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Hi everyone. Need some advice plz...
Started this discussion. Last reply by James Pobog Aug 5. 19 Replies 2 Likes
I'm baaaaack for a bit. Some might remember me, I've been gone quite some tims. Long story short, I moved from CBG's to making full size guitars, mostly T-style. Made about 15-20 of them, even sold …Continue
Non-CBG build finished today...
Started this discussion. Last reply by James Pobog Sep 27, 2021. 5 Replies 2 Likes
In process for about 6 months, actually started before I reverted to CBG's. I think you can see some of the influence from CBG's that I've continued to use in my guitar builds. My standard base…Continue
Starting to plan for....
Started this discussion. Last reply by BrianQ. Sep 20, 2021. 4 Replies 0 Likes
...a baritone CBG. I have a big square thin box like Shane's and I'm going to try making another successful hardwood/plywood hybrid neck like the one on the Rocky Patel 12-Year cbg I just made.Are…Continue
Rocky Patel mocked up
Started this discussion. Last reply by Taffy Evans Jul 31. 8 Replies 2 Likes
Probably about 2 days work left on it, maybe more. Gotta fret, glue on the fretboard, do the wiring fit the tailpiece, string retainer plate, pup, and bridge, then screw it together.This is probably…Continue
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"Ye4ah, I think that's what I have..."
"Hi, Here is a better view. It's actually for a 12-string guitar...
Taff"
"Is that a straight claw type tailpiece on the box? I think the sproket looks cool..."
"Hi James, on the last reso I built I was not happy with the acoustic sound so I too experimented, I'll show a few pics of my journey. No real advice from my findings that would help, I don't think, but you may get some ideas.
All the…"
"Will this work?"
""The timber I was referring to was the part that covered the paint tin lid and sat on the perimeter of the “cone” [paint tin lid] with a bridge in the middle sitting on top of it."
MY BAD, THAT WAS JUST MOCK-UP. THE BRASS IS…"
"Hi again, you are correct the biscuit bridge is wood, but it is usually hard Maple as is the saddle, and it sits in the middle of the resonating area so works pretty efficiently. The timber I was referring to was the part that covered the paint tin…"
"Is there any reason a hardtail bridge could not be set on the biscuit 'island'?"
"I wondered about that too, but every 'biscuit' i've seen is wood, so... I dunno.
However, steel flat stock is doable and I'll try that."
"Hi, and welcome back James. A number of things spring to mind but I will just throw this out there. With a metallic cone and a metallic bridge, you would get a metallic tone and good string vibration transfer. Would putting any type of wood in that…"
"Well thank you very much. I might try that.
I have access to laser cutters, but thickness is limited. I use MDF for routing templates, but MDF is too thick, so I make a template (hardboard) to make a template (MDF)."
"Hi, nice looking neat build. I like the neck feature. Maybe the fretted hardwood fingerboard will add some extra stiffness, you mentioned that it still has to be fitted to the neck. Cheers Taff"
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- At 7:58pm on October 11, 2019,
Ron Lutz said…
Hi James; thanks for reaching out. Hopefully these comment will help. Cool that you are building the baritone, it will surely be great. yes, I find the hollow body approach worthwhile although I am still experimenting with it. My effort is to have an adequate acoustic sound and still keep a relatively slim profile, so I continue to mess with different designs as I would suggest that you also do. I even retrofitted a broken acoustic guitar with lap steel 4 string board on top and it sounded great. just doing that gave me some more ideas. As far as the A headstock I just visually laid it out with the angle hopefully keeping the string alignment reasonably straight. I suspect there are templates on line by other builders, but so far I like the simplicity of what I am doing now although on a couple 4 stringers I have used a slanted 4 in a row configuration which I also like. I did make a 4 string baritone lap steel from a water ski and tuned it to C. that works fairly well. On those I also configure a resonator box to attach to the bottom of the ski, board, and so far have not used volume or tone. using output jack only again to keep things simple. Many of the players I build for are perfectly happy with that. Less to go wrong electronically. Hope this helps. Nice to be able to communicate with other builders. Write again with any other questions or thoughts.
Ron
- At 10:28pm on October 10, 2019,
BrianQ. said…
Here’s that info about the tuner measurements, the headstock template is in there, scroll down a bit? https://www.buildyourguitar.com/resources/lapsteel/index.htm
- At 3:07pm on September 24, 2019,
- At 4:14pm on September 13, 2019,
Saw this & I thought of you? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PHI2jaLzWfY
- At 8:00am on September 8, 2019,
Poorness Studios said…
I've enjoyed helping you with some of your builds. You've got some good ideas. I think you'll end up being a top notch builder. I sent a friend request too.
- At 4:06pm on August 26, 2019,
I feel you about the neck, that’s why I recommend Glenn’s video, he shows how super easy it can be if shown properly? Good luck on your builds ;)
- At 3:42pm on August 26, 2019,
James, you said you had failed at building a cbg some years back. Don’t know what plans you followed, but here’s a video of the easiest way to build a cbg, he gives all the measurements, plus shows you how in real time? Happy building :)
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