Well, today I completed my first CBG effort started a week ago.I commenced with a Hemingway cigar box scavenged from the local newsstand/smoke shop, which is attached to a laminated oak and poplar headstock/fingerboard/tailstock. The design is all mine, using a stick of tuners and pegs purchased locally, strings I pilfered from my six-string supply, frets made from finish nails set in the neck at correct depth and intervals compared to my Martin D16-H, and a Radio Shack transducer and output jack.After shaping and sanding, I applied the photo on the back of the box and set out to varnish the rig. Once this was completed, I added strings and electronics, plugged it in and voila . . . music.Now, while building the next jammer, I'll need to learn how to play the darned thing. But, thanks to the generosity of many of you I'll get a headstart by viewing the many videos on the Nation.Let me know what you think of my first TotalRojo Guitar. All thoughts, suggestions and criticism will be appreciated.
Thanks Laurie Lee. You can do it! Dive in and don't worry about it. It is obvious that there are many, including me, who are willing to help, so the journey will be painless. Good luck, and let us know how you do.
Hi Jess! welcome here....I am very impressed, it is lovely and Papa H would be proud...:-)I'm a newcomer, also --and I don't build (yet) but I building courage looking at all the endevors here..I do play, and fell in love with the notion of such an instrument, when I first laid eyes on one....Laurie
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