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The 'thing' has been lurking in the corner like a sexy prostitute begging climax! 

Hahaha, well no not really .. I'll try again.

It kept looking at me! I swear! I could hear it whispering "bring me to life! I'm so close!"

Yeah yeah, none of the above, but it was so much fun the last time that I couldn't wait to get my new dremel stuck right into it.

OK so I headed out the house to get some strings from the local guitar shop and some guitar parts from my new local music shop, the hardware store (B&Q). In the guitar shop I asked to see any cbg's.. "We did have a couple last year but like all fads.. (Fads?? Shame on you) nobody wants one now". Yeah yeah I thought, because we're building them ourselves. Anyway..

Beer, dremel, bits and bobs from the kitchen drawer and bingo! Here's what's poped out at the end of the day...

Here's the juicy stuff and the funny stuff..

Omg the dremel is exceptional. There is no way I could have fitted that pick up without it. The little sanding blocks are just brilliant to make precision holes.. I'm sure when I make my daughter's CBG it will look like it was born complete ! 

So fitting continued.. Sound holes.. An old pickup (so snug with the dremel).. input jack.. Then came my tailpeice.. Went in beautifully.. 

Time to get some strings on the beast and see if my neck bridge alignment was good.. Pulled the base string in and tighten up a bit.. WTF? I look at my tailpeice.. And fell about with laughter.. What I thought was ebony turned out to be rubber! The string pressure just bent into it. It was one of those, only me.. Only me.. Moments.

OK so I just went ahead with stringing it and I will deal with it later (it was only just a cupboard door handle anyway) . but I'm still laughing every time I think about it. 

I still haven't built a bridge so I just popped a bit of offcut wood into it to hear how it sounds.. And it's great! It sounds a bit like a banjo but not.. Hard to describe. I guess it just sounds like itself. I will have a go at fixing the rubber problem and building a functional bridge tomorrow. 

I really must admit that out of all the things I have done with iinstruments this build has been the most fun.

I do still have things with this build that I could use some help with.. I don't think it's practical to screw my bowl resonator and sound hole covers onto the guitar and I think glue is the way forwards.. Has anyone any ideas and tips to do this? I plan to stain the wood then varnish it in something before I put my finishing touches to it (corner protectors and perhaps some type of decal/personalisation. Is it better to glue fixtures first or paint?

Anyway.. Time to build a bridge.