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Comment by Simon Cartlidge on May 3, 2016 at 1:54am

Hey guys, need to pick some brains. I've got two builds, virtually identical. The only difference being the one has a slightly smaller box and the piezo is hot glued in whereas the other was superglued. They both sound great acoustically but when I plug them in to the amp, the hot glued one sounds very clear & treble-y. Almost tinny in comparison to the other which has quite a warm sound. Any ideas why I should get two such different sounds from a virtually identical setup?

Comment by Paul Craig on May 2, 2016 at 8:50pm

Might be able to make a bottom piece that locks the top down. That'll give me something to do for the next couple of days.

Comment by Paul Craig on May 2, 2016 at 8:48pm

I have some aluminum flat bar in my shop. I can bend it to the shape of my radius-ed fingerboard and use a heavy rubber band to hold it in place, hopefully.

Comment by tdq on May 2, 2016 at 8:44pm

While not a CBG, I used a sharpie on my Weissenborn before I had a capo for it - it "works" but it does dull the sound considerably. Something sharpie sized, but metallic and smooth would work better.

Comment by Paul Craig on May 2, 2016 at 8:33pm

Sharpie or pencil would be good if I had a flat fingerboard. Guess I'll buy one and try it out.

Comment by Thomas "Duck" Petry on May 2, 2016 at 6:07pm

Same "Sharpie" Wayfinder.  It just worked out that it was close enough to the string height that it would act like a sliding nut on the neck and function as a poor mans capo.  One of those "gee, I wonder if this would work" moments.

Comment by Brian Revels on May 2, 2016 at 2:10pm

If the string height and intonation is good I don't see why it wouldn't work.

Comment by Thomas "Duck" Petry on May 2, 2016 at 12:54pm

Put a sharpie under the strings on my first fretless build just to see if it would work (yes it did, but I didn't see the need for it).  Not building fretted instruments haven't bothered to research the need for a capo.

Comment by Paul Craig on May 2, 2016 at 10:06am

Has anyone used a capo on a CBG with success or has anybody made one for CBG's or other similar instrument?

Comment by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on April 25, 2016 at 7:38am

Thanks Wayfinder. I always prefer to check first. Think I'll go ahead and order one then. Perfect and thanks again.

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