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Permalink Reply by Shawn on December 19, 2010 at 8:46am

Welcome to your new addiction. There is no 12 step program,and there is no rehab treatment. The first one is done and you are already thinking of the things you will do better on the next one, and soon you will look at your bike parts in a diffrent way. It has started welcome to the Box side. Nice job on your first one can't wait to see the next one.

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Permalink Reply by colin mcgrath on December 19, 2010 at 9:20am

Whoohoo! Dig all those records man.

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Permalink Reply by mr seitan on December 19, 2010 at 9:20am

thanks shawn. ive been sat here playing it for the past hour and cant put it down! i have an ibanex 6 string, epiphone 6 string, bc rich 7 string, but i want to  play the 3 string cbg!!
Shawn said:

Welcome to your new addiction. There is no 12 step program,and there is no rehab treatment. The first one is done and you are already thinking of the things you will do better on the next one, and soon you will look at your bike parts in a diffrent way. It has started welcome to the Box side. Nice job on your first one can't wait to see the next one.

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Permalink Reply by HOLLOWBELLY on December 19, 2010 at 9:45am

Nice one dude.

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Permalink Reply by mr seitan on December 19, 2010 at 9:47am

thanks to ,you, you inspired me!

HOLLOWBELLY said:

Nice one dude.

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Permalink Reply by mr seitan on December 19, 2010 at 9:48am

ha ha, there are 500lps and 1000 7"s, 90% of that is punk!

colin mcgrath said:

Whoohoo! Dig all those records man.

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Permalink Reply by mr seitan on December 19, 2010 at 9:57am

im sure i read somewhere about the bridge possibly being needed to be moved to get the strings and notes to marry up.

my build is fretless, not sure if that is why, but it seems hard to get the "chords" to sound in tune. when  i play the 3 strings open, it all sound s fine. if i try to play them together on a different fret (all on same feet that is) it sounds out of tune. does the bridge need to be altered and how do iknow which way to move it?

thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Skeesix on December 19, 2010 at 1:42pm

Yes, you'll need to set the intonation by slanting the bridge with the treble side closer to the nut and the bass side farther away.

If you want to get more technical, find the point on the string which is halfway between the nut and the bridge. There will be a strong octave harmonic there which you can hear by laying your finger lightly on the string while simultaneously picking it with the other hand.

The harmonic note should be the same as the fretted note in this spot. The halfway point is the same as the 12th fret. If it's not the same, then move the bridge a little closer or further to compensate. You can either do this by ear, or to be even more precise, by tuner.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on December 19, 2010 at 2:18pm

Sweet!!

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Permalink Reply by Jason W. on December 19, 2010 at 3:19pm

Very cool! Theres definitely something magical about playing something you've made with your own hands...

Nice record collection too... =)

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Permalink Reply by Shawn on December 19, 2010 at 4:03pm

Yah I hear yah on that I have an epiphone special 2 LP and an 80s jackson guitar and my handbuilt El Fuego I built at a guitar school as well as a seagull acustic guitar but I play my 6 string CBG more then them. I'm up to 23 diffrent cbg now have 3,4 and 6 strings as well as a diddly bow. Wife said I need to sell some so started working on getting a biz going. My space looks like a guitar shop. Love that magic of hearing that first strum of the strings on each build it's like the sound of a newborn sweet to the ears.

mr seitan said:

thanks shawn. ive been sat here playing it for the past hour and cant put it down! i have an ibanex 6 string, epiphone 6 string, bc rich 7 string, but i want to  play the 3 string cbg!!
Shawn said:

Welcome to your new addiction. There is no 12 step program,and there is no rehab treatment. The first one is done and you are already thinking of the things you will do better on the next one, and soon you will look at your bike parts in a diffrent way. It has started welcome to the Box side. Nice job on your first one can't wait to see the next one.

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Permalink Reply by colin mcgrath on December 19, 2010 at 4:41pm

Punk is good! playing along with any of them yet?

Shawn, I passed a ladder in the alley and paused for a minute, thinking how I could attach strings to it.
mr seitan said:

ha ha, there are 500lps and 1000 7"s, 90% of that is punk!

colin mcgrath said:

Whoohoo! Dig all those records man.

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