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Check it out!!!! my first build photos are up...let me know what you think (kind words only please.lol)

Posted on February 7, 2010 at 3:39pm 3 Comments 0 Likes

Check it out!!!! my first build photos are up...let me know what you think (kind words only please.lol)

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At 8:40am on February 15, 2010, Ronnie Retherford said…: Yo Randy! Thanks for the add. Hope it's warm in Georgia. Cold down here in SE Alabama. Nice looking builds.

At 10:09am on February 11, 2010, JUJU said…: Hi Randy Thanks for your great comments glad you like my builds - the more you build the better you will get going on your first build we have a lot to look forward to
yes mate i built the Case for the Montecristo 2 - it's the first case i ever made turned out nice - well after building the guitar for a customer he wanted a case to put it in so i obliged :-)
yes i'm also making pickups , selling them quicker than i can make them right now lol! heres a link to my pickup pictures http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/albums/pickups-2 theres also a video that one of the guys posted on youtube here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK2P1OJCLyk - looks like i have two more to make now as a result of this video :-)
happy building mate

juju.

At 9:53am on February 11, 2010, JUJU said…: Hey Randy Thanks for the invite Bro , congrats on your first build you did a fine job mate very nice looking axe
juju.

At 10:04am on February 8, 2010, Dianne Woods said…: Randy, your first build is great, very nice.

At 4:19pm on November 24, 2009, Keni Lee Burgess said…: Thank you for your comment. Yes, my dog Onyx is a regular ham whenever I take the camera out. He appears in many of my videos. Check out his great timing in the end of this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wPabobs0fU
Enjoy.

At 6:41am on November 13, 2009, Tres Seaver said…: > I will have a yard full of thesee thins If I'm not careful.

My wife is pretty concerned about that problem, too.

> I have a house full of guitars but not a cbg. It wont be long until I
> have one thoiugh. I am very concerned about the placement of the brodge.
> I took the neck scale from my Jackson 24 fret. and I have measured and
> measured again lol, to make sure everything will be right.

I've been taking my cue from banjo players, who have to adjust their bridge
as temperature and humidity change: except for the first build, all my
bridges (or saddles, in one case) can be moved. I test them by comparing
the 12th fret overtone to the same note fretted at the 12th fret. String
pressure then holds them in place pretty well.

At 12:58pm on November 12, 2009, Tres Seaver said…: Welcome aboard, Randy! You will find lots of helpful folks and information here on all things CBG (CBU, CBB, etc.) Feel free to poke around, ask questions, and post your stuff (photos, recordings, videos, etc.).

Most of all, have fun!

BTW, I was vacationing in Blue Ridge this summer when I fell into this madness (built a CBB for my son, whose stand-up bass we'd left at home).

Tres.

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