I've seen a lot of resonator guitars built with magnetic pickups. Do the magnetic pickups capture some of the unique sound that you get when playing a resonator acoustically? Do you have to have a piezo type pickup? Are there specific types of pic
Read more…The problem when building a CBG is that you have to run the neck through the box for structural strength. As the boxes are already small, this eats up a lot of the available volume for producing good sound. My latest build I glued a threaded rod int
Read more…My second build was a CBG dulcimer for my kids. I cut out four one inch hearts, one in each corner of the box. The sound is not nearly as good as my first build. My first build had two 11/2 inch holes close to the neck end of the box. I've noticed th
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