HDecided to let her go. It’s going on Reverb, eBay etc soon but thought you folks should know first. It ain’t gonna be cheap.
Here’s the “blurb”...
The “Stratowing” Diesel / Deco Punk 4-string guitar.
Hand built by a professional special effects a
Read more…I'm in the planning stages for my next build...an (approximately)1/2-3/4 size upright acoustic bass. I want to stand up, pluck and slap out some blues and shuffle-Billy jams. Any suggestions re scale length to make sure I get that upright bass tonal
Read more…Hi folks, About to start on a new build. It's going to be a mod of a mandolin body into a 3-string, 25.5" scale, fretted electro-acoustic. My last build went well but I get a buzz mid fretboard...unless I raise the action at the bridge...clear case
Read more…Does anyone think this unit would work as a straight forward on board pre amp for piezo rod pick up? http://www.maplin.co.uk/mono-preamp-kit-220052
Read more…Hi everyone. I'm building a bass ukelele (the kind with rubber strings). I have chosen a rod piezo under the saddle. I want to add a a Tillman preamp plus a tone and volume pot set up to get the most out of this classically upright bass sounding ins
Read more…Hi everyone. I'm building a bass ukelele (the kind with rubber strings). I have chosen a rod piezo under the saddle. I want to add a a Tillman preamp plus a tone and volume pot set up to get the most out of this classically upright bass sounding ins
Read more…Hi all. I'd like to build a 4 x 6" or 4 x 8" cabinet to drive with a Noisy Cricket amp. I have both types of speakers all matched up and ready for wiring and boxing. I'm going to maintain the 8 Ohm rating so my choices of wiring are... Parallel/Se
Read more…Hi all. I'd like to build a 4 x 6" or 4 x 8" cabinet to drive with a Noisy Cricket amp. I have both types of speakers all matched up and ready for wiring and boxing. I'm going to maintain the 8 Ohm rating so my choices of wiring are... Parallel/Se
Read more…Hi all. I'd like to build a 4 x 6" or 4 x 8" cabinet to drive with a Noisy Cricket amp. I have both types of speakers all matched up and ready for wiring and boxing. I'm going to maintain the 8 Ohm rating so my choices of wiring are... Parallel/Se
Read more…Oh man I'm so bummed out!! I did a test assembly of my new 4 stringer. I put on 1 string and the neck behaves like a whammy bar! The slightest pressure and the the whole thing bends enough to throw the tuning out dramatically. The neck is a standar
Read more…I have arrived at the electrics stage of my second CBG build, a 4 string license plate guitar. I want to keep the front of the plate as clean as possible. I have neck and bridge pickups, two P90's. I would ideally like to mount them under the plate
Read more…Hi all, I've recently received one of Randy Bretz's rod reso biscuit bridges. I've built everything up but I suspect the profile I put on the saddle isn't up to much. Does anyone have advice and ideally photos of the profile they use on their bone
Read more…I'm near finishing my first resonator build. It uses an Old Lowe 6/7" cone and a Mojo Bone rod biscuit (both stunning bits of work btw). Problem is I want a light open D tuning to get a nice crying pitch but the strings don't offer much downward pre
Read more…I have just wired up my lovely new rod biscuit pick up from Randy Bretz and have encountered an oddity to my experience. Everything work just fine but I have found that I weirdly get MORE buzz when I am touching the strings or metal bits! When I let
Read more…Hi y'all, I'm on a 4 day vist to the Jackson Mississippi area and I am determined to buy a banjo while I'm here. Does anyone know of the best place for me to go where I'll definately find a good selection of new and used banjos? Gonna vist some blu
Read more…I'm about to start a reso project with a Lowes cone. I want a piezo pick up and love the way my Chickenbone John piezo rod bridge sounds. What would you suggest in terms of a bridge/pickup set up? I have rods, disks and even a CB Gitty rod bridge. C
Read more…Hi Y'all, I just got a fully fretted neck from CB Gitty and was wondering if anyone had any advice for fitting a bone nut? There is no fingerboard to provide a ledge to offer the nut up to, just the neck itself and a nicely made scarf joint. I'm ner
Read more…Does anyone have any suggestion where I can find some 3 string slide licks, techniques and picking patterns to add to my currently random wanderings over the strings? Just some basic variations and patterns would be great so that I have a place to s
Read more…Hi folks, I have recently purchased some simple, 2.5 watt LM 380 based amp kits. They make a tidy little CBG amp but lack gain control for a bit of crunch. Does anyone know if putting a simple pre amp module in line between the guitar and the amp wi
Read more…Hi all,
I just took delivery of my first real cbg. A 27" scale 3 stringer made by Roosterman...and its a beaut.
My wife plays 6 string and she INSISTS that I should learn the basics of 6 string so that I can play along with others, figure out songs
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