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Permalink Reply by Skeesix on June 28, 2010 at 1:12pm

Yes, that's what I recommend people do with my pickups if the neck seems like it's getting a little thin after cutting the slot for the pickup. On the plus side, it makes a CBG balance better. Probably not an issue with a bedpan though.

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Permalink Reply by mike anderson Blues Box Guitars on June 29, 2010 at 10:09am

make sure you shield it good or youl blow your ear drums out, trust me.

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Permalink Reply by Jerryrig240 on July 30, 2010 at 6:26pm

I just saw a pic of a bed pan guitar with a pick up....I want to build one so bad, but I just can't run downtown to pick up a bed pan. Here is how I would do it if I had the bedpan here in my hands. Peizo, no doubt about it, and a pick up. If you want to get real fancy, hook up a switch to change between the two. Take the neck and cut it in half toward the end.....take another peice of the neck wood (oak, pine etch) and glue it on the undre side and leave enough of a space for the pick up. So now, you have a pickup build into the neck. Glue it up and screw the neck together and you have a prtty rad guitar. I make all my necks like this, but I don't really stick to the traditional cigar box....I guess you can say I am thinking outside the box....ha...ha....lol.

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Permalink Reply by Don Thompson on July 31, 2010 at 1:02am

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35746992@N08/3759153120/
Personally I don't like piezos stuck to necks. Way to much finger noise, very distracting. Actually the bedpan acts as an acoustic resonator.
Don

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Permalink Reply by Mungo Park on July 31, 2010 at 4:00am

That is a nice looking pan, Don. I would agree with you just trying to figure the logistics of it. I have one more regular CBG and I will be ready to give it a try.
That one looks like it is a all metal neck, something I did not consider.
Cheers Ron.

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