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The guitar sounded a bit odd on the base string so I made the sound holes adjustable. The sound holes can be adjusted to have varying openings including one sound hole open and one closed. The adjustment is made via the two screws next to the sound…
Read more…I haven't seen this done before and thought you guys might be interested. I have been using these in my builds for a while now and they work quite well. The bridge can be adjusted in height to suite your frets or playing style. There are factory…
Read more…Hi my name is Jeff, I am also from Australia. Western Sydney NSW. I am a carpenter and have been building CBG's for about 18months. I have built about 10 so far, given 7 away to family as gifts. I mostly play my 3 string but I have built some 4…
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Well Jeff, I just retired at the end of December. For the Last 35 years I have been doing custom Kitchens. And for the last 25 of those years I have been the set designer and builder for a local NBC affiliate. Before all of that I built homes and a lot of room additions. I really love the set designing and building, I don't consider it work I am in the process of doing a complete set remodel now, that is why I will have some wiggle wood left over, more curved desks and walls. If you want it don't worry about it, I'll send it. It rolls up into a small cylinder and only weighs 1 or 2 pounds. Always wanted to visit Austraila, this is the closest I've gotten. Allen
Hi Jeff, I will be ordering some wiggle wood for an upcoming job in the next month or two. I will have some Left over pieces, enough to build a couple guitar,I would be more then happy to send them to you, Think about it and let me know . What kind of carpentry work do you do? Allen
Hi Jeff, To build the body I used 1/8" bendable Birch {wiggle wood} plywood for the sides, and the top and bottom are made from the back side of a piece of 1/4" Luan plywood underlayment. When I saw this piece, all I could see is the guitar body in it. By the way, I"m a carpenter also.I copied the shape from Taylors T5 semi hollow body. I cut the top and bottom together, cut the wiggle wood to 1 1/2" and dry fit the sides. Even though the wiggle wood is very flexible, I still had to use a heat gun to bend the tight horn radius. Through the center of the body is a 3 1/2" solid piece of pine that goes from the neck to the tail piece, and it is tappered like a hour glass to shave off some weight. I also notched it out for the pickup, which I'm going to install after I finish this letter. I made a small access panel on the back for installation of the volume control and the jack. However the pickup is an undermount and I'm not sure if I can get it in,going to be interesting, There is a lot to consider when building a CBD This is my 5th build. I have made a lot of mistakes along the way, and learned a lot also. To build the body cost me $6.00 Let me know if you build one. Best to you Allen