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Ken Follett

As some of you might have read in my earlier drivelling I sell 90% of my CBGs at the local Music Shop in Faversham Kent.

Sold over 2 doz. so far.

A while ago a woman asked if I did commissions. Cut a long story short she came back with a decorated si

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My new Metal Shed / Workshop

Finished with a lot of help erecting my new Workshop in the Garden. A massive task with  a large cardboard box containing all the parts except for the separate floor for a 7 X 8 ft Shed. How about a packet of 400 screws, a packet of 120 Nuts and Bolt

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Wood from Essex

Just received my latest supply of wood. Delivered early this morning   (Still in the Shower)

Various Hard woods  

8 Necks and 8 Fingerboard blanks all cut and planed to sizes of my specifications.

Well packed and delivered.

Total cost £40 so that wor

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Anything will do for a Box.

Got a nice Xmas present. A strong cardboard presentation box with 4 small Whiskey bottles in it.

Drank them by Boxing Day and thought the box was too nice to throw away.

Built  a wooden box inside it and made a very pretty CBG. Sounds good with a Pie

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Tuneing

Never happened to me before.

Just finished No.21 and for the first time after tuning it up and positioning the Threaded Bridge I find that Top and Bottom Strings are a perfect octave at the 12th Fret but the Middle "D"  string is way out. A good 1/2

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Twin neck..more a question than anything

Next build I want to do is a Twin Neck.

4 String CBG and a 3 Long String Bass in the same box

Q1  Is that a possibility

Q2  Any suggestions or tips please

Q3  If the CBG is tuned GBGD what should the Bass be tuned

Q4  Am I mad and should forget it

C

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Bits and Pieces

Off to a big boot fair in the morning (Sunday) if it doesn't Rain, Sleet or Snow. Well it is the second half of May.

Hopefully will get some more Boxes and other bits  that will be useful. Cigar Boxes are getting few and far between and expensive'. L

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1st build

First I bought one off EBay

Then bought a kit, built it , modified it.

Now this afternoon completed my 1st build from scratch.

AND IT WORKS

3 string fretless with a piezo pickup , sounds great.

Need a couple of mods I recon like a wider piece of thre

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Long cut

Discovered today just how difficult it is to do a long (36")  cut in a piece of hardwood.

Started off with a piece 2.5 " wide to cut for a CBG. A long cut with a hand saw or/and a powered Jigsaw.

Going to take some time sanding to get the line straig

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Another Hi from England...Kent

Joined  CB Nation a couple of days ago after discovering Cigar  Box Guitars whilst wandering around the Internet..

I have a Fretted 4 string Electric but am looking to get an Unfretted one as I have found in my experience (all of 2 days) that the fret

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