Redo 3 string fretted
Ever since I braced the staging box top on my "Cyberman" git it became dead when unplugged . I found a new all wood box and wound a new pickup with the personalized forms I had laser cut. Good sound plugged or not.
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#6 Almost Done
Making this for a friend 3 string cherry neck, teak fret board, hand wound mag (8000 turn 4.1k) domino pup also piezio.
Special Tools
I made this neck clamp with a broken two screw wood clamp (actually works better in this case ) a saw guide for fretting and a pickup winder I made. not shown is a 30" t square drilled with small holes for 5 fret scales. Neck clamp has one side scre
Read more…New illinois guy (Geneva) Hi all
Just started CBG's about 6 months ago have made 2 fret less 3 stringers one diddly bow a 4 string fret less , one fretted 3 string with a pickup I wound on my home made winder. I'm currently working on a nother fretted 3 string with a domino topped w
Read more…H.F. Pull Saw size change ?
Bought the Harbor Freight pull saw last week for fretting and it looks like the kerf is wider than the ones people have been using. The kerf is .032 now at least the tooth set is . The slot is too wide for the CB Gitty frets. Luckily I only did one b
Read more…More projects started
Just started a ukulele , 3 string 24.5" scale and a suitcase amp using a Fender Frontman 15.
Read more…Fretboard side marker material
Found these at the hobby shop last nite 4 feet for $3.60 white styrene
Neck Vice
Had to refret this neck (first fret job) and needed something to get a good grip on it. This is made from an old broken H.F. Wood clamp . I almost threw it away after breaking the back screw trying to free it up from rust. I noticed for holding it wo
Read more…Laser cutting / Pickup forms Done / DXF file
Just sent off an Autocad file for a trial on a 3 string pickup top and bottom plate should have done the center for bobbin but not thinking. $3.50 for the cuts and $8 shipping done in 3.2 mm birch ply 181mm x 181 mm material size could have filled th
Read more…Dominos For Pickups
I just got this box of dominos for $1 at Goodwill going to use for drop in pickup tops . Did you know that the center dots of a group are at 1/2" centers perfect for 3 string cbg's . The wood ones and cheap plastic ones are 1/4" thick wich should wor
Read more…Grizzly.com building parts
I had formerly thought of Grizzly as a larger power tool company but they have a lot of building parts for guitars. grizzly.com
Read more…"CyberMan" fretted 3 string mistakes and successes
So I had not watched Dr Who since its first go around I looked up CyberMen yep Wayfarer was right! I finished it yesterday or so I thought. With knobs and pickup it lost some CyberMan looks but still made me laugh. Good then bad. My ,pickup sounded g
Read more…How to add a photo that shows as photo not image file name?
Just wondering how to add a photo that shows on the post as opposed to the clickable link. I'm old and new so excuse my ignorance.
Read more…New Guy from Illinois
Hi all been lurking a while getting some great info from you guys and CB Gitty . I've built 3 cbg's a diddly bow a pickup winder I pickup so far it's going in the yellow Don Tomas box with the teak fretboarded hickory neck the previous builds were pi
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