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Lets see those 6stringers!

W/ an electric guitar neck.

And how you braced it,if possible.

I did one w/ a mini strat and monte christo box.Box was shallow enough I just bolted it on a 1x3 glued to the box w/ a neck plate.Need to wire it,but its all pre-wired.Needs a fret dress and a couple tweaks but it tunes and plays.

I'll get a pic up in a few,also working on this cohiba gigante w/ a Jackson style neck.I think I'm just going to run 2 piezos under the bridge and keep the top totally clean.

I use strat style hardtail bridges.Like $5 on ebay.Eventually will do one w/ a t-o-m bridge and trapeze tailpiece,got too many going on right now.

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Permalink Reply by Shawn on June 10, 2014 at 4:44pm

Thanks they just needed to be there. You can find them at home depot . And they come with screws too.

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Permalink Reply by Cause the Blue rat on June 9, 2014 at 11:42am

Here's my entry!
AutoRATic Rhythm and Blues Cosmic Glider.

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Permalink Reply by Shawn on June 10, 2014 at 4:44pm

Awesome guitar.

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Permalink Reply by Sawbones on June 11, 2014 at 4:02pm

Yeah that's cool!

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Permalink Reply by Thumper on June 22, 2014 at 10:21am

Here she is, my six string " F-Clops" resonator CBG.

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Permalink Reply by Sawbones on June 23, 2014 at 4:10am

Wow that's really nice.Whos cone did you use?

I like the bridge.The whole thing is cool.

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Permalink Reply by Thumper on June 23, 2014 at 4:56am

Thanks Sawbones. the cone and "f" holes are from Old Lowe, the bridge is a flat top "f" hole one off of evilbay, the neck is an old made in America Peavy acoustic and the tailpiece is of a vintage Kay guitar.

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Permalink Reply by Sawbones on June 23, 2014 at 5:31am

Sweet!I get my cones from Old Lowe too,beautiful things.

My first CBG type(20 yrs ago) I used a Harmony neck and tailpiece,so same kinda parts,but your instrument is super nice,mine are POS's compared to what I see you guys creating.

Great job piecing all that together,thats what its all about,creating something out of basically junk.

The reason I asked is I'd like to do a 6 string reso and was wondering if the cone would support it.

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Permalink Reply by Thumper on June 23, 2014 at 5:51am

Been played a bit and strung over night, so I'd say the cone will hold up just fine. The only adjustment of any consequence was to make sure the neck extension didn't come in contact with the cone by shimming it some.