Hopefully I've successfully uploaded some photos to illustrate my query and that somebody will understand what I'm trying to say.
My CGB kit from GME arrived today and I'm thinking that I just have to dock the neck so it is no longer a "through neck" so that then I can fix the ash tray bridge on top of box when it comes in the mail. GME were out of them so I got the kit minus bridge and ordered the bridge from MRWS. I assume the maker has left it open for me to choose 'cos he didn't have the bridge to include in the kit. I'm worried I'll bugger it up by chopping off bits I can't glue back on.
Ok, so I assume if I chop off the end where the strings would have been anchored I'll then have to chisel out the neck so that it's flush with the fretboard so that the neck closes. Yeah? That won't alter any magic formulae I hope.
Next query is re the humbucker pickup (that's also coming in the mail with the ashtray bridge): do I have to laminate/glue and clamp bits of wood to the underside of the neck that's inside the box so that I don't weaken the neck when I chisel out a housing for the pickup? Is it recommended to have it all shaped and coming out of the box for strengthening purposes or is it just cosmetic?
First build and first post, so I'm all over the shop trying to anticipate unfixable errors . . . and waffling, sorry. Plus there's the bonus of Xmas with some people being unavailable - such as the bloke who sold me the kit.
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The kit is just wrong, a hard tail bridge and a piezo, almost work against each other in my mind, just a personal take, but we'll make it work, i do feel a bit sorry for Greg though, it would be very confusing on a first, the good thing though, once he absorbs it all, he'll be a hell of a lot more knowledgeable about the basics
My words Darryl an thanks for helping Greg!
Hey thanks for all the advice and assistance. Can I give you a call tomorrow sometime or at a time of your choosing/convenience? As I, and a few others, have already noted GME are closed until 04/01/17 so I'm buggered until then. I'm thinking about asking for a refund when they're back. So in the meantime I might have a go at making a basic CGB from scratch. Good bunch of people on this site eh?
check your messages, i gave my number, 10, 12 hrs ago, any time's cool, but my mobile rings out quick, we'll work something out
Yeah thanks, I know I've got your number. Ok I'll call tomorrow.
oops , i counted the 12 frets from the wrong end.. you are right this is an atrocious kit. what were they thinking???
checking back their 4 string kit also has the same fretboard in the pic... looks like they are trying to salvage dodgy guitar fretboards by cutting them down and throwing them in with a CBG kit... glad now i didnt get one as these guys are only 30 to 40 minutes up the highway from me...
I mean $55 for a cigar box and a neck blank with no work done on it? come on a bit dear...
Jeez they are close neighbours of yours! I really haven't set out to give Anthony a bad name though. It's just with him being closed over Xmas and no way I can contact him to see if we can sort this out ..... well it seems he's being convicted in absentia.
Thanks for that Ron and for the thought that you put in to the above. All looks a bit too much for this little black duck though. I'll go for the return option and hope that I can recoup my $145 investment (including post). I omitted to add that they forgot to include in the kit:
So rather than request they send the missing bits I'll request refund.
darryl kernaghan has fixed me up with all the parts (and some extra bits and pieces) to make my first CBG. It seems I should have used this forum for my first build rather than go for the crummy kit.
... or US$ 94.20: that's probably not cheap but cheapest china ware, if not manufactured in a north korean prisoner's camp... you can't get anything you want for «an apple and an egg»...
Greg hi, did you get the money back?
Hi Moritz, no money refunded as yet but the kit has been returned and full refund has been promised.
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