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Permalink Reply by Brian Lemin on August 31, 2009 at 7:59pm

Welcome and enjoy. I have half a longbow made standing in the corner of my garage. I will get to it one day when i have sorted out an "equalizer thingo!"

You have started well with a pie plate banjo, some of the early plans were for that instrument.

When I started i was told to put the following words to music and sing them all day.

"Cigar Box Nation is my best friend" I am sure you will make it fit to "Mary had a little Lamb".

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Permalink Reply by Tres Seaver on August 31, 2009 at 8:18pm

Kevin, if you can manage the neck you are pretty well home. The only crucial parts you will need are tuners, which you can buy at some place like Guitar Center or scrounge from a pawnshop wreck guitar, and strings: whatever you've got can be made to work; you can get strings at GC, WalMart, Target, wherever; the cheapest you can find should be fine, since your likely to break a few when restringing after an adjustment.

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Permalink Reply by Greg Miller on August 31, 2009 at 8:54pm

Welcome to the Nation Kevin. I look forward to seeing some of your work. I think Ebay, Musicans Friend, and Stewart Mcdonald are good places to start if you need some misc. parts. I have found that a lot of people here though believe in not purchasing anything and using whatever you can find Lying around. But they also say "there are no rules". Good luck on your build.

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Permalink Reply by Diydc on August 31, 2009 at 10:26pm

Ebay is a great place to look for mechanics, as doing them yourself can be very frustrating, especially as the home made ones often have tuning issues...

Fretwire seems to differ from matches to hardwire nails, and anything in between, often glued down with dual cmponent glues or instant glues.

As you mentioned you already have some woodwork experience, you will obviously realise that with the neck of a CBG you don`t want it to be flexible like a longbow, so supporting through the neck wit a piece of oak or some oter wood to hold the string tension is a must, otherwise you will end up with another longbow with more strings....

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Permalink Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on August 31, 2009 at 11:43pm

"Saludos my darling, and you know who you are, but I don't...."

Seriously, Welcome and here in the nation, we understand addictions. We're here to support yours as well. Ask away. Oh, and you prolly seen the really great plans and videos up top ^, but if you haven't, check 'em out. Let us know when you build and post your pictures -- even clock pictures < you'll get that in a moment >.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Doug on September 1, 2009 at 3:40am

Welcome to the forum. CBG Anonymous is just around the corner! This place has no rules so sure would like to see some pictures of your longbows posted. Also there is a thread her where people have been telling some about themselves. You might want to put your bio and that. It is nice to know a little about all the friends here.

Parts? I don't have any good local music stores so i search the Internet. E-bay, and Stewart McDonald are the ones I have used the most.

Stewart McDonald also have a nice fret spacing calculator.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Morgan on September 1, 2009 at 4:09am

here is a pic of two longbows I make, as to a request....

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Permalink Reply by Paul Doug on September 1, 2009 at 4:59am

Thank yoy! Those are nice, something I'd like to try one of thess days. What kind of wood does a person need? The must be a forum on building these. Something else to look into.
Kevin Morgan said:

here is a pic of two longbows I make, as to a request....

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Morgan on September 1, 2009 at 6:47pm

I use Osage and Yew wood mostly but you can use others. The wood has to be able to compress and not splinter the back side as well. Other woods would be, hickory, Vine maple, Ipe, Blood wood, Purple Heart, The list goes on and on. So to say the least I know I am a newbie but I do have a tun of great wood on hand to build some nice CBB or CBG. I am going to start with the three string and see what happens. I would love to put a pick up in it so I will be asking how to do that when the time comes. Seems easy enough. Thanks for the help and welcoming.

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Permalink Reply by Monte on September 2, 2009 at 5:51am

Kevin,
Google Stewart MacDonald. Great catalog with affordable prices. Good luck.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Morgan on September 2, 2009 at 12:58pm

Thanks and I hit up Radio Shack today but I would like to get them in a large number.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Morgan on September 2, 2009 at 2:13pm

looking for tuners, fret wire, pick up or pezio thingy. I checked out the site that Monte told me about and they seem to have what I need. I am also trying to find Cohiba boxes and they seem to be hard to find.

Ted Crocker said:

What parts are you looking for in large number?

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