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For a case, I bought a cheapie tweed case and made styrofoam blocks to hold the cbg firmly. Stretchy black material covers the Styrofoam blocks which are held in with velcro.

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Stereo baritone electric guitar

"Soon I will A/B test the stereo pickups. I made 2 guitars with them, the cbg and a Fender baritone that I extensively modified. Both have identical wiring and pickups, The Fender came with horrible pickups that I immediately changed in the…"

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Paul Craig commented on Allan Zolnekoff's album

Stereo baritone electric guitar

"Too many holes or too large of a hole will kill the acoustic properties of your guitar. That may or may not matter to you since you have pickups. An audience wouldn't know the difference because they are listening to what's coming from the…"

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Allan Zolnekoff commented on Allan Zolnekoff's album

Stereo baritone electric guitar

"I used both the big and small screened soundholes from Gitty on my CBG in order to make some crazy feedback sounds on my CBG. The guitar has good tone and sustain, but I might add 4 more holes to the back. That way, when I stand in front of an amp,…"

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Paul Craig commented on Allan Zolnekoff's album

Stereo baritone electric guitar

"Higher volts = cleaner sound, but less attitude. lower volts = more attitude, but more noise. I've found this to be true in many cases and many applications. Maybe something in between for the best results of both, but that's all up…"

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Allan Zolnekoff commented on Allan Zolnekoff's album

Stereo baritone electric guitar

"Thanks. Another thing I stumbled upon is to always use the highest voltage that a stompbox is capable of using, per the manufacturer. There was a noticeable increase in performance with twice the volts and no weird, random noises. But even…"

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Stereo baritone electric guitar

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Paul Craig commented on Allan Zolnekoff's album

Stereo baritone electric guitar

"The walwarts are noisy because they don't have a dedicated ground. They make them so that they can be plugged in either way(so no ground). Lots of RF noise. Glad you got sorted."

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How did you learn about Cigar Box Nation?: Gitty

How many instruments have you built so far?: 2

What do you find most interesting about cigar box guitars? (If you do not enter something meaningful here, your membership may be rejected).: A custom guitar lets you create your own sound.

I have now built 2 stereo baritone guitars. One, this cbg, and the other is a modified Fender baritone electric. The CBG was way easier to build since I could create the room I needed for the wiring, plug, pots etc.

Each pickup has 5 wires. The guitars are split down the middle, soundwise. Strings 1-3 go to a guitar amp, strings 4-6 go to a bass amp. Each side needed to be boosted with a Fulltone pedal due to low pickup output, even when the volume controls were floored.

Free CBG advice: start with a hardwood box. The redwood fruit box I used was fragile, so I added hardwood structure inside. But I also drilled out the neck-through plank of oak to lighten up the axe.

To me, bigger boxes look better, Mine is 11"x16.