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Comment by Ted Crocker on March 5, 2013 at 1:20pm

Comment by Glenn Kaiser on March 5, 2013 at 11:52am

Thanks Russ, very cool. Appreciate it, keep up the cool builds!

Comment by smilingdog1 on March 5, 2013 at 11:32am

Get ya some jelly jar and make a jamgo! Nice job Russ, like the creative intuition. Try and put up a short video of them.

Comment by Russ Dugger on March 5, 2013 at 11:27am

Hey Glenn, thanks! I just used wire cutters to cut large paper-clips into 4 pieces (each bent off section will easily fit a single string neck width) then I just used gorilla-glue to secure them. I held them in place by the ends and the glue set in like 15-30 sec. Then I took the wire cutters and nipped off the edges. I just used banjo strings.

Comment by Glenn Kaiser on March 5, 2013 at 11:04am

Russ, you're freakin' me out! NICE. Thanks. Paperclips no less.. HA! Man, I gotta build me one of these. Oh- how did you secure the paper clips? Steel or nylon strings on these? Thanks, -Glenn

Comment by Russ Dugger on March 5, 2013 at 8:23am

I posted it on the main page, but here's my two latest builds. I used sign-post stakes for the necks and peanut butter jars for the resonators. I added paper-clip frets and I gotta say they sound fantastic. I also learned that these kind of plastic bodies make a really great whammy-bar effect when you press on them. I'm in love with these little guys!

Comment by C Cook on February 11, 2013 at 1:32pm

I always put a couple of stove bolts through the bottom of my cans to hold them tight to the stick and eliminate the vibrations between the can and stick. The only time I dont is when i'm making a diddley bow with a can resonator. I made a special tool to install them in my beer cans. It holds the screwa so I can install them through the neck and I put the nuts on the outside.

 

Comment by Battmann on February 9, 2013 at 5:37pm

went old school today. used a standard can of corn. actually sounds better than the beer can.I have a knotch that holds it down in the front and string holds the back.,

Comment by BrianQ. on February 5, 2013 at 1:00pm

Need a string tree for added tension,

I jus add a screw wit a washer on it,

low tech but solves da problem?

Comment by Battmann on February 3, 2013 at 6:07pm

ok, I should ave thought of this earlier,.going back to my first built CBG's without slanted headstocks , I had this problem. Not enough string tension  after the nut . add a simple eye bolt and probelm solved.

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