I think this is the most noobiest of questions but here it goes:

 

I do not play guitar. I love building stuff. This CBG thing is perfect to me. Now, when it comes to stringing these guys up, I get some different answers depending on who I ask. I have read on here that the 2,3,4 and 3,4,5 are good string combinations. I read in another post that for open G, the A,D,G strings work well. Sadly, depending on where the strings come from (my buddy likes to build with me and gets them at the big guitar shop here, i grab mine from a small town music shop) the packages aren't necessarily labeled with letter notations or numerical notations.  I have some that are numbers 1-6 but most simply have the thickness labeled on them. Now, I asked a guy I work with that plays a lot of guitar about strings. He gave me the "Eddie Ate Dynamite Good Bye Eddie" thing. I've seen in tabs that string 1 is the string furthest from you. Is that still the case when stringing up a guitar? Huge music shop guys say I've been using the wrong strings. When I strung up my first CBG with my 2,3,4 should they have been B,G,D or A,D,G?

 

The other reason I ask for clarification uis that this form is the only place I go to for answers. WHen my buddy hits up the music shop and gets something conflicting I need clarification. The most recent result was, when stringing up his CBG with the (according to the music shop 2,3,4 strings) and tuning it to G,D,g the middle string snapped. We got it tuned to open G once but it was terribly slack and wonky...almost like it was an octave too low. We tightened it all up again and got the 2 and 4 strings to G but the other snapped before hitting D.

 

He's just getting disappointed in all this because my first CBG build went off without a hitch and sounds pretty good, then I help him with his, taking what I learned from the first, correcting my mistakes and refining the process for a better sound, and it has been nothing but failure after repeated failure.

 

Sorry this is so long winded as I know the answer I need will only require 2 or 3 lines.

 

Thanks,

 

Mikey

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So theoretically then if my standard guitar is 25.4 inch scale length, and my CBG is the same, I can use the same strings?

Trial and error; everyone builds their own way. It's like any crafting out there, what suits you, fits your budget and sounds good. I've seen baritones w/3 strings made(never thought possible); and I've seen bass guitars made as well. There is no rhyme or reason to cbg's just the fun of making and playing. Conflicting info was my trouble too starting, one site would say one way the other another. Its just a matter of preference and skill level and budget. Enjoy the screw ups its the best part, my first cbg was a failure but its still fun to play lol even with a few dead frets that I measured wrong. my 2nd one I tried something new, the fretting came out better but the neck was too thin so it warped. I'm still new and working on my 3rd one finally after buying one from Back Porch Mojo to see how a professional made one and its really taught me alot just by inspecting it.

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