Pablo's new CBG build

[pablopepper]

Alrighty, back with some progess and a few boo boos.


Fret slots cut. 95% happy, a couple of pulls missed the mark, but got there in the end. This tassie oak is some hard stuff. Next time I will be purchasing a mitre box to guarantee a parallel cut.

Glued the scarf joint together, left overnight and then bandsawed into a rough shape. Forgot to take my phone with me, so no pics sorry.

The major boo boo happened when trimming the sides to a decent width on the table saw. Accidentally ran the blade through the headstock fouling up my plans of a nice larger style. Eh, make it even on both sides and push on.

Finally on to carving! I've been looking forward to/dreading this moment.

Sawdust ahoy.

Surprisingly, it went quite well. The Shinto rasp is a fantastic tool for this.

[pablopepper]

Unfortunately while carving, I found a bit of a void in the wood.


Which meant I needed to fill the gap.

Superglue and sawdust about 5 times over and it's level. Still needs a lot of sanding.

Then, side dots.

For these, I drilled small holes at the appropriate frets, and filled with some stained black Timbermate. Then stabalised with more superglue. Not bad for a bit of a ghetto solution.

[FrankenWashie]

The major boo boo happened when trimming the sides to a decent width on the table saw. Accidentally ran the blade through the headstock fouling up my plans of a nice larger style. Eh, make it even on both sides and push on.

Didn't want to 'Ear" up for the extra width?

[pablopepper]

To be honest, I never thought of it!

[FrankenWashie]

dont know about Pabs, but I'd make both sections too long and be able to cut off each end to get it right...

Yeah, I'm in the process of drawing it out full size for a scratch build so I think I'll just do as you suggest. 2' long ought to be enough for the headstock right?

[stan]

Didn't want to 'Ear" up for the extra width?

it's good enough for PRS, it's how they get their shape...

great start Pabs

[wokkaboy]

necks looking good Pabs well done. How much fun are CBG's !

[DrNomis_44]

Always wanted to see how Cigar-Box Guitars were made, so I'm going to follow this thread with interest, looking good so far.

[Dedman]

I'm really temped but first to quote Monty Python "More apparatus please nurse!"

[pablopepper]

Over the weekend headstock got veneered, tuner holes drilled (wonky af, use a drill press next time), nut slot cut, nut made, abalone fret markers, got the frets in, did all the fret end work, the whole neck got fine sanded and first coat of oil.


This pic is from before the frets got beveled and rounded and before any finish.

Probably about time to start work on the box...