So I've seen a number of builds on the site with solid wood tops such as spruce and was wondering where people get that kind of lumber. Buying thick stock, joining and planing? Online site with soundboard material? Just curious of people's sound b
Read more…Had to share this picture that my daughter brought to me after dinner last night. As soon as I saw it I knew I had to share it here. 3 strings!!
Currently working on a couple 4 string uke builds for my daughters and noticed the tiniest bowing deformity of the fretboards after gluing them on. I cut the fret slots already. The bowing is going in the "right direction" for string tension. The
Read more…My second build - "Wicker Man"
So this is my 2nd build, but neck is a fixed mistake from my first build. Glued up the fret board to the neck and brought from cold garage to my warm (more humid) basement to finish and it really bowed. Thanks to so
Read more…Anyone have DB's tabbed out or know of a lesson for this. Just watched the Shane Speal vs PotUSA video and started searching. Was unable to find. I'm sure I'm not the first person inquiring about this, but nothing has come up on my search.
Thanks
Read more…I bought some perfect 1/4 blanks of some various exotic hard woods at the woodcraft store recently and am currently putting a CBG together using purpleheart for the fret boards (will be fretted) slots already cut.
Just curious what people typically
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Newbie CBG builder here who is currently attempting to transfer an image I found on the internet to the face of my cigar box which I have sanded clean.
I'm looking for a method that actually puts ink on wood, no decals as I would like th
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Its been a long journey, but I recently finished my first CBG Build (Name: BOOMSTICK) Sorry about pic quality, taken with phone.
Went with a partial neck-through design on a 20th anniversary Perdomo Cigar Box.
Neck is built with dark
Read more…Was thinking about building my own box and one of the things I like about some of the cigar box builds I've seen is the ability to open the box when the strings are off. Seems silly, but a nice option if you want to swap necks (screwed, not glued),
Read more…Currently working on a couple CBG's and am planning on not fixing my hardwood bridge to the soundboard. Just curious what methods people employ to keep something like a hardwood bridge from moving around, scratching up the finish, etc...??? Is ther
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