Hi all, I'm new to CBN and the CBG world, and I'm going to be building one very soon, just waiting on my last few parts. One thing I haven't totally thought about is a fretboard. Do I need one? Can I just fret my neck? Should I use one? What are the
Read more…I finally got my first build complete, mostly. My high G string broke as I was tuning it up. As a guitarist, it's nothing new to have a string break every now and then, so I still make due for now.
Anyway, here's my unnamed geetar, feel free to drop
Read more…I'm not going to say any names as not to exclude anyone, but I just wanna give all y'all that have given me advice for my build a big thanks, it's all helped me tremendously in my build.
As it sits right now, I'm on the home stretch.
All I have left
Read more…So tomorrow is the expected delivery date of my fret wire, and hopefully the start of my build (the neck bit at least), now I'm sitting here thinking "How the hell do I start a neck???". I have a 1"x2"x3' poplar strip for my neck, and a 1/4"x2"x3" re
Read more…So as I'm sure most all of you know, George McLeod won the "Kick The Can" contest with his beautiful double necked git made from a couple of Jack Daniels cans. This has highly inspired me. I'm thinking about making a one or maybe a two stringer using
Read more…So as time progresses, I'm getting closer and closer to starting my first build. My tuners just got delivered today, so I guess I'll probably start on the head of it first off.
I'd like to do an angled headstock, but I'm not sure what the best angle
Read more…I know quite a few people have made CBB's, and I want to make one for my best friend who's a bassist, does anyone have a source for a bass fretting scale?
Read more…Alright, my first build is done, except for the high G string. It keeps breaking. I can't get past about a quarter step up from F before the horrendous "ping" of a broken string. I just got home from guitar center where I bought some Ernie Ball super
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