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my first buld completed today.

i kept putting off starting this build, as i was so excited about doing it! this weekend has been messed up by snow. so, as i couldnt go out on my mx bike, i thought id start on the cbg.

im really happy with what ive done ,tho i know its a big learning curve and there are things ive done wrong, or, at least, not as id have wanted to do them.

with a wood saw, battery drill, wood chisels and a rubber mallet, i built this fro mstart to finish in 5 hours, in my shed, in the freezing cold!

my laptop is now on and im just about to start recording my first song with a cbg.

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Permalink Reply by Shawn on December 19, 2010 at 4:53pm

The latter could be made into a neck for a lap steel. Was it wood? If it was the fiberglass kind you could inlay wood into the channel to make the lap steel. I look at everthing differntly now chopsticks are nut and saddle parts as well as fret markers. Plexi glass is pickguards, saw blades are reso parts. Curtin rods are arm rests. You name it

colin mcgrath said:

Punk is good! playing along with any of them yet?

Shawn, I passed a ladder in the alley and paused for a minute, thinking how I could attach strings to it.
mr seitan said:

ha ha, there are 500lps and 1000 7"s, 90% of that is punk!

colin mcgrath said:

Whoohoo! Dig all those records man.

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Permalink Reply by Noisemaker59 on December 19, 2010 at 4:59pm

Nice one! But...now you've done it...opened a WHOLE CAN OF WORMS with this build (addiction)!! I agree, that bike s fair game for parts for future builds. I'm always looking at things with the intention of using them on builds someday. Also, my guitars are lonely.....they don't get the love & attention anymore.

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Permalink Reply by colin mcgrath on December 19, 2010 at 5:10pm

It was wood but was very used and partly rotten, the wood would have to be prepared well. I just made the thought I always put to my little girls "will this be something you really need right now? And will it be put to good use before it ends up as just in the way?". So I left it. We always have good dumpster scores around anyway.

Shawn said:

The latter could be made into a neck for a lap steel. Was it wood? If it was the fiberglass kind you could inlay wood into the channel to make the lap steel. I look at everthing differntly now chopsticks are nut and saddle parts as well as fret markers. Plexi glass is pickguards, saw blades are reso parts. Curtin rods are arm rests. You name it

colin mcgrath said:
Punk is good! playing along with any of them yet?

Shawn, I passed a ladder in the alley and paused for a minute, thinking how I could attach strings to it.
mr seitan said:

ha ha, there are 500lps and 1000 7"s, 90% of that is punk!

colin mcgrath said:

Whoohoo! Dig all those records man.

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Permalink Reply by Stone Barnard on December 20, 2010 at 4:12am

I like the v notch in the head! I see it as a nice touch of 'rock' , yeah!

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Permalink Reply by mr seitan on December 21, 2010 at 10:23am

today i realised i needed frets, so i set about finding an appropriate material.

first i messed up cutting the neck for the frets, but got away with it. i have just realised i made a big mistake tho. i used 2-3mm bolts with the heads cut off. of course, i cant bend the strings!! schoolboy error!

i have enough wood for 2 more necks, so ill just try another one, but this time using nails not bolts!

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Permalink Reply by mr seitan on December 21, 2010 at 10:33am

and dont buy cheap pickups, they keep breaking down!!

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Permalink Reply by David L. on December 21, 2010 at 11:04am

I think it is great you are experimenting with different things. If you decide to check out fretwire in the UK this man is good off ebay http://shop.ebay.co.uk/snowcauldron/m.html and for example 2ft of wire costs only £1.85. Postage is £2.20 for however many lengths you buy.http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Narrow-Fret-Wire-Fretwire-Vintage-Banjo-Guita...

mr seitan said:

today i realised i needed frets, so i set about finding an appropriate material.

first i messed up cutting the neck for the frets, but got away with it. i have just realised i made a big mistake tho. i used 2-3mm bolts with the heads cut off. of course, i cant bend the strings!! schoolboy error!

i have enough wood for 2 more necks, so ill just try another one, but this time using nails not bolts!

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Permalink Reply by mr seitan on December 22, 2010 at 4:44am

oh brilliant, thanks for that, i will be getting some from him!

David Lloyd said:

I think it is great you are experimenting with different things. If you decide to check out fretwire in the UK this man is good off ebay http://shop.ebay.co.uk/snowcauldron/m.html and for example 2ft of wire costs only £1.85. Postage is £2.20 for however many lengths you buy.http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Narrow-Fret-Wire-Fretwire-Vintage-Banjo-Guita...

mr seitan said:

today i realised i needed frets, so i set about finding an appropriate material.

first i messed up cutting the neck for the frets, but got away with it. i have just realised i made a big mistake tho. i used 2-3mm bolts with the heads cut off. of course, i cant bend the strings!! schoolboy error!

i have enough wood for 2 more necks, so ill just try another one, but this time using nails not bolts!