Ceramic Body Guitar Demo - CBG - Cigar Box Guitar Inspired
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Thank you so much Jeff! That's very kind of you.
Meeeoooow! Nancy
That is way cool.,,great details, build.,,super git,.,great video.,,.nice playing.,,.a well thought out project.,.,,love it.,,.That neck carve was cool too.,.,!!!!!!
Really super build Janis!! Has a great tone to it to~you did a really good job~~Meeeowwwww^..^
Thanks Greg! Yep, you hit the nail on the head. the interior bracing is to keep the top flat. I had some bad warping on prior attempts. It's hard to keep ceramic slabs totally flat through the firing processes. I also fired it with the top down so it wouldn't sag, and that meant I couldn't use conventional glaze on top because it would fuse to the kiln shelf. Instead I used an engobe stain and a frit wash that gave it a sealed, satin matte type surface finish. Anyway, enough pottery talk. Yes, figuring out how to join the neck took a few months of mental gymnastics in the back of my head. It's hard to explain how I joined it, but it's sort of braced, pegged, and shimmed in. It's very solid for my personal use, but I'd be afraid to ship it assembled.
That's cool! Nice warm sound and it rocks out, too.
Was the interior walls for stability of the sound board? Is that where you had warping? Good job with joining the neck to the body, that can be real tricky with ceramics... Oh, and I liked the playing, too!
Agree with earlier comments about the denim texture and color, very folky vibe.
Thank you Jim! If I'm not mistaken you also encouraged me to take on sculpting a ceramic guitar body. I almost gave up a couple times on building this 4 string, but I'm glad I stuck with it.
Henry, thank you so much!!
Absolutely fantastic!