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Comment by stevo mav on September 7, 2010 at 5:51pm

whoops.. think i just emailed everyone instead of commenting here... oh well, anyway i'm steve, just wanted to say hello. there are some awesome sounding looking cbg's here. can't wait to start making some for myself, then sit in the aussie sun and get some blues n' beers happening!

stevo!

Comment by Eric Townsend on September 7, 2010 at 5:42am

NOTE TO STEVE FLYN___ hey man, you mention din one of your questions about 'what size/kind of box...regarding string tension' -- mostly not an issue, you coould use the lightest paper box if you wanted --the way these are mostly built, the neck runs all the way through tuners/nut/bridge all attached to one piece of wood --- so all the tension is on that one strip with the box glued/screwed etc.. as a sound board and to make it more than a strip of wood. I used a VERY VERY light basswood box for my first. Practically paper-weight plywood top and back -- but it's glued (and screwed in my fancy way) to the 'neck-through' board. i swear the light box is an amazing sound board...the thing RINGS clear and strong. So just make a nice stiff, straight neck, make tight fitting cuts, glue and clamp it, then play with different nut and bridge heights to dial in a you favorite action. at first my bridge was too low and the nut too high, then I switched them out with different bolts and the thing came alive.

Comment by Eric Townsend on September 2, 2010 at 12:36pm

Hey Gog! what I still can't quite believe is how legit a homemade cobbled 'junk-drawer' hardware instrument can be. I'd thought for the last five or so years about taking a board and using screws as tuners etc for n experimental project... never was pressing since I had no idea how successfull it'd be...then recently found the CBG nation, and got the nerve --- and was floored by how my first turned out...made few tweaks to the nut and bridge bolts and BAM the thing RINGS and sounds fully legit. This site is a real joy to belong to and I love the idea that I'll be able to make cool custom funky and fully recordable instruments out of nearly anything whenever the mood strikes!...

Comment by Jared King on September 2, 2010 at 11:06am

Cheers, Gog of the Nimble. Glad you're on CBN, and hope you find your time here happy and rewarding.

Comment by Jared King on August 27, 2010 at 5:15pm

Failte (pronounced "fall-chuh), Alan. My condolences on your loss of Sweet Lou. Us Mariner fans miss him something fierce. Hopefully your fortunes won't be as dreadful as ours when he leaves you (worst in AL a couple years in a row and still swimming around face down in the toilet).

Glad to have you along. Try to find a few groups to join in. It'll improve the community and make you a better builder and player, all at the same time.

Comment by Alan Hawkins on August 27, 2010 at 2:32pm

Hey folks! My name is Alan Hawkins and I live in the Wrigleyville area of Chicago (Go Cubs!)(Yes, I know. The last two years have been bad. No one knows it better than us...)

I built my first CBG from links to and on this site. It was very helpful and even though I had a total lack of experience, tools and know how my first project came out great!

Comment by Jay Patton on August 26, 2010 at 9:28am

hey, everyone. I've been playing guitar for about 18 years, and saw these funky, hand-made instruments at my hometown's annual festival last year. I had the dude send me an email with some pics, then realized... hey, I can do this myself! (I also build guitar effects, so the DIY in me took over lol).

Started Googlin' some research, and 2 CBG's later, here I am.

I am in the process of building a house, but as soon as that's done, and I'm settled in, I'm starting my next build - a resonator built around a Tabasco Chocolate tin (yes... Tabasco Chocolate... and it was delicious lol).

Comment by George Galen Sanders on August 26, 2010 at 8:28am

Just starting out and need to know about proper fret placement, I plan on building a 3 string and a uke. Any help is appreciated. Also what is the nut??

Comment by Eric Townsend on August 24, 2010 at 2:33pm

Hey Danny, definitely look at a bunch of people's builds on the site to get ideas and a clue -- and just build yours with tightly glued/clamped joints, and make sure you have sharp string break-angles over the nut and the bridge so there's good string tension...(make string retainers if you need to)...the rest is gravy... and worst case? You have a nice wall piece, and you can try to fix any iffyness on the next build.... ET

Comment by danny smith on August 24, 2010 at 2:03pm

hi folks i am from a little town in alabama, i have just started trying to build a 3 string guitar. i dont know much about how its done but i am trying to learn. i thought i might pick up a few pointer from here along. talk to you later

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