CGB's # 034 - 036

CBG # 34

I ventured off into another direction with this guitar by using a resonator cone from Republic Guitars (I have been using other resonator cones from Mike Lowe in the US). This 6 1/4 " standard ukulele cone works well with the La Aroma cigar box. I also used a Klangbox "Original Flatpup" pickup and it sounds mighty nice. I am really impressed with these pickups...no volume control, just straight into the jack. They have a sweet warm sound but drive the amp a little, and they begin to break up very nicely.

The CBG has a 635 mm scale length, Tassie Oak neck and fretboard and this time it is a 4 string tuned G D G B. I like 4 strings as they give a little more harmonic variation in one's playing.

 CBG # 35

For this CBG I used a Cohiba box (very nice boxes), another Flatpup pickup and a 3 string telecaster type bridge. The neck is recycled Silky Oak with a Rosewood fret board. It has a 635 mm scale length, 18 frets and 3 strings tuned to D A D. This CBG sounds nice and swampy when played with a lot of reverb and growls when you crank the amp.

CBG # 36
I used another La Aroma box (they are a great size and easy to work with) and the same cone for the CBG. I also used again the same Klangbox "Original Flatpup" pickup as I love their sound. You can buy them from Elmar (www.original-flatpup.com) in Austria but he only takes orders every so often. I bought 4 (2 x 3 string and 2 x 4 string pickups) from him and I still have 1 x 3 string left that I am keeping for a rainy day:).

Once again, no volume control, just straight into the jack.  635 mm scale length, Tassie Oak neck and fretboard and this time I tuned the 4 strings  D A D F#. I didn't put a sound hole in this one as I didn't notice much of a difference when I did on CBG # 34. I have read on the Net that sound holes on CBG's are not really required as they are more cosmetic so I might try a few with and without to see what does work. I will keep the design almost identical on the next 3 builds.

The above 3 guitars took a little while longer to make than others so I might keep it a bit more simple for the next few guitars that I am going to make. I have a few other cigar boxes that I might try out.

Till next time, keep playing and making. Cheers!