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rusty case replied to Paul Bingham's discussion 1st attempt at a CBG and not a wood worker!

"Paul, at first glance it looks dandy! And far better than your son carrying around a very valuable instrument in a new place. That being said, yah, it looks like everything is half a bubble off. But what a fun tale you have to tell ! I'm…"

Aug 19, 2012

Paul Bingham replied to Paul Bingham's discussion 1st attempt at a CBG and not a wood worker!

"Well after several months, money problems and other issues i finishedmy first CBG. I used teh fret software mentioned, and bought 2 lots of fret wire to use (have half a rod left), The first set of strings were too short (cheap chinese rubbish) and…"

Aug 19, 2012

The Phrygian Kid replied to Paul Bingham's discussion 1st attempt at a CBG and not a wood worker!

"Hey Paul. The reason I do them shorter is that a typical three string tuning is a fifth and a fourth.. That's the intervals between the strings. Now a guitar or bass is all fourths. Because of the fifth there are intervals / chords etc that the…"

Jun 4, 2012

Darren Wolbold replied to Paul Bingham's discussion 1st attempt at a CBG and not a wood worker!

"I guess it could come under personal preferences but I have made quite a few cigar box guitars and prefer to mount the Piezo onto the neck on the opposite side to the bridge. When I have attached the pick up to the box it sure worked fine but I…"

Jun 4, 2012

Paul Bingham replied to Paul Bingham's discussion 1st attempt at a CBG and not a wood worker!

"Thanks for teh advice. Why do you suggest a 23" scale? what differnce will it make? I just based mine close to a fenders 25.5" with 18 frets as thats the number my sons acoustic has. I would use metric being from UK but as most of…"

Jun 4, 2012

Paul Bingham replied to Paul Bingham's discussion 1st attempt at a CBG and not a wood worker!

"Thanks for the info, i wathed your video and found it helpful. I'm now cutting fret slots! 18 of them! I used the Wfret software to get a template that seemed ok and am using my razor saw to cut the slots (having to guess depth so going…"

Jun 4, 2012

The Phrygian Kid replied to Paul Bingham's discussion 1st attempt at a CBG and not a wood worker!

"you need to be as accurate as you can be. its nerve racking, cutting fret slots the first few times.. i would consider a slightly shorter scale length than 25, try around 23.. if you can get your head around metric, a lot of ppl find that…"

Jun 4, 2012

Dan Sleep replied to Paul Bingham's discussion 1st attempt at a CBG and not a wood worker!

"I have a beginner's video for fretting on my page here. It may help answer some of your questions. "

Jun 4, 2012

Paul Bingham replied to Paul Bingham's discussion 1st attempt at a CBG and not a wood worker!

"Ok one thing i got to ask is about frets. I want to do frets on teh fingerboard. I'm thinking of using a scale length of 25" and maybe 16-18 frets? Does it really matter the number of frets used? And how accurate do i need to be with fret…"

Jun 4, 2012

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1st attempt at a CBG and not a wood worker!

Hi Guys,Found this site while looking at home made guitars. After viewing some of teh posts etc. i've decided to make a CBG for my son. He normally plays an electric 4 or 5 string bass, but also can play an acoustic guitar and is starting a college music course in september, so i thought this would be kinda cool for him to have.I've gathered some parts, a Cigar Box, length of Oak for the neck, strings, machine heads, fret wire piezo discs, a pot and 1/4" jack. I plan to make a 2 pizeo 4 string…See More

Jun 4, 2012

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