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Box guitar 1 day 2

The 'thing' has been lurking in the corner like a sexy prostitute begging climax!

Hahaha, well no not really .. I'll try again.

It kept looking at me! I swear! I could hear it whispering "bring me to life! I'm so close!"

Yeah yeah, none of the above, but it was so much fun the last time that I couldn't wait to get my new dremel stuck right into it.

OK so I headed out the house to get some strings from the local guitar shop and some guitar parts from my new local music shop, the hardware store (B&Q). In the guitar shop I asked to see any cbg's.. "We did have a couple last year but like all fads.. (Fads?? Shame on you) nobody wants one now". Yeah yeah I thought, because we're building them ourselves. Anyway..

Beer, dremel, bits and bobs from the kitchen drawer and bingo! Here's what's poped out at the end of the day...

Here's the juicy stuff and the funny stuff..

Omg the dremel is exceptional. There is no way I could have fitted that pick up without it. The little sanding blocks are just brilliant to make precision holes.. I'm sure when I make my daughter's CBG it will look like it was born complete !

So fitting continued.. Sound holes.. An old pickup (so snug with the dremel).. input jack.. Then came my tailpeice.. Went in beautifully..

Time to get some strings on the beast and see if my neck bridge alignment was good.. Pulled the base string in and tighten up a bit.. WTF? I look at my tailpeice.. And fell about with laughter.. What I thought was ebony turned out to be rubber! The string pressure just bent into it. It was one of those, only me.. Only me.. Moments.

OK so I just went ahead with stringing it and I will deal with it later (it was only just a cupboard door handle anyway) . but I'm still laughing every time I think about it.

I still haven't built a bridge so I just popped a bit of offcut wood into it to hear how it sounds.. And it's great! It sounds a bit like a banjo but not.. Hard to describe. I guess it just sounds like itself. I will have a go at fixing the rubber problem and building a functional bridge tomorrow.

I really must admit that out of all the things I have done with iinstruments this build has been the most fun.

I do still have things with this build that I could use some help with.. I don't think it's practical to screw my bowl resonator and sound hole covers onto the guitar and I think glue is the way forwards.. Has anyone any ideas and tips to do this? I plan to stain the wood then varnish it in something before I put my finishing touches to it (corner protectors and perhaps some type of decal/personalisation. Is it better to glue fixtures first or paint?

Anyway.. Time to build a bridge.

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Comment by Fomhorach on March 9, 2016 at 10:20am: Hahaha. Cool cheers :)

Comment by the anonymous pick on March 9, 2016 at 1:04am: EVANESCENCE

"Bring Me To Life"

(feat. Paul McCoy)

lyrics .

How can you see into my eyes like open doors?
Leading you down into my core where I've become so numb
Without a soul my spirit's sleeping somewhere cold
Until you find it there and lead it back home

(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can't wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can't wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I've become

Now that I know what I'm without
You can't just leave me
Breathe into me and make me real
Bring me to life

(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can't wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can't wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I've become

Bring me to life
(I've been living a lie, there's nothing inside)
Bring me to life

Frozen inside without your touch
Without your love, darling
Only you are the life among the dead

All this time I can't believe I couldn't see
Kept in the dark but you were there in front of me
I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems
Got to open my eyes to everything
Without a thought, without a voice, without a soul
Don't let me die here
There must be something more
Bring me to life

(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can't wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can't wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I've become

Bring me to life
(I've been living a lie, there's nothing inside)
Bring me to life

;-)

Comment by Lane Martin on March 8, 2016 at 11:04am: Sorry. Cyanoacrylate. Super glue.

Comment by Fomhorach on March 8, 2016 at 10:31am: What's CA?

Comment by Lane Martin on March 8, 2016 at 10:22am: String pressure alone should keep the resonator in place. I'd definitely stain before gluing as glue squeeze out will interfere with the stain absorbing in evenly. Just a dab of CA would be enough to hold the covers...reduces the chance of squeeze out.

Nice looking git.

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