So I wanted to try out a CBG but really felt intimidated about building one (that has since changed!)

So, I built a partscaster from stuff I had lying around, but you could use any cheap electric guitar, first remove the strings, then the Bottom E, the d and the top e tuners (I filled the redundant holes with Allen bolts) then remove the corresponding bridge saddles so they don't rattle. Bag up the removed parts in case you want to return the guitar to normal in the future......

I restring with a bottom E in the old a position, an a string where the d string was and the thickest plain string where the b string was.

Tune to the tuning of your choice, I generally use E,b,e as it keeps barre chords the same a standard guitar.

String spacing stay the same as you are used to albeit with gaps!

A bit of reverb and drive on your amp and go for it!

The Comicaster was heavily relicked and the decorated with Huge self made waterslide decals with mini comic covers.....

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Yes the input jack fitting is reversed, I do it to any Strat, no reason I just do, there are 3 Allen bolts in the 1st 3rd and 6th positions. I keep going back to this joker, I just like everything about it…..the waterside transfer I made were a joy to fit it, takin 2 but jointed A4 sheets each for the front and the back, the transfers are really fragile, but hey! nothing ventured…….all sealed and finished with polyurethane floor varnish, its rough and ready but it plays a treat, intonates and is good with or without slide….clean or overdriven….

Go on! Try one! You know you want to!

Paul

ive done  many a  3  string  etc .. mod like this .  not  for  the  same reasons  ,  but here are a  few

Superb! Loving the first sculpted guitar, whats the story with the pickups? Are they available or custom made?

Paul

that  guitar  is  modeled  after  the  teisco spectrum 5   with  its  6   triple  square pole   pickups  .,  the   pickups  on  that  guitar  are   exact   modern  repoductions  of  them  .  i  dont   really  want to  reveal  my  source   ,,  they  were hard  enough to  find    for  the  last  30  yrs  .   lol.

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