HI
I've built a few CBGs now, including a regular size uke. (and a 4 string uke-sized solid body Jazzmaster shaped guitar).
I enjoy noodling around on the 3 string CBGs but the only thing I can really "play" at all is the uke. After a lifetime of try
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I bought a couple of sets of these pickups - one set to go in a solid body jazzmaster-styled uke I'm building, the other set to revamp a 4-string CBG.And a wiring harness that has volume and tone pots and a 3 way switch.
My intention was
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Making CBG #2, it was just going to abe a "better" version of #1 for thrashing about on 3 strings.
Then it dawned on me:
I do have a mahalo uke, and I have - i
Read more…I was delighted with the sound of my first CBG (tuned gdg), initially on open strings, and also as I learned my first bits of playing - around the 2nd and 3rd frets (drawn on) of the middle string. I impressed my totally unmusical self.
Barreing with
Read more…I have very basic electronics knowledge, but I thought this should work ...
I found a pair of very old, powered speakers that came in plastic cases. The kind you plug into a PC, but with decent sized speakers. Good candidates I thought for putting in
Read more…Getting the bits together for my first CBG.
Box, strings, nut, bridge, pickups, tuners, etc all sourced and either in hand or on the way.
The only *small* problem I have is something for the neck :(
None of the chain-type DIY stores around here
Read more…Actually it's not finished yet, but I dont have a lot of patience, so once all the parts were roughly shaped, drilled etc, I just had to put it together and see if it worked.
Piezo taped to the top, jack taped to the tail, lid isn't fixed down, I'm
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I discovered this place a few days ago when looking for (cheap) parts online to electrify my (cheap) uke. I am no musician, never got to grips with the guitar but making some headway with the uke, so I figure if 4 strin
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