Let's see a photo or two of your latest 'Made in the UK' creations - guitars, amplifiers, stomp boxes, videos or whatever - finished or 'work in progress'. Nice to see what we've achieved here so far without having to search through all the other pictures.
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I have got the pics on to my computer and have posted a couple.
It is my first CBG so excuse the look etc.. I have not quite finished it yet as I want to fit a volume and tone control and a jack socket. The transducer I have taped into it and rigged it on to a lead so I can try it and it works well.
The box I bought for .99p on ebay, the neck is a piece of oak which cost me £1 and I need to put a coating on it. The bits and pieces I had laying around ( old frets from another guitar) and the other bits I made from whatever I could find.
I will post pics when it is finished.
Let me know what you think.
Nice pictures of your CBG's. I will post a picture of mine when I have got it out of the camera and on to the computer.
I have just tried a transducer in it and it kicks ass and all it cost was .89p (yes that's right eighty nine pence). I got it from Maplin and they have smaller ones that are cheaper.
Don't go spending loads on ready made tranny's go to Maplin and get a cheapy. For less than a quid you can't go wrong. BTW the cheapest is just .59p and they all contain the same inside as the ones you pay £10 for on ebay.
Hope this helps some of you as I am all for ''doing it cheap''.
I finished my latest project today. An electric baritone ukulele using a pannier cigar box and under saddle pick up. I'm really delighted with this little instrument with a 500mm scale. Tuned D,G,B and E using nylon ukulele strings.
Pics seem to be slowing this page (at least on my computer) so here's a link to where you can see some of my projects: www.airburst.co.uk/junkboxinstruments
Hi there, I'm really impressed by the work i have seen on this thread and i hope that you will forgive me for showing you my tenor ukulele. This was my first 'proper' neck with frets, dots and position markers. It's slightly overbuilt so ia a bit quiet acoustically but really bright through an amp with internal pickups or clip on pick up used.
heres my first build. The box is a bit small so its not that loud. I found using the two bolts to brace the neck through the box meant you could still have a fair bit of room inside the sound box, but still have enough strength to have five strings on it.
Latest build - solid mahogany neck, fretmarks sawn and filled with white, sink drainer soundhole, door key saddle, tuned to open A. Got a nice warm sound and decent volume and sustain.
I like the random holes, looks like someone shot it with a 12 bore :) Is it my PC or do your photos look stretched out really long?
flatfoot johnny said:
Heres my latest 4string..."The Buckshot"... vintage B+H box, ebonised oak neck with bone nut and 5th fret marker, home made tuners, piezo pickup.
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John Bassett said:
here're my last 2 efforts, waiting for machines(black) to arrive before i can finish the latest one.. good idea this post
It is my first CBG so excuse the look etc.. I have not quite finished it yet as I want to fit a volume and tone control and a jack socket. The transducer I have taped into it and rigged it on to a lead so I can try it and it works well.
The box I bought for .99p on ebay, the neck is a piece of oak which cost me £1 and I need to put a coating on it. The bits and pieces I had laying around ( old frets from another guitar) and the other bits I made from whatever I could find.
I will post pics when it is finished.
Let me know what you think.
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I have just tried a transducer in it and it kicks ass and all it cost was .89p (yes that's right eighty nine pence). I got it from Maplin and they have smaller ones that are cheaper.
Don't go spending loads on ready made tranny's go to Maplin and get a cheapy. For less than a quid you can't go wrong. BTW the cheapest is just .59p and they all contain the same inside as the ones you pay £10 for on ebay.
Hope this helps some of you as I am all for ''doing it cheap''.
I finished my latest project today. An electric baritone ukulele using a pannier cigar box and under saddle pick up. I'm really delighted with this little instrument with a 500mm scale. Tuned D,G,B and E using nylon ukulele strings.
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www.airburst.co.uk/junkboxinstruments
Hi there, I'm really impressed by the work i have seen on this thread and i hope that you will forgive me for showing you my tenor ukulele. This was my first 'proper' neck with frets, dots and position markers. It's slightly overbuilt so ia a bit quiet acoustically but really bright through an amp with internal pickups or clip on pick up used.
heres my first build. The box is a bit small so its not that loud. I found using the two bolts to brace the neck through the box meant you could still have a fair bit of room inside the sound box, but still have enough strength to have five strings on it.
Latest build - solid mahogany neck, fretmarks sawn and filled with white, sink drainer soundhole, door key saddle, tuned to open A. Got a nice warm sound and decent volume and sustain.flatfoot johnny said:
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