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Permalink Reply by Outhouse Instruments on December 29, 2009 at 3:35am

Nah, It's easily doable. Just make sure you figure for the scale length on the frets/marks.
Only thing that might be a problem . The typical CBG neck ( 1x2, 3/4x1-1/2, whatever) will bow with tension.
I used a 2x2 and carved a neck to be strong enuff to withstand the tension.

Matt

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on December 29, 2009 at 3:49pm

Cool. I was thinking about laminating several 1/4 x 2's together to make the neck stronger, then put a fingerboard on top of that. I think I have the layout and position of everything worked out, I just wasn't sure about have a scale that long, but I think this is going to work out fine. I will post pics when I get it done. I think the folks here will get a kick out of it.

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Permalink Reply by Tim on December 29, 2009 at 4:32pm

you can also buy carbon fiber rods to put in the neck to make it stronger. one thing you might want to think about is strings. even a bariton is usualy only 27 inches or so at 30 inches depending on how its made standards strings might be a little short. i would double check befor begining

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on December 30, 2009 at 2:59am

Good point Tim, I never thought about the strings being too short. I will check that out. Thanks.

Tim said:

you can also buy carbon fiber rods to put in the neck to make it stronger. one thing you might want to think about is strings. even a bariton is usualy only 27 inches or so at 30 inches depending on how its made standards strings might be a little short. i would double check befor begining

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Sprague (Knotlenny) on December 30, 2009 at 10:24am

LOVE them big throaty CBG;s - the discussion makes me wanna build one, again. My first build was at least 30 - probably closer to 36". But it was only cuz I didn;t know any better. Got it all done and found out standard strings out of a guitar pack weren't long enough to span the distance I had in mind from tuner to tail. I had to drop back and punt - and string it up through the face plate just to shorten the string length requirement. he - he.

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Permalink Reply by Ben on December 31, 2009 at 4:54pm

I did a 30" Bari that was an oak fingerboard on top of a poplar 1X2. Stable and great action on it. I didn't have issues with the strings being too short or anything.

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Permalink Reply by Tyler Higdon on January 2, 2010 at 5:43pm

Baritone guitar strings would give you the length you need. I used a set of them on my CB Bass. I built it with a 34" scale. The strings I used averaged about 39" long out of the pack. Just measure the strings before building.

Tim said:

you can also buy carbon fiber rods to put in the neck to make it stronger. one thing you might want to think about is strings. even a bariton is usualy only 27 inches or so at 30 inches depending on how its made standards strings might be a little short. i would double check befor begining

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