CBG's 028 - 033

028 was another Punch box. 18 frets, 635 mm scale length, piezo pickup and Tassie Oak neck and fretboard.

029 was the last of my perdomo boxes. 18 frets, 635 mm scale length, piezo pickup and tassie oak neck and fretboard. 

030 was a Romeo and Juliette brown coloured box. As stated earlier, the sides and top are made out of MDF  and the bottom is timbered ply. Not sure why but I really like these boxes. It has a nice and warm sound and sounds good either clean or distorted. 

031 was another resonator (cone from Mike Lowe of the US) CBG. It has a Camphor Laurel body (milled from our back yard about 8 – 9 years ago), Tassie Oak neck and printed markers on the fret board. This guitar sounds great either as an acoustic or an electric CBG (a single coil pickup) and I have really enjoyed making these. A different cone was used and the sound is a cross between a dobro and a banjo.

032 was another resonator CBG(cone from Mike Lowe of the US) . It has a Camphor Laurel body, Tassie Oak neck and printed markers on the fret board. This guitar sounds great either as an acoustic or an electric CBG (a single coil pickup) and I have really enjoyed making these. A different cone was used and the sound is a little more bluesy.

033 was a labour of love that I had to do. I have refined my original PT (the first guitar I ever made) by using only the box and part of the neck. Firstly I took off all the paper and painted the box with some rockabilly type flames, I then added a new headstock which I set at a slight angle and dowelled the headstock to the neck. I placed a rosewood inlay on the new headstock and used a new piezo. It has a Tassie Oak neck but no actual fretboard as I inserted the frets straight on to the neck (I started from 001 onwards glueing the fretboard onto the neck to make it stronger...this CBG seems fine as I have had it now for 2 years.)

I made the action a little higher so to play more slide and I am very impressed with how this one sounds. Not sure if it is the new piezo or the lack of paper on the box or even both...anyway, she plays and sounds great.

Finally, I have ordered a few more Perdomo, Cohiba, La Aroma and  other boxes from the US. I am trying some Klangbox pickups (they sound mighty nice) from Austria. A little cheaper than the Bob Harrison pickups...I will do some with the Bob Harrison pickups one day though. I also have now 2 x small dobro type resonator cones that I am currently working on to put in the La Aroma boxes so keep your eyes open for the new stuff over the next month or two.

Cheers all!