Making and using templates for items on your CBG build's is quick and easy! Thanks to Brian Romero (Bairfoot Cajun) for this tip... Use light weight cardboard from the case of a soda carton (I use Canada Dry - mixes well with scotch; Brian uses Moun
Read more…Here is a simple Fret Scale ruler I made that I use constantly. It saves me the time of having to print out fret scales on paper, cut them and transfer them to a neck or fret board. For this particular rule, I used a piece of extra copper flat stock
Read more…Making and Installing Position Markers for Your Guitar - by Brian Johnson edited by Dragon Here's a simple and economical way to make fret position markers with little chance of destroying you work. I am sure that someone else has probably done this
Read more…Here is a simple fret depth checking gauge for those who use standard guitar frets...I decided to make this a separate discussion from the fret jig thread for obvious reasons. Very simply, take a 3 to 4 inch long piece of standard fret wire and bend
Read more…How to make a custom logo in one-million, well, 5 easy steps By Bill Jehle, edited by Dragon What you'll need: Printable Transparency film (Available from Office Depot. The kind used for making overhead projections for presentations) A computer wit
Read more…I want to start a discussion forum on finishing the wood portions of CBG's, particularly regarding neck and box wood finishes and various techniques for making them look old and new, amateur and professional alike...There are alot of beautiful CBG's
Read more…This thread is about the simple things regarding CBG's that we all think everyone knows, or should know. Please post your odd tricks and tips below so as to make life easy for other CBN members here...
As an Electronics Engineer, I like to build things. Particularly electronics for my CBG's, lap steel and pedal steel guitars. Here is a simple LM386 Audio Amplifier using the standard LM386 IC chip in a high-gain configuration (gain = 200). For a max
Read more…Setting up a guitar refers to the adjustment of a guitar's action and it's intonation. You can learn alot more about setting up a regular acoustic guitar with expert tips in this free guitar video hosted by eHow. Although this series of video's regar
Read more…I had to figure out a way to make an equally spaced measurement of the nut and bridge string spacings so that the string spacings would look professionally done and be exactly equal and correct for the width of the particular CBG neck I was building
Read more…There are many ways to install frets on a CBG. Some CBG makers use toothpics, some use regular tang type guitar frets installed in a slotted fret board or directly into the neck material, and some use a wood burning tool as a position marker on slide
Read more…A Simple Metallic Inlay This is about making inlays that look like silver or metal in a simple and cheap way, along with being quite fast. What you need: -solder (I use flux core solder, because it is very shiny. There are various diameters, so you
Read more…Here's a cheap and easy way to protect the high gloss or any other type of finish on a CBG box - build. Wrap it in Saran Wrap. That's right! It sticks like glue and it keeps the finish from being dinged, marred or scratched up while working on the bo
Read more…Unflavored gelatin and animal gelatin are made from the same thing, using the same process, is sold in most grocery food stores, and can easily be used as musical instrument ‘Hide’ glue. Most hide glue used by Luthiers to make instruments have a set
Read more…Some of you are very proud of your CBG building skills and accomplishments, and rightly so! Those accomplishments and awesome CBG creations are made with pride and give unresounding joy... With that, the dedication, effort, tools, machinery and the
Read more…Adjusting Pickup Height By Brian Calvert-Project Guitar (additions by Dragon) Before adjusting, make sure your guitar is strung correctly and tuned to the proper pitch. In this particular post, measurements are used as a guideline and not a solid f
Read more…See attached link and make sure you watch the .wmv video file. This method does not allow the string to slip, and it helps with tuning and intonation problems. I have never had a string break at the nut end using this method on my pedal steel. A big
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