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    Default my new cigar box guitar project

    started this one yesterday,all huon pine except fretboard,thought i would take some progress shots this time,note the size of this resonator,i reckon it will be a cracker,2 piezo,s and a mini humbucker,plus rocker switch to change from humbucker to piezo or both, ................bob
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    got some time today to do a bit on the cbg.bobDSC_0033.jpgDSC_0034.jpg

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    bob,
    Looks like it should have plenty sound from that dish.
    I would not have had huon on my list for neck woods but I guess if you have a reasonably thick fret board in something hard you will get away with it on a 3 string.
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    fretboard will be at least 10mm and it will be as hard a wood as i can fid in my shed.bob

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    Quote Originally Posted by robyn2839 View Post
    started this one yesterday,all huon pine except fretboard,thought i would take some progress shots this time,note the size of this resonator,i reckon it will be a cracker,2 piezo,s and a mini humbucker,plus rocker switch to change from humbucker to piezo or both, ................bob
    I have used K&K under soundboard dual piezos in combo with a Kent Armstrong mini humbucker on an archtop. Very good sound!
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    DSC_0126.jpgDSC_0128.jpgDSC_0129.jpgno flex at all after gluing fretboard on , and hows that for a super resonator,best dog dish I could have got so far ,and just tapping on it you can tell it will be good .now for piezo,mini humbucker,bridge nut keys,corners,strings etc etc ,cant wait cause that means i can start another one lol.bob

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    all fittings will be gold on this one ,and all huon pine except for soundboard..bob

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    Quote Originally Posted by robyn2839 View Post
    started this one yesterday,all huon pine except fretboard,thought i would take some progress shots this time,note the size of this resonator,i reckon it will be a cracker,2 piezo,s and a mini humbucker,plus rocker switch to change from humbucker to piezo or both, ................bob
    Man that is the strangest tape measure I ever seen. Granted I don't get out much but is that metric? I'm very much a relational kind of guy... So I would need to relate one of those marks to either 1/128, 1/64, 1/32, 1/16, 1/8 or I would be lost. In finding more and more mechanical stuff is metric now. So if I have the option I buy old stuff that's built to last and has standard replacement parts.
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    100 mm =4'', 1''=25mm, 10 centemeters = 100mm,1000mm=1metre ,resonator is about 10'' wide, hope that helps....bob

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    I went to school in the 60tes as the changeover to metric was happening. Most people my age are quite comfortable with both systems. A good tip however is to build the entire project in one or the other but not both. Most younger people dont know what an inch is. A foot is on the end of your leg and you grow plants in a yard. As for rod, pole or perch who cares, and a chain is 1/10 of a nautical mile.
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    Quote Originally Posted by orraloon View Post
    I went to school in the 60tes as the changeover to metric was happening. Most people my age are quite comfortable with both systems. A good tip however is to build the entire project in one or the other but not both. Most younger people dont know what an inch is. A foot is on the end of your leg and you grow plants in a yard. As for rod, pole or perch who cares, and a chain is 1/10 of a nautical mile.
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    same for me John i build in metric ,all except for the 25 1/2'' scale, which is a pain looking for a tape to measure this......bob

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    A correction to my measurements list. A cable is 1/10 of a nautical mile. A chain is only 66 feet.
    I also stick with inches for scale length as the other way is just numbers. I always use imperial for the whole CBG build for that reason. I can work fine in metric but don,t visualize in metric as well as imperial. Any time I buy a tape I look for one that has both.
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    all my goodies came today,looking forward to finishing this CBG why you ask , so i can start another one ...............................bob

    ps two more sleeps then we have the beach boys outdoor concert about 1km away from my house

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    DSC_0128.jpgDSC_0129.jpgjust need to wire up then screw back on ,really howls with the dog dish.55ml from front to back so i can actually fits over my stomach and i can still see the fretts .........bob

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    Looks great bob.
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