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Hickory 'Bagpipe' CBG

Posted by Michael Carnright on April 2, 2009 at 4:22pm
My first CBG :-D I made the whole thing out of hickory, including the box. I cut the front corners off to make sound holes. I fretted it to match the bagpipe scale. This way I can play the pipe tunes I know.
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  • lenny purnell June 12, 2009 at 11:25pm
    Nice Very clean!!
  • Michael Carnright April 3, 2009 at 8:55am
    It sounds very mellow to my ear. The Frets are set to just intonation mixolydian mode. That is what is bagpipe is, with one more note below the tonic. So my CBG has 9 notes like a Scottish bagpipe.
  • Michael Carnright April 3, 2009 at 8:52am
    I used to make shapes out of posterboard called polyhedra. It just came to my mind to take the "cube" and cut the corners bringing it closer to a shape called a truncated cube. I'll be making a video this weekend :-D
  • THE FADER April 2, 2009 at 11:22pm
    Hickory......Wow.........must be a glutton for punishment. : ) That is a great idea "cutting corners"...he he....yup we need a vid bro. ! Cool !
  • Warren Towne April 2, 2009 at 6:28pm
    That is very cool looking. I love the simplicity of it. How's it sound? I'd be interested to hear some bagpipe guitar.
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