Very cool guitars!
Do you have photo's from the inside as well?
Great Job, how do they sound?
That would be great. I'm especially interested in the reinforcements of the box.nahh too late... the boxes are glued. i will be making another 6-stringer in the following weeks, i'll make sure to get some pics for you..!
Der Groovemeister said:Very cool guitars!
Do you have photo's from the inside as well?
Great job! They are so beautiful. I'm getting ready to build by 6 strings CBG but the only thing that is holding me from doing it is that I have no idea on how to attach the neck to the box. The box's sides are not strong enough to hold the string tension. I have an electric guitar neck in a very good shape and most important, straight. Any advice will be greatly appreciated my friend.
Yours,
Ramón
thank you very much for the comment ramon. i wasn't able to find some decent pictures since those were built a long time ago but... hope these help.
basically i glued small blocks of 1" x 2" (actual size is 3/4" x 1 1/2") wood beneath the lid (ignore the small holes on the blocks)... between the neck and humbucker routing (picture 1).
then, i glued a big block of the same size upon those little blocks... about 6" wide... then i did the holes for the neck bolts as seen on picture 2.
it worked pretty well for me. i found out that using 1 1/2" x 3/4" would give the neck the perfect height on top of the lid... just like a regular guitar.
the box should be at least 2" deep and the lid about 1/4" thick.
really nice guitars, can I ask what 'hardware' you used in terms of sound amplification?
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