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guitar bridge/saddle

Nice tip Ben, I use Matts method but if you don't have a tuner handy. Plus its really cool, to me anyway, to get a harmonic to ring out. ( still a guitar novice, like a kid in a toy store simple thin…

Replied Jul 24

Fingers too fat for the 1x2 neck -- anyone else?

Industry standard for at least 100 years, too late to change it now.

Replied Jul 22

Favorite method of wood finishing?

I have been using tung oil finish, just rub it on waith till dry (overnite) buff apply another coat, repeat till you like the finish. It never gets a real gloss finish but its smooth and nice to play…

Replied Jul 22

Does a slide need frets

No frets needed, but the lines marked like you said is a good idea, I know I need them. I have heard some people just play by ear and don't even put markers on the neck, wish my ears were that good.…

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Playing my Fuente with the piezo I got from CB Gitty installed, yee ha, rock on dudes. Jul 13

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MichaelS left a comment for Salty Sea Empire

July 24

MichaelS commented on MichaelS's photo 'cbg4insides'

I have since removed all the paper on the inside of the lid and I think it does make a difference on the plywood lidded box's acoustically.

July 24

MichaelS commented on MichaelS's photo 'cbg4front'

I have changed the bridge to a piezo in bridge setup, it sounds awsome and now there is no more giant piezo disc in the lid to effect the unplugged sound. Its a win win. This one is a keeper.

July 24

MichaelS commented on MichaelS's photo 'At the show'

The Gloria Cuban has a new home, the other two are still in my house and have been upgraded with piezos. I have been playing them just to open up the wood so that they have their "voice" when they find a new home. The vega turned out to be a nicer s…

July 24

MichaelS replied to Salty Sea Empire's discussion 'guitar bridge/saddle'

July 24

MichaelS replied to Fergus Morris's discussion 'The benefits of double piezos?' in the group CBG wiring & electronics.

More testing, I put the single piezo in the bridge instead of in the box, it helped with the feedback. The bridge is an oak flat piece with a wood saddle, the sound is not as loud as the macanudo with double bridge piezo, but the bridge on that is t…

July 23

MichaelS replied to David Lloyd's discussion 'Piezo polarity and multiple piezos' in the group CBG wiring & electronics.

OK, if there is no polarity then it shouldn't matter if they are wired parallel or in series?

July 23

MichaelS replied to Scotty C.'s discussion 'Fingers too fat for the 1x2 neck -- anyone else?'

Industry standard for at least 100 years, too late to change it now.

July 22

MichaelS replied to Fergus Morris's discussion 'The benefits of double piezos?' in the group CBG wiring & electronics.

The wood sandwich around the single piezo did not cut the feedback squeel.

July 22

MichaelS replied to David Lloyd's discussion 'Piezo polarity and multiple piezos' in the group CBG wiring & electronics.

Interesting read, I have no idea how to check the polarity either, would be nice to know, I just made 2 double piezo pickups and they sound good, maybe I got lucky or maybe it doesn't matter with only 2? Anyone know?

July 22

MichaelS commented on Craig Cox's photo 'Leaf #2'

Walnut and maple combo is neat, nice job.

July 22

MichaelS replied to Scotty C.'s discussion 'Favorite method of wood finishing?'

July 22

MichaelS replied to Mungo Park's discussion 'Does a slide need frets'

July 22

MichaelS replied to Scotty C.'s discussion 'Fingers too fat for the 1x2 neck -- anyone else?'

The wood sizing has been around for much longer than the chain stores, it is really the size of the wood before it is planed down to a nice finished piece. Don't blame the chain stores they had nothing to do with it, now if someone can tell me why m…

July 21

MichaelS replied to Gerald Azul's discussion 'Would guitar chords sound different if i keep my cbg fretless?'

The note will be the same but it will sound less bright (is that the right word) because you don't have a fret for the string to rest on and your finger will dampen the string some, if you have really good calous's on your finger tips it may not be…

July 21

MichaelS replied to William Powell's discussion 'I got dem steep learnin' curve blues'

Wow, great story, can't add much that has not been said except, go on and build another.

July 20

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Darn Weather!

All this snow then rain then snow is foiling my plans to go out cigar box hunting, arrggh

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At 5:36pm on July 15, 2010, Martin Mastenbroek said…: Hey Michael yes its a big zeppelin in the air Goodyear if I am correct, there are several mills in my town all still in working order , the mills on the pic are from around the year 1785
Looking forward to your barrel project ,just made my first CBG with the piezo and its sounding well.
Martin

At 7:43am on July 15, 2010, C. B. Gitty (Ben) said…: Michael - I did some checking on that "extra" post on the econo jacks - that can be wired as a cutoff switch. You'll notice how when you insert a jack there is a tab that no longer makes contact with the main post of the jack... so you can wire that so that when a jack is inserted, something else (like a speaker) gets cut off. Sort of like how when you insert headphones into a stereo.

At 7:22pm on July 4, 2010, Dianne Woods said…: You are welcome, Michael.

At 3:36pm on July 3, 2010, Dianne Woods said…: Michael, you have built some nice CBGs. Great job.

At 3:57pm on July 2, 2010, bairfoot cajun said…: hello michael, i stopped by ta answer yer question about the strings on the old vintage leader box.they are nickel strings, but i plan on doing a build with nylon strings soon as i can get it on my list. thanks fer da comment--i like the old vintage cigar boxes they usually have good tone to them.

At 8:44pm on July 1, 2010, BenBob said…: Montesino! I was just playing it. I decided to build on the back of this AFuente I'm working on. It's really thin, but I'll just put a couple braces on it if it looks too weak.

At 8:35pm on July 1, 2010, darren brown said…: hi mike thanks its sounds great the picups buddy makes in vancouver are hot

At 4:51pm on July 1, 2010, gary martin said…: good score mike,i went to my shop yesterday to get some ,gone are the heady days like yours where you could get some lovely boxes for a couple of bucks,100% price rise and i find out hes now keeping all big boxes out THE BACK for people who will pay $40 and more !your so lucky !

At 12:24pm on May 1, 2010, Keni Lee Burgess said…: Thank you MichaelS for your comment. The reso was built from a large vintage box from S. S. Pierce, an importer of jams and jellies that I found on ebay. It was thicker, but the builder, James Millinchuk cut it down. Richard Sanabia, here on the Nation built the other one. Due to the fact it is a bass, it needs a big box to resonate those deeper tones. But, I agree it does look funny. Enjoy.