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Posted by Marco Cardoni on September 8, 2015 at 8:40am in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion

So I just finished my first CBG. Here are some pics. The pickup comes from the neck of a Mexican Strat.

It sounds better than I expected. What do you think?

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the anonymous pick September 9, 2015 at 2:20am

yup ;-)
Paul Craig September 8, 2015 at 3:18pm

Looks great. I would recommend that you secure the bridge bolt so it doesn't move on you if you haven't already.
- Marco Cardoni > Paul Craig September 9, 2015 at 12:53am
  
  Thanks for your input. In fact I left the bridge floating to be able to adjust it for intonation (which is not as important with a fretless). How would you secure it?
  - Paul Craig > Marco Cardoni September 9, 2015 at 3:18pm
    
    Once your happy with where it is, you could glue it with superglue or put some clamp style brackets over it and screw to the top or drill some small holes through the top and wire it in place. Many different ways. I like to go to hardware aisles and look over all the stuff to get ideas.
Brendan deVallance September 8, 2015 at 2:55pm

Looks great . . . Burned on frets and fret markers?

—B
- Marco Cardoni > Brendan deVallance September 9, 2015 at 12:55am
  
  Thank you. Yeah, the fret markers where burned in with the head of a nail and the frets with a soldering iron...

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