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  • He-heh. I like your approach, Seth. I guess it's very common for people around here. And this my work is a good example. It started as a joke. I had no strict plan. Just to recycle some leftovers.

    Nevertheless. I've installed real frets instead of just toothpicks as I planned. And a peg head is covered with high quality plastic. BTW, regarding this plastic. I used the kitchen countertops samples from the local hardware store.:) 

    Here is more details on this one

    At some extent I like unpredictability of the process.  

    Best of luck!

  • To clarify. My personal tendency is toward a more rugged appearance. I appreciate the clean work and know very much what attention to detail goes into it, it is just not my preference. No judgment though...

  • Yeah, I know what you mean. I just tend to not like it when a CBG looks super clean. For that matter, most of my guitars have wear. There is a balance though, for me it is mostly that I don't care if it is ugly, as long as it is playable, so I end up spending a lot of time tweaking intonation and such.. even on super crappy guitars.

  • Nirvana. Heart Shaped Box.
  • Regarding the roughness. I'm always struggling between 2 opposite options:

    1. To make an instrument without spending a dime. Just looking around for the things I can use. This approach might be a challenge. But it makes me closer to the origins of CBG. And it's a special sort of fun.

    2. To make an instrument which is still a CBG but packed with some modern stuff.

    Like this one for example.

  • I sorta like the roughness of it...

  • If it were mine I'd just paint the inside of the heart black, it looks brilliant and I'm sure it sounds great.
  • This is the final look of my "Cigar Box Ukulele". The middle part look as an ugly heart shaped opening. This happened because originally I planned a different bigger type of pickups. I'm still looking for nice material to cover it.

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