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Permalink Reply by Duke on January 7, 2014 at 3:41am

Ivo, Thanks for the effort. I have a couple of tins and will use this info.

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Permalink Reply by Ivo Garza on January 7, 2014 at 7:04am

I also sketched up plans to go along with the chronicle.

Attachments:

• TinSkinPlan.pdf, 11 KB

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Permalink Reply by Greg Potts on January 7, 2014 at 9:59am

Nice writeup. I just finished building a "Christmas Fruitcake Tin" guitar and put the strings on last night. It worked out pretty well. I did mine a little different, putting the tin on facing upwards and using some bracing inside the box. I'll get some pics when I get home tonight... Very interested to hear what yours sounds like.

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Permalink Reply by Ivo Garza on January 8, 2014 at 7:28am

Greg:

Thanks ahead of time for posting the pics.  If it is possible, please post some of the bracing.  I think it would be good to have a place where people can trade what has been successful in making tin-skin CBGs.

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Permalink Reply by Greg Potts on January 8, 2014 at 4:42pm

Here are the pics. I will try to get some decent audio from it as well, I am really pleased with the sound.

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/albums/fruitcake-tin-guitar

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Permalink Reply by Greg Potts on January 8, 2014 at 5:31pm

Here's the audio:

http://www.pottsfamily.ca/slowlanemusic/wordpress/wp-content/upload...

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Permalink Reply by Ivo Garza on January 11, 2014 at 9:57am

That sounds as nice as it looks.  

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Permalink Reply by Ivo Garza on January 10, 2014 at 11:15am

Thanks for posting the pics.  I like the bracing.  I don't see screws from the outside in any of the pictures.  How do you hold the bracing to the tin?  I don't know where you got the tin, but that sure made a pretty guitar.

Ivo

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Permalink Reply by Barsymes Cratchnee on January 8, 2014 at 5:35pm

Wow, I can't believe you put this up for free.  Printing this off now for my CBG building folder.  Thank you for this.  Unbelievably good of you.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Breen on January 9, 2014 at 3:03am

Ivo thanks for the instructions they are very well done and must have been very time consuming. I have a question, in the picture of hardware parts what is the function of the long sliver sleeve?

thanks

Mike

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Permalink Reply by Ivo Garza on January 10, 2014 at 11:11am

That is a spacer that I used for the bridge.  I have made composite bone and wood bridges for banjoes that I have made, but thought in keeping with construction techniques for the rest of the guitar, I would just us a hardware store spacer for the bridge.

Ivo

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Permalink Reply by Randy S. Bretz on January 10, 2014 at 11:33am

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