Seems whenever I order fret wire it comes wrapped into a tight roll and woven to hold it into that tight roll. This is done in spite of my sending a message, with my order, to NOT bend, weave and roll tight to fit a smaller package. I was waiting
Read more…Had a 112 yr old cigar box given to me that I want to turn into a CBG.
So... Its beat up some but the repairs will be simple, which leads me to ask how much cleanup on the box should I do??? Should I preserve it with a coat of lacquer (very ligh
Read more…I was watching Ben Gitty on the CBN-TV and he was gluing down a fret board with hot glue. He's talking about the problems he might have with the glue setting up before he can get his clamps on it. The feed was flashing 'live' but apparently wasn't
Read more…Finally caved in to my daughters pestering me about selling my cbg's instead of giving them all away. So I camped out today at the Farmers Market beside the store she manages.
A few things surprised me, one that the vast majority of people complete
Read more…Oh man... Its raining today and I had a lot of stuff to do outside today but now.... Well I'm gonna have to spend the entire day in my shop building.... oh i dunno maybe cigar box guitars...
Read more…So I'm curious how much re-enforcing of the cigar box people do in their builds. Whats to much and whats to little. Kinda like asking which color of red is best. I usually go with a thin strip, 1/8th thick along the cbg inside walls but I'm think
Read more…I was at a metal fab shop today and spied some nice stainless steel scrap. Told I could have it I of course snapped it up in a hurry. So back at the shop I cut a piece to fit the Stanley FatMax blade and super glued it at the right fret depth.
So
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I have several metal pieces that I think will make a good dobro git but I'll have to build boxes for them. I'm going to use plywood and would like to use wood binding to hide the ply edges. Is
Read more…Curious if anyone else has run into this before.
I'd run low on strings so went into a music store in the next city north of me. Bought six packs of Ernie Balls Super Slinkies. While at the counter the fella, ring'n the sale thru, and I were chatting
Read more…I love it when the simple things are als0 the easiest and all without taxing the already strained brain cells.
So the problem I have with my planer, as probably everyone does, is the sniping you get on the last three or four inches of wood. I heard
Read more…Well winters nearly half over and soon enough I can get back into my shop to continue making sawdust.
What I would like to know is what others have used for minimal builds, I know and have used the standard forks, brad nails etc for gear but haven'
Read more…Like most when you buy a package of strings the bottom 2 strings tend to get used for other things like hanging things up to dry, picture hangers, muffler holder uppers etc etc...
Well today after cutting the notches in a neck I found out I didn't h
Read more…A good source for good vinyl is your local sign shop. I have a friend who owns one and can get scrap rolls in just about any color, thickness and selectivity.
I bought from fleabay some very cheap leather punches in the 7 - 8 mil size and honed the
Read more…Nice to see a canuk corner. I live and make various sizes of sawdust here in Osoyoos, BC.
Been building CBG's for about a year, maybe two. Been playing with small body guitars as well. Made a few of those now but I do like the CBG's better. Bu
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