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I find the simplicity most interesting and it looks like something even I could make with a bit of patience and effort.
In most videos the piezo disc is sandwiched between the soundboard and the neck running through the box with help of hot glue. This means it is sandwiched between something stable (the neck) and something vibrating (the soundboard). My question is,…
Read more…This is a bit offtopic from CBG. I got a super cheap (70€) acoustic guitar with great intonation. I am trying to see how much I can improve it. So far I have made bone nut and bridge, adjusted the height of the strings, adjusted the truss rod and…
Read more…Out of curiosity, has anyone ever tried attaching the neck at a corner instead of the middle of a short side? If the neck goes through the box it would go in at one corner and then go out at the diagonally opposite corner. (It is 00:13 am here and I…
Read more…While waiting for my CBG parts I was browsing CBG videos and I saw this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gWign-qR-o How can it be so loud even thou the neck is dampening the whole soundboard? What mechanics are working there? It goes against…
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