Pallet guitar stand
saw this on Craigslist and thought I'd share. Super easy to make from pretty much any pallet. Just take one board off, notch it and put it on the top.
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combining two boxes
Couldn't find a good thread on this - when you combine two boxes, are you talking side by side or stacked? If side by side, what do you do with the top? Thanks
Read more…Ukulele bridge help
Hi all, building a traveler style uke. Nearing the end, but the standard glue one uke bridge (rosewood and bone) I intended to use ends up about .25 inch / 6mm to low. Neck and fretboard are glued in place and not adjustable. Would a block of wood
Read more…Quick wood finishing ideas
Looking to have a group of guys build a simple cbg in a hour or two in one sitting. No real questions about building but looking for ideas on quick to apply (and dry) finishes for the neck. Ideas?
Read more…Backing tracks - if I could only solo
I am probably the last to know but I just discovered backing tracks. Tons of them on YouTube such as slow blues in G. Now I need to try to learn some solo riffs. Anyone have any favorite tracks to share?
Read more…Tuner Hole Save
Thought I'd share a goof up that ended up with an easy save. I am working on a build using the cheap tuners you can see in the picture. Through some bad layout skills the angled tuner is opposite the angle of the headstock and as you can see the up
Read more…What do you do with your cut off pieces?
I have now filled a fourth box of short pieces from a inch or two up to maybe a foot. Any good ways to store these, or do you toss/burn them or do something else? They can always be used for a brace, a bridge or nut or whatever. I feel like a hoar
Read more…(CB) U bass help
Hi all, I am trying to sort out my latest build, a 21" scale ubass. I used Thundergut strings, but they don't seem right. The lower strings are very slack, I can't seem to raise the strings enough to get them to stop buzzing on the frets. The high
Read more…Fell off the horse - bad planning or maybe bad wood
I was drilling large tuner holes for a u-bass cbg when the wood let go. Only real harm was the time lost and the small piece of wood, but some anger management was required. Not sure if it was the wood or my lack of clamping. In hind site, I drill
Read more…Spray varnish - before and after a year later
Ran across the unfinished box and compared it to the varnished one I did about a year and a half ago, actually my first cbg. I bought two of the same box in case I totally messed up the first one. Anyway, just thought I'd share the results. It was
Read more…CBG Neck Mother Load!
I have to admit I am hooked on the Free section on Craigslist. Today there was a woodworker guy moving from his home and giving away some wood. Well to make a long story short I got over 100 pieces of nice oak and a bit of maple all just a little o
Read more…Cigar Molds - Lap Steel?
I found this cigar mold and immediately thought to use it for a couple of lap steel guitars. The mold is about 22" x 4", pretty dried out. I thought about just mounting one side to a board and setting up the nut and bridge, but one side has cool ma
Read more…CBU Avo Uvezian Tenor Uke
Avo Uvezian box, these are a cool box with music notes embossed in them. Music note sound hole, laminated neck sort of violin style, piece of flooring made into the fretboard, mandolin tuners, ebay bone nut and bridge. Way too many hours spent on t
Read more…Different thru neck method?
I haven't seen this from others so I thought I'd share. (if it is old news then I was the last to know!) Basically it is just two boards, one for the neck and the other for the thru part. It seems to give an advantage in that it creates an angled n
Read more…Triangular Concert Uke
My second uke, concert size as I progress from soprano to tenor. Inspired by the Fluke and Flea, made from drawer pieces for the body and a piece of maple flooring for the neck. Ebay pre-made fret board (not sure how I feel about that!), piece of o
Read more…Antique Cigar Box - help me date it
My inlaws said they had an old box I could have. Unfortunately it is not a good size for a guitar, about 9 x 6 x 4 but it is cool none the less. I think it is all cedar.
It has printing on the bottom about a tax on the cigars - "Notice. The Manufac
Read more…reversed tuners on a uke - advise wanted
After drilling the tuner holes on my latest project, I think it would look better with the tuners backwards - meaning the post is pulling away from the gear under string tension. Is this a bad idea considering the forces of nylon strings or should I
Read more…Latest Build - Olivia Uke
First post to the Uke group - made my first Cuke, my 6th instrument overall. I saw someone suggested it was a good use for a smaller box, and I had a short piece of walnut which was perfect for the neck. It came out pretty good, I went with a Sopra
Read more…Wood and hardware sources?
Where else do you get materials? There the obvious - pallets, dumpster diving, thrift store, side of the road piece of furniture. Where else? We have a couple reclaimed material stores around here, I bought some nice old gym floor maple which made
Read more…hello from Michigan!
Just joined today after poking around here for awhile. Lots of great info and inspiration! I put my first cbg on a blog post, I hope that is what I should do. About me - a guy who farted around with guitars for quite awhile but I suffer from two i
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