Hello. First time post, not even stated building my first CBG yet. I am planning on building a Cigar Box Uke from scratch as my first project but before that thought I would browse eBay to see what they had.
I purchased the above without really scrutinising the photo too much. It turned out it needed a little more done than I thought. The seller has thrown in some tuning pegs and I can get the other bits and bobs I need easily enough from my tool box and the local hardware store.
What I want to ask is where do I put the bridge? Is the twice the distance to the 12th fret a hard rule? In which case is my bridge not going to be very far up the guitar? Would I be best to try and move the box further up the neck?
I figure if I try to finish it off, even if it goes wrong, it will be good experience. I am planning on using a hinge as a tailpiece to hold the strings and a bolt for the nut. Not sure what I am planning on using for a bridge yet. Will browse the site for ideas.
Thanks for any help. Love the site.
Not sure where to get good boxes in the UK as the old fashioned tobacco shop is becoming a thing of the past here.
Douglas
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Douglas,more than anything else,that just looks like a poor attempt at scaling,,but without dimensions hard to be sure.Can you give the measurement from the nut to,say, the point of the anchor near centreline? I suspect you have a short scale on a long neck,if it's scaled at all
Like Darryl says without dimensions its difficult.Stripping off those frets and adding a new fretted finger board of the correct scale length may be the way to go
Still waiting on it to be delivered. Will post up a picture with measurements when it arrives. Whatever I have to do with it will be a useful learning experience I am sure. Thanks for taking a look Michael and Darryl.
Thanks for the advice David. When I have more info about the partially built BCG I will update here. Hopefully there will be an easy fix to let me build some confidence.
Hi Douglas,
The thing you bought seems like a badly conceived project of the builder with a poor attempt at sacling, like Darryl stated. If removing the fretboard is an option, you might be able to save the guitar (just make a new fretboard with a more realistic scale). If not, I would try to remove the whole neck and save the box for a future project (it's a very nice box). We all learn from making mistakes.
Indeed. He did say it was his first ever project.
Anyway will see what happens. Should be here in the next few days.
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