fun. I plan building a three-stringed unfretted one. Even though this is a first time build and even though I have limited woodworking skills I want to build some
Read more…HI GUYS I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO WIRE UP USING A MAGNETIC PICKUP
IVE BEEN USING PEIZO PICKUPS WITH NO PROBLEMS BUT IM READY TO UP GRADE LOL
DOES THE PICKUP NEED TO BE GROUNDED TO THE BRIDGE? THANKS.STEVE MATTOX
DALLAS GEORGIA..
Read more…I'm getting close to finishing CBG #2 and have a really nice piece of Rosewood for the fretboard. What kind of finsh should I use for the fretboard?
Thanks
Read more…Can someone advise to the best way to install these securely? I saw a video where someone used a soldering iron to burn them into the wood. I tried that, the tension off the strings just popped them right back out. Now as a last ditch effort I'm usin
Read more…Well, my second finished, I made several mistakes on a few guitars this month. This guitar is a Frankenstein of the parts/ideas from my failures. I was compromising a lot. I wanted to keep the neck I had made, but since it was so short I needed a box
Read more…trying to mark out fret distance for 25 inch scale nut to bridge. not really putting real fret wire in just cutting lines and putting in dots and such. could really use some help. im on vacation building my first. and also with two others. my two gra
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I need to buy a saw, a good one because I have a handicap. My fret tang is 055. What is the width of the blade required for these frets ?
No need to give me american link sites, the fees are too expensive for France.
Thank you !
Read more…Hello everybody, I'm new to this so please bear with me.
I say a video on youtube of someone playing "can't be satisfied" on a CBG and had to build one. I just have a couple of questions.
I'm using a cohiba box. The lid touches the box only at the
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I just completed my first CBG. I picked up a bunch of boxes, figuring mistakes were bound to be made (and they were) and I might need to start over.
I started with an Arturo Fuente papered box 9-1/4 X 9 X 1-1/2, a neck purchased online,
Read more…Hi guys, this may seem like a stupid question to the majority of you,I have been watching a vid on you tube about different tuning for a 3 string one tunig he talks about is using the the A string a G string and a high G string from a pack of reguler
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Are there any tricks to stringing up a new CBG? I just broke a string and not sure if it matters as to which side of the tuner to slide the string through.
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This is a little off topic but I just built a stompbox, the CBG is next. The size of the stompbox is 4" x 7" to match my motorcycle license plate which I used as a cover. Inside is a Radio Shack piezo transformer and I am using a VOX Mini 3 amp.
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I am making a 3 string with a through the box neck and want to use a humbucker pickup I am worried that I will need to remove too much of the neck to locate the pickup and I will weaken it. are there any low profile pickups ( not piezo ) that you
I had attempted to build my first 3 string but Im having problems with the action. The strings are sitting very far from the neck. I made the groove bigger so the bolt at the top of the neck would sit further down but it didnt seem to make a differ
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Can someone tell me if the nut and the bridge are supposed to be the same height on a 3 string slide?
If not, which should be higher?
Read more…Hi.Time to go on on my first project.Need to attach neck to box.Neck is same size as box inside.Do I glue neck to the lid or box ? any difference...and do I glue piezo to lid or neck
Read more…Hello all Jeff from Montana here, I'm building my first CBG which will be a three string fretless model. My question is what height should I set the nut and brige at? I imagine for a fretless CBG the height isn't that critical but for a freted in
Read more…I'm about to start my first fret job and the wire I have is slightly bent.
When I press it into the slots I cut, the ends are sligthtly lower than the middle.
If that abnormality was consistent with all the frets, would it be a problem?
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