Philthy's Friends

View All

Philthy's Page

Latest Activity

Philthy updated their profile

Dec 18, 2022

Doug Thorsvik left a comment for Philthy

"I am still using 3D printed frets and bridges. I have been figuring out the intonation and incorporating it into the bridge design so that it doesn’t need to be angled. I typically have a target height and just print a new one if it has to go…"

Nov 29, 2022

Doug Thorsvik left a comment for Philthy

"I get many of my ideas here and many of my current builds have been heavily influenced by builders in Sacramento via our weekly Sunday afternoon Zoom meetings. You are welcome to join us. Will King leads the group and is a member here at CBN, so you…"

Nov 17, 2022

Doug Thorsvik and Philthy are now friends

Nov 17, 2022

BrianQ. left a comment for Philthy

Oct 27, 2022

Philthy is now a member of Cigar Box Nation

Oct 27, 2022

Welcome Them!

Profile Information

How did you learn about Cigar Box Nation?: Google

How many instruments have you built so far?: 1

What do you find most interesting about cigar box guitars? (If you do not enter something meaningful here (at least one sentence long), your membership may be rejected as a spam/bot fake account).: Building a usable piece of art

Comment Wall (3 comments)

You need to be a member of Cigar Box Nation to add comments!

Join Cigar Box Nation

At 2:58pm on November 29, 2022, Doug Thorsvik said…: I am still using 3D printed frets and bridges.

I have been figuring out the intonation and incorporating it into the bridge design so that it doesn’t need to be angled. I typically have a target height and just print a new one if it has to go up or down.

I still print individual frets, but no nail brad ones because I have had trouble with them buzzing, tough to isolate, and I don’t want to mess with gluing them all. I have been printing a thin 2-piece fretboard with all the frets. In either case I use double stick tape to secure them. It has worked well.

I also use 3D printed string guides and tailpieces. The 3D printer is a very useful tool in my builds and simplifies the building process for me.

I’ll be gland to answer any questions you have.

At 2:01pm on November 17, 2022, Doug Thorsvik said…: I get many of my ideas here and many of my current builds have been heavily influenced by builders in Sacramento via our weekly Sunday afternoon Zoom meetings. You are welcome to join us. Will King leads the group and is a member here at CBN, so you can contact him to get on the email list.