I have just completed a fretted build, with a 23 inch scale, but cannot eliminate buzz unless I use, in my mind, a ridiculously high bridge. My CBG has a break angle, about 1-2 degrees, an M6 bolt as the nut giving me a height of approx 1mm at the fi
Read more…I have built an all electric CBG, mainly because the box I used was so thin it wouldn't resonate satisfactorily. I used a hard tail bridge and a CBGitty humbucker pick up. I don't have a conventional amplifier but I use an iRig interface to play it t
Read more…I have built my previous CBGs with 24-25 inch scales. However, I have problems with the fretted builds, in that my old fingers have trouble forming some of the chords. I have decided to build a new CBG with a 23 inch scale, hoping that the narrower f
Read more…I’m working up to build my first licence plate CBG. Does anyone, who build their own boxes, cut rebates to fit the plate into, or do they just fit them on top?
Read more…Is there any relationship between the volume/tone levels on a CBG guitar and the gain, tone and volume settings on the amplifier connected.
Read more…When I have built my previous fretless cbgs I have burned the fret line into my necks. I’m about to start a new build using a very dark wood for my fretboard. I would like to score the fret lines in and then fill them with a brass powder. Has anyone
Read more…Can anyone give any tips relating to pick up choice and fitting on a planned number plate CBG build?
Read more…I have built a fretless CBG on which I’ve had to use a humbucker as the box was too thin to be resonant, with a through neck. When I try to play it I get a lot of percussive noise when I put slide to string. I accept that this may be a result of my p
Read more…When I built my first CBG it was fretless and I enjoyed the process of, at least, getting a reasonable tune out of it. I have since built a fretted version but I’m having trouble getting to grips with it. My problem is that I have very small, arthrit
Read more…On one of my fretted builds I’ve noticed that when I pick the high G string, and let it ring, I seem to be getting a harmonic sound as the initial note declines which is off putting. Any suggestions?
Read more…Hi, I’m looking for help with my CBG playing. When chord names are shown above a melody tab, are the chords strummed at the same time as the melody string would be picked? So far I’ve only been attempting to play the melody tabs.
Read more…I’ve made several CBGs, fretless and fretted, although I’ve concentrated my playing education on the fretless as my elderly fingers aren’t as mobile as I would like them to be. However, I’ve begun to use my fretted CBG, it would be a waste not to. Un
Read more…I’ve seen several videos where builders have set up the action, on their cbgs using a long straight metal edge resting on the nut, several thicknesses of coins, low down the neck, to determine the height of the bridge. However this is done before the
Read more…I’ve built a few CBGs and been quite happy with the results. However, I’ve recently viewed a lot of YouTube videos where builders have put their piezo pickups, disc or rod, into recesses in the neck, and not in contact with the lid, as I have done. W
Read more…I have a desire to build a CBG using a licence plate and a piezo pickup. Should the pickup be in contact with the plate, similar to my cigar box builds? Or could I recess it into the neck?
Read more…I’ve built a fretless CBG using a flat humbucker pickup, which I connect to a CB Gitty amp. However whenever I play it, as soon as I put the slide onto a string, the result is a “ping” like sound. This may well be due to my playing inexperience, but
Read more…This may be a dumb question, but are licence plates suitable soundboards for an acoustic CBG? Any tips would be gratefully accepted.
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i’ve built 4 CBGs now, all with pickups of some design, but I tend to play, and I use the term loosely, acoustically. However I plugged my latest project into the amp built with the CB Gitty kit, and when I pluck a string I get a loud “quack” bef
Read more…Has anyone used non metallic strings in their CBGs? If so were they satisfied with results?
Read more…I’ve noticed some builders advertising CBGs with hard metal bridges as electro-acoustic. Does anyone have experience of using hard metal bridges with strings threaded through from an anchored point? If so how is the bridge fixed to the lid while mai
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