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Permalink Reply by Blues Frog on December 16, 2015 at 4:59pm

First photo. This is Grass roots. Built my own neck. Built my own fret board. Wound my own pick up.

Second photo. Bought the neck from Gitty. Used and old double humbucker from spare parts. Sound hole covers are laser cut from Gitty.

Both have store bought 1/4" jacks, volume and tone pots. Store bought strings and straps. What rules have been broken? None.

Sound? See the videos on my page.....

Your turn!

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Permalink Reply by Sean on December 17, 2015 at 2:59pm

I'm going to call the second one the Rockin' Peacenik. Sweet gits!

Plus your bench = my bench. LOL

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Permalink Reply by Blues Frog on December 18, 2015 at 12:24am

I like the name. Rockin' Peacenik it is.

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Permalink Reply by Cigar Box Nation on December 17, 2015 at 10:56am

That Tele gives me a stiffy

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Permalink Reply by Blues Frog on December 17, 2015 at 11:14am

You call em as you see em! They all look nice.

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Permalink Reply by Matt Quinney on May 30, 2016 at 4:18am

Wayfinder,

I might call those last two "very fangled".  Love 'em!

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Permalink Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry on December 16, 2015 at 7:40pm

The first one is my grass roots build, pure acoustic and loud in a banjo sort of way.  It was my first ever build finished on 3/23/2012.  A 9"cookie tin, nut, neck and arm rest built from scrap oak leftovers from our new kitchen cabinets when we had the house remodeled in 2001, bridge made from a modified piece of nylon aircraft spark plug wire holder.  The only store bought bits are the strings and tuners that I got from C.B. Gitty.

The second one is my last build finished 9/7/2015.  A Perdomo box sanded bare, oak neck and fingerboard finished in clear lacquer with polished brass thread for the nut and bridge. A P-90 soap bar pickup, blue dice knob on pot and gold recessed jack plate, tuners, and strap buttons from C.B. Gitty.  That's as "New Fangled" as I get.

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Permalink Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry on December 16, 2015 at 8:04pm

I forgot my most primitive build from 6/2/2012. A can, a stick, a thumb screw and nut for the tuner, a bit of aircraft safety wire for a string and  a hose clamp for the nut.

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Permalink Reply by Dane Donato on December 16, 2015 at 11:28pm

Okay, I will play too. The old school one is a diddley-bow / pluck-tar. All guitar wood construction (maple, Indian Rosewood, ebony, red cedar), single friction tuning peg, abalone position markers (difficult to see in this photo). Bone nut and bone and ebony bridge. Strung with a guitar A string. Tons of sustain, and nice played with a slide or pressed to the neck. Finish is traditional instrument varnish. 

The "fancy" one is a 4-string. Humbucker pickup, hard tail bridge, 25" scale, proportional string spacing. The fret board is flat, not radiused, which I prefer. Maple neck and fret board, angled headstock faced with maple. Not a through neck, which I find important for decent tone. Gitty turning machines and knobs. Separate tone and volume controls. High quality electric guitar strings, another thing I feel is important for a good guitar. A very ugly photo, so sorry about that. Finish is lacquer and hand-polished. 

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Permalink Reply by Blues Frog on December 17, 2015 at 11:17am

Have you seen my photos? I use a new fangled cell phone camera. 

Nice gits!

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Permalink Reply by Blues Frog on December 17, 2015 at 11:15am

Great selection! I like em all.

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Permalink Reply by Cory LeBeau on December 18, 2015 at 5:23am

That I like Duck!The oil can.

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