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Permalink Reply by Roger Martin on April 25, 2010 at 12:03pm

I too take more time to select boxes.As I find what boxes sell fastest,I buy only those boxes now.The days of taking whatever was available are over.
Now its based on the 2 week time limit.I build a CBG thinking it'll sell in less then 2 weeks.If its still on the display wall after that time , I RETHINK it out before I build another like it.
I still enjoy building CBG's but I dont have the time or patience to wait until that special person comes along to buy that CBG.Time and the RENT moves on.I try to figure out what CBG's appeal to the most people ,and build accordingly.
Before the economy tanked this MALL enjoyed between 1.3 to 1.5 MILLION people through the doors a year.It's considerably less now but still do-able IF you pick carefully when you build.

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Permalink Reply by matt thomas on April 25, 2010 at 4:13pm

ive got it BAD, and it mine is real bad cause i dont have money for the tuning pegs. to make things worse i bought a piezo elemnt and a 1/4 jacket thingy and the jack thingy has 3 prongs and i have no idea where the wires get soddered on the piezo. what can i do about these problems!

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Permalink Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on April 25, 2010 at 4:34pm

Dude, sorry I missed you on chat. Three prong jack is prolly a stereo jack or a bypass jack. You need a mono tho this might work. the black wire of the piezo gets soldered to the sleeve (inside of the jack that goes around the long shaft of the plug and the red gets soldered to the part that connects to the tip of the plug.

The tuner thing depends on how much you have to spend. I get them for $12 for 6 (3R/3L) on ebay.

-WY

matt thomas said:

ive got it BAD, and it mine is real bad cause i dont have money for the tuning pegs. to make things worse i bought a piezo elemnt and a 1/4 jacket thingy and the jack thingy has 3 prongs and i have no idea where the wires get soddered on the piezo. what can i do about these problems!

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Permalink Reply by matt thomas on April 25, 2010 at 5:13pm

oh yay thanks, ive been doing alot of lookin around an havent found hardly anything except the basics of guitar building.

Wes Yates said:

Dude, sorry I missed you on chat. Three prong jack is prolly a stereo jack or a bypass jack. You need a mono tho this might work. the black wire of the piezo gets soldered to the sleeve (inside of the jack that goes around the long shaft of the plug and the red gets soldered to the part that connects to the tip of the plug.

The tuner thing depends on how much you have to spend. I get them for $12 for 6 (3R/3L) on ebay.

-WY

matt thomas said:

ive got it BAD, and it mine is real bad cause i dont have money for the tuning pegs. to make things worse i bought a piezo elemnt and a 1/4 jacket thingy and the jack thingy has 3 prongs and i have no idea where the wires get soddered on the piezo. what can i do about these problems!

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Permalink Reply by Shawn on April 26, 2010 at 2:16am

Hi my name is shawn and I'm a CBG addict. I get up everyday and start building with my coffee in one hand and a ruler in the other before I know it two hours have gone by. I eat then return to working on the build then find it's 3:00 pm lunch the back at it. The wife gets home from work at 6:00 and I still have not taken a shower. I just can't stop building and playing them little things each one gives me ideas for the next one. Help I'm an addict and I can't slow down.

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Permalink Reply by NoxTerran on April 26, 2010 at 2:48am

i've become obsessed, i will admit it, however its not with finding items to make into guitars, its string arrangments (crow is obcessed with items to make into guitars). i was just at a 2 concerts this weekend, at the rock concert i was watching the bassists and figuring out new string arrangments and ways of playing and at the Stomp concert sunday (if you havent seen em look em up, they ROCK) i was watching everythhing they were using trying to figure out a makeshift trapset out of junk. lol maybe i NEED a week without any just to calm my mind and let me focus on my responsibilities, like that will ever happen.

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Permalink Reply by colin mcgrath on April 26, 2010 at 6:28am

nice i've done the same before.

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Permalink Reply by Joker on April 27, 2010 at 7:52am

I flew to a friends place out of town last month and could not take a cbg also. Only good thing was he's a musician and I was able to grab one of his guitars to at least keep the shakes at bay. But it was still not the same. I did score a couple of cigar boxes while there though

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