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Comment by SuprrrNaut on May 26, 2011 at 5:18pm

Ok, finally. For those about to rock, coffin box salutes you. My first build.

Comment by Dirty Dan Peel on May 19, 2011 at 3:50pm

Thought I'd post some photos. This one shows my 5th build. It was made with all hand tools. Its fretless with a 25.5 inch scale and tuned GDg. The fret marks and dots were made useing a wood burner. The action is about an 1/8 of an inch at the nut and about a 1/4 inch at the bridge.

 

 

Sorry about the poor quality of photos in advance.

Comment by Wichita Sam on May 19, 2011 at 8:20am

Sean,

 

If  you're set on a low E, I'd recommend that you go for a pretty heavy gauge string.  Look for something between 0.048 and 0.052.... if you go lighter you won't be tensioning it up enough to get a "bright"/"bite-y" sound out of the box.

 

the best,

 

Wichita Sam

Comment by Sean Laffey on May 19, 2011 at 7:43am

I'm about 95% of the way through building a one stringer and I'm hoping to stick on a low E.(Coz the singer in the band just loves songs in E).

 

Scale length wiill be 25 inches and to begin with it will be fretless.. The neck is really thin about 30mm across. Tonight's job is fixing the neck to the body.

 If you can await a couple of days I might have it strung up by Saturday.. the Queen comes to visit us tomorrow and the town is off limits, so it'll be a day before I can get into the music shop.

Comment by Mike Whisenhunt on May 19, 2011 at 7:17am

Thinking about making a one stringer. Was pondering using the lowest E string that I never used when I strung up my 3 string. Any ideas on tuning? Was wanting to kind of keep it lower than my 3 string.

Comment by SuprrrNaut on May 19, 2011 at 3:31am

the special tuners I ordered will be in tomorrow. So we shall see. hopefully I can wrap this guitar up. I literally have had 2 hours of work to do on it thats been stretched out for a week now. never enough time in the day

Comment by Wiley Rutledge on May 19, 2011 at 3:01am

It appears that it's been prepped and glued with no gaps or open seams, so if a good quality glue (white or yellow carpenters glue) was used and it was clamped until dry (and if it wasn't the seams would not be that crisp) you should be fine.  The screw points will give some security to the mind at least!

Comment by SuprrrNaut on May 18, 2011 at 5:22pm

Thanks Wichita Sam. I didnt even think about those screw points. I kinda figured I was being overly cautious anyways. :P

Comment by Wichita Sam on May 18, 2011 at 5:19pm

suprrrNaut,

 

That headstock should be fine.  If you're using economy tuners, then screw points will stagger the seam.  And, assuming the glue job is good, it should be plenty strong enough.

 

the best,

 

Wichita Sam

Comment by SuprrrNaut on May 18, 2011 at 5:03pm

I purchased a pre fab neck where the oak head is flanked either side by pieces of walnut. It looks beautiful, but I believe the walnut was just glued onto the sides of the head to give it it's shape. To fit the tuning pegs in place, if I have to have it placed on the walnut that's glued in place, do you think this will hold? Or should I use a thin piece of laminate or metal behind the neck to make it more secure. It doesn't look flimsy at all, and Im sure I'm just being paranoid, but I was wondering if anyone had this same issue. Heres a link to what I purchased on EBAY.

CBG NECK

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