So I finished my first CBG (sorry no pics). Over all I am pretty happy, but had a few problems.
I read that if you place the piezo in between some padding or in between two pieces of wood it would help with buzzing noises coming from the amp (I placed it in between some furniture leg pads around 2 mm each). I placed the piezo directly behind the resonator inbedded in the wood of the neck that goes the length of the guitar (ie I cut a small circle so that it sits flush). I tested it out yesterday and add major problems with buzzing. If you place your hand on the chord the buzzing would stop. My jack is a three prong 1/4 inch jack. Any ideas?
I was expecting my resonator to have more sound to it. I made a resonator by place two metal drains with multiple holes together and used a nail as the bridge. My resonator has a little contact with the neck of the guitar running inside the box. Should the resonator have NO contact inside or does it matter?
I followed the build design that is found on the website for beginners. I DID NOT use a fret board on top of the neck (neck is flush), but just cut fret lines into the neck. I found that my strings are still too high even though I lowered the nut and bridge as much as possible (the strings are around 3 mm at 1st fret and around 5 mm at 12th fret). I used a bolt for the nut and it is sitting in a deep groove. Would ya`ll consider this to be too high for the strings? I think next time I will place a fret board on top of the neck to help. Suggestions?
Lastly, one of my next builds will be a wine box bass guitar. I am hoping to get a little insight on whether I should use a higher bridge or just try to keep the action low like a regular guitar. Have any of you tried a wine box guitar? Do they make a better bass guitar or do you think it would make a nice regular 3-4 string guitar? Ideas and suggetions please.
I know that the first CBG is supposed to be trial and error, but I was hoping to use the guitar rather than srapping it. Thanks for listening to my rambling, and I am sorry for repeating the same type questions on the forum. Please help me with some suggestions, and please use IG-NANT man`s jargun as I am just now learning how to play and build. Thanks.
Douglas
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