Hey folks. I'm building a guitar using an old metal oil can. I've used piezo pick-ups on wooden boxes with good results. What are people's opinions on using a piezo pickup with a metal can, versus any other kind of pickup? Thanks!
Read more…I had planned it out so well. Got six 3-foot-long pieces of 1/4"x2" oak and laminated them together. As soon as the glue dried I knew it was going to be really strong. The idea was then to saw the laminated wood down the middle to make two necks.
Read more…So I'm renovating a bathroom, which has nothing to do with CBGs except dust. Cutting tile makes a ton of it, and I've been fiddling with some of the more exotic woods in the shop and I'm a little concerned about breathing that stuff in and spreading
Read more…Anybody have any ideas on how to make a stick from Lowes look like a neck/fretboard that's a hundred years old?
Read more…Hey guys. I recently acquired some metal cigar boxes. The older ones (they look WAY old) I think are made of tin. I don't know what the modern ones are made of but they're kind of flimsy, so maybe cheap sheet metal. All are magnetic. So electron
Read more…So I just built CBG #5, this time with a poplar neck. I spent a lot of time on this neck (it has a wenge fretboard too) and I have to say it looks pretty awesome. I strung it up with light gauge steel acoustic strings which, to my dismay, started b
Read more…Hi guys. After building my first guitar with a 25.5" scale and three kid-size guitars with 19.125" scales, I'm finding that the notes get sharper as I play up the neck, starting with the first fret. My tuning (for now) is CGC, and the low C string
Read more…Has anyone ever built a 6-string guitar, that is, a guitar with three pairs of strings? My concern is regarding the tension on the neck that six strings would create so I'm thinking about doubling its thickness. Maybe using nylon strings too. Any
Read more…So what are some new songs you folks are learning at the moment? Me, lately I've been working on some Pogues songs, Irish folk that leans toward rock (or the other way around?). It seems to fall very naturally into the cigar box realm. I've got "I
Read more…I just saw Harry Manx in concert in Portsmouth Rhode Island last night. A one-man show (well, I suppose two men if I count the sound guy), Harry had maybe eight instruments on hand. Mostly notably present were his Mohan Veena (the holy union of a gui
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