He-heh. I like your approach, Seth. I guess it's very common for people around here. And this my work is a good example. It started as a joke. I had no strict plan. Just to recycle some leftovers.
Nevertheless. I've installed real frets instead of just toothpicks as I planned. And a peg head is covered with high quality plastic. BTW, regarding this plastic. I used the kitchen countertops samples from the local hardware store.:)
To clarify. My personal tendency is toward a more rugged appearance. I appreciate the clean work and know very much what attention to detail goes into it, it is just not my preference. No judgment though...
Yeah, I know what you mean. I just tend to not like it when a CBG looks super clean. For that matter, most of my guitars have wear. There is a balance though, for me it is mostly that I don't care if it is ugly, as long as it is playable, so I end up spending a lot of time tweaking intonation and such.. even on super crappy guitars.
Regarding the roughness. I'm always struggling between 2 opposite options:
1. To make an instrument without spending a dime. Just looking around for the things I can use. This approach might be a challenge. But it makes me closer to the origins of CBG. And it's a special sort of fun.
2. To make an instrument which is still a CBG but packed with some modern stuff.
This is the final look of my "Cigar Box Ukulele". The middle part look as an ugly heart shaped opening. This happened because originally I planned a different bigger type of pickups. I'm still looking for nice material to cover it.
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He-heh. I like your approach, Seth. I guess it's very common for people around here. And this my work is a good example. It started as a joke. I had no strict plan. Just to recycle some leftovers.
Nevertheless. I've installed real frets instead of just toothpicks as I planned. And a peg head is covered with high quality plastic. BTW, regarding this plastic. I used the kitchen countertops samples from the local hardware store.:)
Here is more details on this one
At some extent I like unpredictability of the process.
Best of luck!
To clarify. My personal tendency is toward a more rugged appearance. I appreciate the clean work and know very much what attention to detail goes into it, it is just not my preference. No judgment though...
Yeah, I know what you mean. I just tend to not like it when a CBG looks super clean. For that matter, most of my guitars have wear. There is a balance though, for me it is mostly that I don't care if it is ugly, as long as it is playable, so I end up spending a lot of time tweaking intonation and such.. even on super crappy guitars.
Regarding the roughness. I'm always struggling between 2 opposite options:
1. To make an instrument without spending a dime. Just looking around for the things I can use. This approach might be a challenge. But it makes me closer to the origins of CBG. And it's a special sort of fun.
2. To make an instrument which is still a CBG but packed with some modern stuff.
Like this one for example.
I sorta like the roughness of it...
This is the final look of my "Cigar Box Ukulele". The middle part look as an ugly heart shaped opening. This happened because originally I planned a different bigger type of pickups. I'm still looking for nice material to cover it.