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MadGomer commented on Shane's group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"Sawdust - a Forstner bit is a great way to go for a clean, flat bottomed hole. If you've never used one though, you'll want to take it easy. Keep the speed down, and if you're going to try to drill into a box with a paper…"

Jan 26

Fisterran replied to MadGomer's discussion Merry Christmas All You CBG People! in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"Merry Xmas and happy new year to you too MG"

Dec 27, 2012

Maddog replied to MadGomer's discussion Merry Christmas All You CBG People! in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"Merry Christmas M.G. Heading out the door now to our last get together of the Holidays right now. I posted a little X-mas pic in the picture forum, check it out. God Bless, Maddog"

Dec 25, 2012

MadGomer added a discussion to the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

Merry Christmas All You CBG People!

Hopefully many of you have a few days off around the holiday to build another git, practice your playing, or just relax. Merry Christmas to all of you folks and thanks for all of your help and advice - I'm hoping to finish one up for my son over the break, and he seems to be getting into playing it, so it should be fun. Thanks guys & gals!See More

Dec 25, 2012

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MadGomer commented on Shane's group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"Jamie - I've found it really challenging to fix the intonation on my first build with high action. Seems like it's constantly changing. In my case the main culprit I believe is the amount of bow I have in the neck. My…"

Dec 13, 2012

MadGomer replied to FattyCigarBox's discussion getting neck flush with cigar box body in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"I'd be willing to bet that except for the people on here who are mass producing CBGs of a common design, we're all experimenting on every one we make (mine sure are)."

Dec 12, 2012

MadGomer commented on Shane's group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"Tom, the possibilities are endless, but my personal favorite is to put the markers on the edge of the fretboard rather than the face, and I like to use a short piece of heavy gauge copper wire which I can easily file down flush with the edge of the…"

Dec 12, 2012

FattyCigarBox left a comment for MadGomer

":-) Yes, I can see how this would be habit-forming! Thanks for the help."

Dec 11, 2012

MadGomer left a comment for FattyCigarBox

"Fear not dude - you're going to have a blast with this. I've only made 2 thus far, but when time allows, I have thoughts on many more I want to do. It's addictive, and don't get too hung up over making everything…"

Dec 11, 2012

MadGomer replied to FattyCigarBox's discussion getting neck flush with cigar box body in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"To get it flush, you just have to figure out how deep to notch the ends of the box so that when the lid is down, the top of your neck is at the same height as the top of the lid. I'm assuming you're doing a neck-thru build, and so you also…"

Dec 11, 2012

MadGomer replied to Keith Stanford's discussion Nut-to-Bridge measurement in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"Keith, Question #1 - it depends (don't you hate that?) - - Seriously though, 25 - 3/4" is a pretty "normal" scale length, but there's nothing wrong with going shorter to some extent - there are pros & cons to long and to…"

Aug 30, 2012

MadGomer commented on Shane's group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"Hey Suspect Device - - since you mentioned crowning, do you have any tips to share on that? I haven't done it on my builds yet, but was wanting to for my next one."

Aug 11, 2012

MadGomer commented on Shane's group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"Elwood TB's StewMac link is a good picture of what I made too. I just used a little wider block of wood, but for most 3-string necks his 2X2 should be just fine. Going lengthwise on the neck & doing all the frets at once…"

Aug 11, 2012

MadGomer commented on Shane's group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"Jamie - I should have also mentioned that while my approach of filing the frets lengthwise along the neck prevents any marring of the fretboard, you do have to be careful if you're making a wide or angled headstock, as the file can nick the…"

Aug 11, 2012

MadGomer commented on Shane's group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"Jamie, if you do a little searching on this forum you'll find some suggestions on some tools to make to help with fretting. One is a side cutter with the face ground down so you can cut the fret wire almost flush to the fret board, and…"

Aug 11, 2012

MadGomer replied to Ed Fowler's discussion Loose jack in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"Ed, I'm guessing that one of the lead wires or solder joints failed due to the Jack movement. Hopefully there's an easy way to get your box open for a quick repair"

Jun 15, 2012