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Problems uploading videosSeveral folks have mentioned that they are having or have had problems in the past with uploading videos to this site. Here is some informa… Started by Dan Sleep |
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Jun 5, 2020 Reply by Stephen E. Ahern |
Advice for volume knob placement and mounting?I wonder what people think about putting the volume knob on the top side of the box rather than through the lid. Seems like the knob can ge… Started by Michael Pounds |
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Jun 17, 2019 Reply by the anonymous pick |
First built Questions - Scale lenght and Bridge PositionsI am going to built my first CBG. A frettless 3 string. My Box has 30x20cm (about 11,8x7,8 inch) 1.I want many playable frets. Is 19 to muc… Started by Andreas Fischer |
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May 20, 2018 Reply by Andreas Fischer |
Setting out to make sure scale length is perfectHi All, I am about to start a 6 string resonator. How do I lay it all out so the scale length is perfect? I guess its even harder with a co… Started by Rob |
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Feb 11, 2018 Reply by Paul Craig |
Finding scale length from fret spacingI recently did some work on a six string cbg. The bridge was free floating, and I forgot to mark it’s sweet spot beforehand. Now, I want to… Started by Brett |
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Jan 8, 2018 Reply by Taffy Evans |
Building cbg version of upright bass (sort of)Have you have heard about 12 string basses like ones that Hamer makes, they have tripled every string so you have Eee Aaa Ddd Ggg strings o… Started by Dejan Nišić |
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Aug 15, 2017 Reply by Dejan Nišić |
Tuning and set-up issuesI finished my first (4 string) CBG and it seems to have gone pretty well. I strung it up and tuned it to open G, with strings I got from Gi… Started by brdfrd |
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Apr 23, 2014 Reply by Richey Kay |
tuning and scale length?hi everyone I'm new to building (on my 3rd right now) and I want to build a cigar box guitar in every tuning. I have my first 2 tuned to G… Started by jojo mcelroy |
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Aug 24, 2013 Reply by jojo mcelroy |
anyone got thoughts on string afterlength?I was looking for pearls on the net and found this: http://www.lutherie.net/afterlength-scale.html So Dude calls the strings on the non-bu… Started by TwoShoes |
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Sep 29, 2012 Reply by ChickenboneJohn |
Scale Lengths, etc. GroupI just started a new group for all things related to Scale Lengths, String Gauges, and how it all relates to tuning. It seems like with so… Started by Ben |
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