CBG's 37 - 40
037 was a house warming gift for my Brother-in-Law. I used a Penfold's Tawny Port Box and added a ply top and a larger sound hole than I normally would use. Same measurements again (635 mm or 25 inch scale length), 18 frets, telecaster style bridge, 3 strings and a piezo pickup. I have also started using 12 mm think timber for the neck (I have to glue an inlay onto the headstock as the headstock needs to be a minimum 15 mm to accommodate the tuning pegs) + the 7 or 8 mm fretboard to bring it up to about 20 mm thickness for the neck. It feels a bit more like a regular guitar neck to hold but I am not sure if it is better or not as a CBG is a little different to a guitar. It has a nice sound (not as loud as I thought it would be) and it looks pretty impressive next to his wine selection.
038, 039 and 040 are almost identical in design and construction as I wanted to experiment to see if a sound hole makes any difference...my view is that it seems to make no difference at all. Most of the sound comes from the box anyway so the holes are not really required. Cosmetically they do look good (e.g. Shane Speal's f holes look great and add character to his builds) but from an acoustic point of view, I don't think I am going to bother too much more with them in the future.
Anyway, same measurements again (635 mm or 25 inch scale length), 18 frets, rosewood floating bridge, 3 strings and a piezo pickup (tuned to AEA). I used 12 mm think timber for the neck + the 8 mm thickness fretboard to bring the necks up to about 20 mm thickness. In the past my neck thickness has been about 26 mm. Even though I have made a few of this design I still enjoy making them and I am always impressed with how good they do sound. The new piezo pickups that I am using might help as well...not as tiny sounding.
Finally, you can contact me now directly at: frankscigarboxguitars@gmail.com
Also, I have just started to post up some sounds of some of the latest CBG's that I have made at soundcloud.com
https://soundcloud.com/frankscigarboxguitars/cbg-34
https://soundcloud.com/frankscigarboxguitars/cbg-38
Till next time, keep building and keep playing even if it is just for yourself.
