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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on August 21, 2012 at 12:19pm

sounds  not too  bad ..  you  may  want to   give   nylon strings a try  .

that  will  reduce some string grind  for  ya  .   unless   of  course  that  is the recording  "accenting" the grind rattles  . .  then again .. some  people  like    that  . ;-)

a tapered  wine bottle slide  may  help  you   with that too  .. as will    just   getting  used  to  playing slide .

you  got some cool  design elements  in there  .  good stuff  man

 

 

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Permalink Reply by rusty case on September 5, 2012 at 4:14pm

Your CBG looks great and sounds excellent!

Good work!

It's been a few weeks now, since your post...  gonna post a new mpeg file soon?  :-)

Best

rc

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Permalink Reply by gabr1 on September 5, 2012 at 10:54pm

Thanks! 

I have been really busy, so there was no time for my cbg.

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Permalink Reply by rusty case on September 6, 2012 at 1:20am

Oh Gosh!

as I get closer to the river styx I can appreciate better how fortunate it is to have work, and help people with their needs.

Perhaps that's why I have taken such a fancy to the CBGs...  homebuilt, and utilitarian, perhaps coarse, and not delicate or perhaps expensive, like many guitars...  

A CBG  can be built with our own hands, does not demand special care and can always be handy, to pluck a few strings spontaneously for a few moments of diversion, (or the working man blues). 

IMO you should keep it handy and play  with it for at least a few moments each day.

It will brighten your day, and you'll do better, for others!  :-)

Best

rc

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Permalink Reply by gabr1 on September 6, 2012 at 2:15am

Thanks, that's good avice for sure. It's true, a CBG is an instrument that doesn't really ask much of you if not to be played when there is a free moment to relax.

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Permalink Reply by Sumner McLain on September 6, 2012 at 5:36am

I really dig the washer soundhole trim. very cool bridge/tailpiece too.

 

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on September 7, 2012 at 12:27am

Very nice looking first build. The faux mag pups look kewl. They also may be a partial reason why you're not getting much volume while amped (although the main one is likely the lack of a preamp to boost the piezo signal). Here's how I'm reasoning: piezo's respond to vibration. Which means you need to give them something that vibrates to rest against. Cutting out the holes for the faux pup covers removes the vibrating soundboard at those points, meaning that minimal soundboard vibes are activating your piezo crystals. Also, while I like the look of the wrap-over bridge / saddle, that too may be contributing to your lack of volume. The saddle / bridge is right at the extreme edge of the box, where the soundboard does not vibrate much. All your plucked string energy is not being used to cause that box top to vibrate, which vibes would normally compress the air inside the box, as well as give your piezos something to work with, but is mostly traveling along the through neck. You might want to try installing a movable saddle / bridge about 1/3 the way in from the tail end of the box, and see if that doesn't boost your volume some. O' course, your intonation would then be off if this were a fretted build, but you can adjust for that while you're learning to play slide. Just some things to consider for build #2...

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Permalink Reply by gabr1 on September 7, 2012 at 1:15am

Thanks, that's something to think about for the next one. As a matter of fact, you are right about the vibrations travelling along the neck a lot, they feel rather strong. But i'm guessing that might not be too bad, as the piezos are resting on the neck... Or is there something i am missing?

The unplugged sound isn't that faint, so i think you might be right about the main reason for the faint amped sound being the lack of a preamp. Or maybe i simply shouldn't use the built in mic on my computer...

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Permalink Reply by rusty case on September 7, 2012 at 2:39am

Oh Gosh!

:-)

I hope to learn how to make a recording of my CBG's...   so I been reading a whole lot about audio and recording live bands and acoustic and mixing and DAWs and ....  golly, it goes on forever!

One thing I've learned is that the mic input on a computer is possibly the worst way to go!

I've seen little here on CBN about home recording, so I might put up a post with a bunch of the resource material I've found, if anyone is interested in that sort of thing.

Best

rc

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Permalink Reply by gabr1 on September 7, 2012 at 3:10am

That would be great! I have no experience whatsoever with recording, so it would be useful to hear from anyone who does

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Permalink Reply by Sumner McLain on September 7, 2012 at 8:45am

post it up!

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Permalink Reply by gabr1 on September 7, 2012 at 11:09am

I recorded what should be my version of number of the beast (Zwan version)...

As it turn out, the main problem is the computer mic. It sucks. I used an Olympus digital voice recorder i had, placed it next to the box, and it sounds much better, though it is still far from being a proper microphone. the CBG was unplugged, so this is the actual sound it has.

You can find the file on my profile, in the My music box.

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