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Comment by David Davies on August 24, 2011 at 1:40pm

WWWWWWOOOOOOOOWWWWWW........ For building on the floor of your place that is one bad motorfinger. Glad to see you got it done....... Dave

Comment by Eric Townsend on August 24, 2011 at 12:33pm

CBG2__a success! Overbuilt custom box and hardware. Custom 3-string blade pickup. Dig the matching flame-figured laminate on the headstock and pickguard and control plate -- a cheap but choice cigar box liner a friend sent me.

Only slight disappointment was the piezo rod bridge...I made the mistake of filling the empty channel  under the bolt with liquid steel...That killed any hope of vibration or natural sound. So I just pulled it out of the wiring and it's a great bridge design -- I could redo it since it's a floating bridge, but I think this one is a dedicated single-coil build... The blade pickup is my first hand-wound one...came out great. Very unique mid-range, natural and vocal-sounding, great clean, and LOVES LOVES overdrive and distortion.  

 

Neck feels like a real guitar neck -- a little chunky because I glued a fretboard to it, but sculpted the whole thing and the headstock volute to fit your hand ergonomically. 

 

Neck is set neck tight as heck, NASA couldn't have fit it more precisely. Glued and clamped in place and set with screws after...probably didn't need the screws, but thought couldn't hurt for a little support over the life of the instrument.