Posted by David Punzalan on September 23, 2012 at 6:46pm
My 1st and 2nd CBGs.Actually the first (left) is from a sake gift box and the second is (I think) for some tool bit set or something. The little one is actually for my son.
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Thanks for the comments! Neither are fretted though I'm considering fretting CBG#1 (the big one). For now they are marked with scores into the fretboard and I've added fret marker dots along the side of the fretboard of CBG#1 by drilling some shallow holes. I've added some specs for those interested:
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CBG1:
-the box is from (apparently) a sake-set found it at the thrift shop - still has the $2.99 sticker on it (mojo points!) -scale length is 28.5" (give or take) - so its a baritone and tuned CGC - neck-thru; neck is a 1 x 2 I found at the neighbourhood hardware store (oak, I think); the fretboard is poplar
- the guitar is a 3-stringer though I still have an eye on converting it to a 4 string - the nut (plastic) and the bridge/saddle (maple + oak) were hand cut but I'll keep my eye out for upgrades (e.g. bone); tailpiece is a cabinet hinge - it has pickups (two piezos in parallel)
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CBG#2:
- 4-stringer, lefty with 12.5” scale
- box looks to be some tool/bit case found at the thrift shop, maple neck.
- not a true resonator but the drain cover/grill gives it that look. Machine heads were cut (unbent) from crappy old ones I found on an old thrift-shop guitar
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Thanks for the comments! Neither are fretted though I'm considering fretting CBG#1 (the big one). For now they are marked with scores into the fretboard and I've added fret marker dots along the side of the fretboard of CBG#1 by drilling some shallow holes. I've added some specs for those interested:
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CBG1:
-the box is from (apparently) a sake-set found it at the thrift shop - still has the $2.99 sticker on it (mojo points!)
-scale length is 28.5" (give or take) - so its a baritone and tuned CGC
- neck-thru; neck is a 1 x 2 I found at the neighbourhood hardware store (oak, I think); the fretboard is poplar
- the guitar is a 3-stringer though I still have an eye on converting it to a 4 string
- the nut (plastic) and the bridge/saddle (maple + oak) were hand cut but I'll keep my eye out for upgrades (e.g. bone); tailpiece is a cabinet hinge
- it has pickups (two piezos in parallel)
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CBG#2:
- 4-stringer, lefty with 12.5” scale
- box looks to be some tool/bit case found at the thrift shop, maple neck.
- not a true resonator but the drain cover/grill gives it that look. Machine heads were cut (unbent) from crappy old ones I found on an old thrift-shop guitar
- single-coil homemade/cobbled pickup
Neat.
Very nice. Are they fretted or marked with lines?
Nice pair, the little one is very cute.