1st build

Posted by Tony Brown on April 5, 2013 at 12:38pm

First I bought one off EBay

Then bought a kit, built it , modified it.

Now this afternoon completed my 1st build from scratch.

AND IT WORKS

3 string fretless with a piezo pickup , sounds great.

Need a couple of mods I recon like a wider piece of threaded bolt for the bridge

and possibly slightly thinner.

Strings at the nut are perfect off the fretboard but rise up a bit towards the bridge.

Apart from that , very pleased.

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PETE E July 28, 2013 at 2:26pm

Just finished my first
Who ever said its just a stick in a box?
ChickenboneJohn June 30, 2013 at 12:54pm

Run the neck stick thru' the tin, don't leave a gap between the underside of the top of the tin and the neckstick - job's a good 'un.
- Tony Brown > ChickenboneJohn June 30, 2013 at 2:53pm
  
  Could you enlarge on that a bit please.
  
  Where do I cut the gap for the stick ?
- David L. > Tony Brown June 30, 2013 at 5:26pm
  
  Here is an old thread with a picture of the inside of a cookie tin guitar which Diane in Chicago had made http://www.cigarboxnation.com/forum/topics/cookie-tin
  
  and from the photo archives the inside of some cookie tin builds
  
  http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/cbg2open-1
  
  http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/4-string-cookie-tin-banjo-9
  
  http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/4-string-cookie-tin-banjo-11
  
  http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/2-string-whitman-cookie-tin-08
  
  There are old threads on the forums but the search facility is playing up at the moment.
  
  (Building one is on my to do list but I keep getting distracted by other project ideas :o) )
- Tony Brown > David L. June 30, 2013 at 5:53pm
  
  Thanks for all of that.
  
  Not looking to do a Round tin, use fruit bowls for my round projects.
  
  Will be on the lookout for an oblong tin for my first attempt..
  
  Still not quite sure which to use as the top, the bottom of the tin or the lid.
Tony Brown June 30, 2013 at 11:59am

Just had a look thru all the Groups but could not find one for Biscuit Tin Guitars (Cookies as the New World) call 'em.

Anyone with any experience please ???

I should think that you would need to strengthen the tins internally with wood ???
Tony Brown June 29, 2013 at 1:16pm

Built 10 now...getting better all the time until the latest. If something could go wrong it did. Split wood. Drill hole in wrong place. Fitted 1/4 Jack Socket, closed the lid and found it was on the top edge. Very nearly put the whole thing in the bin yesterday.

Have had another 3 hours at it today and salvaged what I can. Will keep this one for myself as it is the most boring CBG ever made.

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- Sleepy John > Tony Brown June 29, 2013 at 1:24pm
  
  Nothing wrong with plain....looks fine to me.
- Tony Brown > Sleepy John June 29, 2013 at 2:11pm
  
  About all you can say for it is it sounds OK. Recon I'll be collecting stickers to put on it.
Tony Brown June 6, 2013 at 2:45pm

Bought two Fruit Bowls at a Boot Fair weekend before last. Nice hard wood, there are a lot of them about in fact there were 5 on various Stalls. The two I haggled for came out at under £2. ($1.20c)

Once I started I was continuously revising my design as I went along.

Anyway here is my first

"STICK IN A ROUND BOX"