Hey guys. The neck for my first CBG is taking shape. I whipped up a jig and made the scarf joint for the head stock today. Glue is drying now. When that's done, I'll get to work on the nut then fret it. In my short time here I've seen a few fret calc
Read more…Well, thanks to the fine folks here, I managed to almost finish my first build. I just need to hit the music store tomorrow and get some strings and go to the hardware store and get some tiny screws to hold the tuners. I made a few mistakes and learn
Read more…Well, my fret wire is on order from Gitty. My plan is to cut the slots, finish the neck then fret it. That way I avoid getting finish on the frets. Anyhow, when building other projects I've always used Poly. It works good for most of the things I've
Read more…So I printed up a scale template today and laid it on my neck. I'm having trouble making sense of my measurements. I've been planning on a 24.5" scale length, but I think I'm going to have adjust that to a 24" scale length. With my box size, I'm only
Read more…So I'm getting ready to fret my first CBG build. It would seem I have several choices. C.B. Gitty sells it in several sizes. A local music place sells it in about 25 different sizes. Not being a player myself, I don't have a preference on size. So wh
Read more…Hello all. I've been reading through this site for the last few days, tons of good info, but I'm finding I still have a few questions in my mind I haven't seen answers for.
I'm going to make a CBG for my brother for Xmas. The actual building of it, I
My first CBG build is coming along nicely thanks to all the information available here. Today my plans changed a bit. I was originally going to install a piezo pick up, but today thanks to a nice guy at a local music store, I got a proper pick up for
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