I am just about done with my 1st build but I had a bit of trouble with the strings. I have never installed guitar strings so this is all very new to me. I checked out youtube and found a lot of videos on changing guitar strings and tuning. But the
Read more…Here's a sound sample of my last build. This is a Namakubi box with a Half Dimarzio P-bass pickup and groover tuners. It's for sale here http://www.oldashcbg.com/store/p63/Namakubi_%284-string%29.html if your intested.
These are a few pics of the latest build completed to fill a custom order in Austin, Texas. The Cohiba box is foiled lined and has a half a DiMarzio p-bass pickup located in the neck position. The neck is Mahogany and the fret board, headstock and
Read more…Here is a look at the last completed OldAshCBG. This one is a shorter scale 23.5" and is on a small CAO box. It's funny, comparing this small box to the larger Rocky Patel that I had finished last this one is actually louder acoustically. The one
Read more…Here are a few pics of the last guitar I've completed. I really like the look of this one. The Rocky Patel box was a bit thin, but turned out nice and its very comfortable to hold. Check out the bone nut and bridge! It has a piezo pickup and my s
Read more…Here's a little slide show video I put together on the process I use to prepare my position markers after they are glued into the fret board.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlstqaeR-XY
Read more…I have set out to make a pickup winder and try my hand at winding a few of my own. I fashioned a counter out of a pedometer and was trying to use a magnet and reed switch to trigger it. The set up works as long as I keep the revs down to about 20 o
Read more…Here are a few pics of the slides we have for sale over at http://www.oldashcbg.com
Just $8.99 plus shipping. Come on by and take a look.
I finished this guitar a few weeks ago and have had it stored in a spare room in my house along with all the other CBG's I've made. I went in to gaze at my hard work and check the tuning when I found the frets felt sharp along the edge of the fret b
Read more…This is the shortest one I'm going to build. It's an 18 in scale on a Romeo box. It has an oak fret board and head stock on a mahogany neck. It's 4 string tuned to DGBE. It has a bright sound compared to the three strings I have built. After com
Read more…I have been wanting to try a ceramic slide to see how it sounds verse the aluminum one I have been using. We have the equipment to make them so I decided to give it a try. This is a pic of the 1st batch, The bad news is only a few of the biggest on
Read more…Just completed my 2nd build. This one is a Macanudo box built with an Oak neck and Jatoba headstock, fretboard, heel, bridge and tail piece. It's strung up with a set of Gitty's low G's. There is a piezo pickup inlayed into the bridge between the
Read more…The cigar boxes I have all have a paper lining in them. The 1st one I did I removed the paper up to the point where it went under the label that rolls into the box. This left a bit of glue that had been used to attach the paper at the top edges. I
Read more…I'm getting ready to build a few Cigar Box Guitars. I had a run of Kalimbas that I did for my daughters for Christmas and they turned out ok. Time to step up to a bigger challenge. I'm going to make about 4 or 5 ( one may be a bit smaller due to t
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