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Tin Skin CBG Building

Posted by Ivo Garza on January 7, 2014 at 8:30am in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion

I could not find plans for a tin skin CBG, so I chronicled my building of two tin-skinned CBGs. Hope this helps somebody out there.TinSkinCBGConstruction.pdf

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Randy S. Bretz January 10, 2014 at 5:33pm
Mike Breen January 9, 2014 at 9:03am

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
- Ivo Garza > Mike Breen January 10, 2014 at 5:11pm
  
  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
Barsymes Cratchnee January 8, 2014 at 11:35pm

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.
Greg Potts January 7, 2014 at 3:59pm

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.
- Ivo Garza > Greg Potts January 8, 2014 at 1:28pm
  
  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.
  - Greg Potts > Ivo Garza January 8, 2014 at 10:42pm
    
    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
    - Ivo Garza > Greg Potts January 10, 2014 at 5:15pm
      
      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
    - Greg Potts > Greg Potts January 8, 2014 at 11:31pm
      
      Here's the audio:
      
      http://www.pottsfamily.ca/slowlanemusic/wordpress/wp-content/upload...
      - Ivo Garza > Greg Potts January 11, 2014 at 3:57pm
        
        That sounds as nice as it looks.

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