I searched "Ghost Pickup" and found a few entries from people who tried the Wicked Bucker under the box top. Apparently it was not particularly successful.
I'm just checking in to see if anyone has successfully installed a wicked bucker under the bo Read more…I've got several three stringers. 24" scale, tuned D3, A3, D4
I'm using Nickel wound strings for the D3 and A3 with a plain wound string for the D4.
String diameters are 0.026, 0.018 and 0.012 respectively.
Based on online sting tension calculators,
Read more…I've built forty or so box guitars both 3 and 4 stringers fretted and un-fretted, Mag and piezo piclups. Over time I settled on a three stringer with no frets and a mag pickup. After playing for three or four years, I felt like I had pretty good cont
Read more…Something I have never seen discussed on this forum (maybe I'm in the wrong place) is the use of guitar backing tracks to accompany your CBG playing.
I don't have any other players near me and after playing solo three string slide for a good while I
Read more…Merry Christmas to all.
Been a great year with a number of new builds that came out better than expected. Also met a ton of new builders here on the forum. Some amazing talent out there. Keep me humble.
Keep building in 2020
Read more…I have several six string resonator guitars, but I really enjoy three-string slide so I decided to whip up a three string slider.
After looking around at available resonator cones, I decided to give the Gitty "Paint Can Lid" a try. The large 6" paint
The pages seems to have gone a bit silent.
So, who is building what? There have to be a lot of "in process" gits out there.
Share the build. Maybe we'll all learn a little bit.
I just ordered some red Brick House boxes. Christmas and the red guitars
Read more…I've always admired the Les Paul Standard, but it is way too heavy and has three strings too many. I was wandering around the shop and found a nice piece of 1 x 4 pine with only a few knots and wondered how hard it would be to carve that beautifully
Read more…Put this little 3-stringer together as a John Lee Hooker tribute.The box image was printed on matte photo paper and attached with 3M spray adhesive. F holes were hand cut then covered with black screening to keep the bugs out.
Hard maple neck with a
Some days I just feel old.......
I completed a nice fretted 4-stringer and started stringing it up, then the "Senior Moment" hit. What was the correct tuning? I looked at the string package and it showed G major as DGBD. Then I looked at a chord char
Read more…I've built about 50 three and four stringers (fretted and sliders). I've been luck to find a lot of boxes for free or low cost at local cigar stores. Over time, I started to gravitate to certain boxes when I wanted to build a really special guitar.
T
Read more…Google "fruit crate labels" and select "Images" and you'll find hundreds of amazing label designs that would look great on a cigar box top. These are colorful, classic images that could customize the look of a CBG.
I'm always looking for unique cigar
Read more…Playing through an amp is fun and good practice, but sometimes I want to play along with a jam track. With simple amps like my Pignose, there is no option for an auxiliary input such as a computer, MP3 player or smart phone.
After some searching arou
Read more…I like to take along a guitar when we travel, but I worry about banging up a full sized acoustic. After looking over the available Travel guitars, I decided to build my own.
The neck and body are constructed from Mahogany. There is no head stock. Ins
I posted a question about mounting a magnetic pickup inside the cigar box without cutting a hole through the lid. As I saw it, this setup offered a number of advantages, one being the box top didn't get chopped up.
Well, I couldn't let it go so where
Read more…I'm sure this will bring out an unlimited number of opinions, but that just let's us all learn more.
I've built many CBGs over the past years that had 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 strings. I have enjoyed all of them, but while playing my latest four-stringer, I
Read more…Has anyone tried flat wound acoustic strings on their slide guitars? Seems like it could reduce slide/string noise.
I haven't tried them yet, but noticed that A'ddario has acoustic flat wound. Might be good for slide playing.
Read more…I know there are plenty of online string tension calculators, but they usually specify wound or unwound as part of the calculation. A 0.026" string tuned to G2 (the G on a six string at standard tuning) is about 35 lbs and specified as "wound". Now,
Read more…Here is a photo of my latest project. It is a metal bodied resonator. The body is constructed from 26 gauge sheet metal (Home Depot special). The neck is hard Maple with a Walnut fret board.
This is my second resonator project and my first metal body
Read more…Not that we drink a lot in our house, but I have a growing collection of wine bottles with neck size just perfect for slides. I've goggled cutting techniques for these and the most common approach is to use a glass cutter to etch a line around the ne
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