Recently I have become a fan of hot hide glue. Making my own boxes got me started using hide glue and the more I have used it the more I want to use it. In my work on pianos I find that I have need of a lot of different kinds of glues and each one
Read more…Hi there fellow cigar box junkies. I have been thinking that it would be nice to have a separate group or section specifically about tools, since you just have to have them to make something fun and musical out of a cigar box.
Anywho, I was thinki
Read more…I bought a 500K linear taper pot from Frye's electronics. This evening I thought I would christen my new soldering station and do the little glob on the back of a few of my pots and the first pot I grabbed was the one from Frye"s. This pot is from
Read more…I timed myself the other day on how long it takes me to shape a neck with a rasp and wind up with a 220 grit finish and it takes me right at an hour. I have been pretty happy with my rasp but this time seems excessive. I am not working in a frenzy,
Read more…I'd have to list my rasps as the top on my list, having a really good rasp makes shaping a neck so much easier. I really enjoy each one of my tools since they are all really good except for one which is where my question comes in at the bottom of my
Read more…I'm committed on this box. The hole for the humbucker is cut and finished, but with the mounting ring which is a flat piece of metal the height of the pickup is a problem at its lowest possible point and still be on the screws. I've been thinking
Read more…Initially my question was 250KOhm or 500KOhm but I found the info pretty easy. Rather than a specific question here I'm hoping for some fill in the blanks type of discussion, since I am missing a lot of information and not just some single point.
My
Read more…Hey guys, I make my living as a piano cabinet technician. That is essentially a furniture technician who specializes in working on the furniture and cosmetic aspects of pianos. A very major part of my work involves sandpaper and all of my sanding is
Read more…Wonder if any of you guys have used the chrome covered humbucker from Gitty? I want to use a mounting ring and thought you guys would know where to find something that will fit, otherwise I'll fabricate something myself.
Read more…I'm really, really new to soldering. My first soldering ever was on my cigar box guitars I made for Christmas. I'm having trouble getting the solder to stick on the case of the pots. I have no problem elsewhere other than getting globs and it not
Read more…I'm loving C.B. Gitty! I bought the chrome humbuckers and wondered if anyone had found mounting rings that fit these? They are about 1 1/8" X 2 5/8.
Read more…I ordered the amp kit from Gitty and I'm really excited but I'm not sure what is the ideal size box to look for. I figured that you guys who have built one already will have a better idea than me about ideal dimensions. I'm finishing my 4th guitar
Read more…OK, I know I'm a newbie to the cbg community and just completed my first build of three cbg's that were Christmas presents, but I'm into my next project which is a steel string baritone ukulele scale instrument. I noticed in the three instruments I
Read more…I have these two maple neck blanks that are Home Depot wood that seem a little flexible so I decided to try and reinforce them. I initially thought about a single routed channel in which I would glue a piece of birch, maple or oak, but then I though
Read more…I have been bitten by this CBG bug and have 5 red oak necks glued up with 13 degree scarf joints. Three of the necks are 1 3/4" wide and two are 1 1/2" wide. The wider ones I ripped from larger boards and figured I would use the wider boards for 4
Read more…Hi, I've been bitten by the CBG bug and started on my first instrument yesterday. I've done some lutherie before working in someone elses shop and build a few classical and steel string acoustics but have been working on pianos for the past 10 years
Read more…