This build is offered up to a CBN friend who is a good builder himself, but likes to have some instruments from other builders. It is one of my cheap-ass builds, scrap pine and a K-mart yard stick for the fret board. It is tuned DGB and after a few necessary tweaks, it plays and sounds pretty good. And I had fun building it and playing it.The action is low at the neck for fretting and picking and a bit high on up the neck for sliding with less clacking. There is a spacer under the saddle that can be removed for lower action (string height).I screwed up and got the side by side tuners (machine heads) too close together and that caused me to have to mount them at a bit of an angle. Oh well. It had a lot of buzz when I got it done, especially the B (small) string. A string tree (holder downer!) helped that and then going from a coarse threaded saddle screw to a fine threaded saddle screw improved and got rid of almost all buzz. It plays and sounds pretty good.When I gift a CBG to a builder, I kind of hope they will set it up and modify it to fit their own taste and playing style. I hope they will enjoy it for a while and then I don't mind if they pass it on to someone else.
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Nice Looking Git and Sound Demo 'UJ', and a very pretty setting for the Pic, looks much better than it would do in the depths of winter :-)
I love the 7 frets, gotta try it.