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My first CBG / Joya De Nicaragua

Posted by lobster on August 31, 2011 at 7:30am
Here's little something I just finished doing  - Joya De Nicaragua CBG. The first CBG I've made.


The neck and fretboard are made of mahogany. I made the neck with dual-action truss rod. Fretboard has 15' radius.    Nut is made of moosebone, The bridge/pickup is Ted Crocker flatbed combo customized by me. I removed the original brass bridge and replaced it with customized 2,5 inch nail. The box was bought from tobaccoshop and it cost me 5€ ...  ;)

I'm surprised how good it actually turned out - The action is nice and low, intonation is good, it sounds great plugged/unplugged. It's all good, damn! 

Here's a link to photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hanurijkl/sets/72157627435674431/

 

Feel free to comment.

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Regards,

Antti, Finland. 

 

 

 

 

 

Tags: Box, CBG, Cigar, Crocker, DIY, De, Guitar, Joya, Nicaragua, Suomi, Ted, finland, finnish, nail
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  • Rand Moore September 1, 2011 at 9:17pm

    Where is the Ning text editor when you need it?

    So many typos.

  • Rand Moore September 1, 2011 at 9:14pm
    That second one should read should be "a nail on a boar". Why do I try?
  • Rand Moore September 1, 2011 at 9:13pm
    That should be "a nail on a board". I thing a nail on a board would make for a pretty hard to play guitar. ;-)
  • Rand Moore September 1, 2011 at 9:11pm

    Nice bridge. Is that an antique square nail? Or did you file down a round nail to a square one? Or am I just hallucinating? Maybe I'll try a nail on a boar as a bridge some time. Oh, and you say the bridge is based on a Ted Crocker flatbed combo bridge/pickup you modified. Pretty cool!

    -Rand.

     

  • Dan Sleep August 31, 2011 at 8:16am

    I actually built a CBG in honor of our friends from Finland.

     

    http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/finish-dishwasher-canjo-1?conte...

     

     

  • Dan Sleep August 31, 2011 at 8:12am
    That turned out real nice, good job!
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