A trick I herd before is to get the aluminum yardstick from Harbor freight. A little alcohol or acyatone will take off the printing. Then you can mark it up for your feet spacing or whatever.
Working in a small workshop is a special way to Zen. Beeing focused to your work is a good way got calm down. I like the art of love you put into you objects. Not only the result is important, the way of creating with a little love to the material makes a good result.
As long as you're there ...we're here . It's great to have this technology these days , because although you're all by yourself in that luthier cabin , we as individuals appreciate the communication. It is'nt as if you're only just talking into a camera eye . Yes, the long metal ruler is a great help , I cannot build a cbg without one .
Puck I wish I knew you . I understand why you love working in the shed or barn solitude jams sermons Third Day Offering CD you might like the sounds I jam to , I to agape my solitude peace my thoughts my hands creating, let's chat some time .I saw a card flash not long ago I missed it laptop died lol I've now hand carved my first Cigar box neck Puck your a rare find my friend know that and wise is the man that can truly call you Friend. Awesome scarf neck joint I hand carved mine lol all from one piece I was bored .look like the Concord Plane kinda . Thank you for all your awesome teaching lessons muchly appreciated Sir Puck.
I've been in His wood shed for 38 years Puck He's a Master Carpenter ,I meant what I said your a rare fine and blessed is the man that can call you Friend, soon all His Prodigals see and know who and what they are mankind can't explain us or our thought our action He uses the keeper things to confound the wise He's a global scale Genius. I wish you the very very Best in the seasons ahead Soon Peter walks on water in this generation soon has their blinders removed .
I have spent hrs in my humble little Gitty shop and look around and not much got done the day is over and I had a great day.... lol have a blessed week
I also use a metal yardstick . After watching this, I went to check it. It was not a Great Neck. But I wasn’t disappointed. Seems that I have a 36” Johnson.
I had to laugh 😂. I came in from the garage where I was making a neck! I’m building a ukulele out of a popsicle box! I was getting all efficient by pre-drilling all the necessary holes when I realized I put the tuner screw holes on the wrong side of the neck! D’oh!!! It’s 102F outside so I’ll blame the SNAFU on the heat. Oh well, that just gives me an excuse to practice putting veneer on the headstock to cover the errant holes.
Hi Del .Thanks for all your great videos, you are so inspirational. I am starting my first box for a CBG and gathering all the parts required. Can you please assist me, I'm confused with the string tuning winders regarding a set of 3Left&3Right or set of 6R what side of the neck they are used. All the best from Oz.
coolio...I have also cut up a steel retractable tape measure to create several different lengths of super acurate and lightweight rulers, we don't get Doug Fir over here but I did find a real nice hardwood stave stuck in the ground by the side of the road that some fool had attached a "danger" sign to, not sure what wood it is but has a sweet tight grain and is thick enough to carve a one piecer from, long enough to make a bass CBG if there is such a thing.
Hey Del.. just wondering.. when you cut the neck to build up the back angle you want different thickness of the neck at the bridge and at the neck of the cbg.. the neck will be levelled on the inside of tge cbg under the lid of the cbg.. but at the bottom of the cbg? in the neck position the neck fully contact the wood of the shim you put inside the cbg... but.. at the end of the cbg the bottom of the neck will be in contact with the wodden shim you put underr it inside of the cbg at an angle... so it won't be in full contact with the wodden shim/spacer... am i right? it will be against the spacer at the front but a little off in the back.. letting sone air and not in full contact with the spacer.. right?
Thanks for your video's. I hope you accept tips from your fans. To make your Neck even Greater, try using about 3-4 applications of Kiwi brown shoe polish on your fret board. Use a lot of vigorous buffing as that will fill in all those small and micro cracks or grooves, whatever you call them making the fret board smoother. Don't use cheap polish, it doesn't work. You can also use different color polish depending on the result you want. I was taught that technique by a master luthier when I was a apprentice and we used it on high end guitar necks. I hope you will try it and let me know what you think. Thanks, God Bless, and keep up the good work.
Nice neck !! Del, have you ever used tung oil for a finish ? I've got a can and I was wondering if it would work on the boxes and necks. Can you let me know? Thanks del.
I find this particular video very interesting.. I really can relate to what you say about being able to sit and sand and shape and nit-pick on every detail a building the guitars you make. So far I've built two cigar box guitars. I got great personal satisfaction by spending the time in building the guitar myself.I certainly could have bought one or two or even three if I wanted. This particular video caught my eye because it talked about a great neck. But through all the time I spent and effort neither one of the great necks that I made we're not worth even worth two cents. The reason I say that is because both of them sound like crap. And so far the main reason that I can see for that being the case is because my fretboard isn't right.Before I started my builds I searched and searched for a template for a fretboard.. I saw a video by someone else that had built a guitar that sounded great. They even offered a download of a printable template that they said they used in their build. For some reason it didn't work that well for me. A great neck or any other part of the guitar seems to be useless without a great fretboard.
A trick I herd before is to get the aluminum yardstick from Harbor freight. A little alcohol or acyatone will take off the printing. Then you can mark it up for your feet spacing or whatever.
Working in a small workshop is a special way to Zen. Beeing focused to your work is a good way got calm down. I like the art of love you put into you objects. Not only the result is important, the way of creating with a little love to the material makes a good result.
As long as you're there ...we're here . It's great to have this technology these days , because although you're all by yourself in that luthier cabin , we as individuals appreciate the communication. It is'nt as if you're only just talking into a camera eye . Yes, the long metal ruler is a great help , I cannot build a cbg without one .
I found your channel from the "recommended" list and have been binge watching your videos for 3 days. Thank you for all of the great information.
Puck I wish I knew you . I understand why you love working in the shed or barn solitude jams sermons Third Day Offering CD you might like the sounds I jam to ,
I to agape my solitude peace my thoughts my hands creating, let's chat some time .I saw a card flash not long ago I missed it laptop died lol I've now hand carved my first
Cigar box neck Puck your a rare find my friend know that and wise is the man that can truly call you Friend. Awesome scarf neck joint I hand carved mine lol all from one piece I was bored .look like the Concord Plane kinda . Thank you for all your awesome teaching lessons muchly appreciated Sir Puck.
thank you for your kind words Tony. Glad to know some people ‘get it’ heheheee 😎
I've been in His wood shed for 38 years Puck He's a Master Carpenter ,I meant what I said your a rare fine and blessed is the man that can call you Friend, soon all His Prodigals see and know who and what they are mankind can't explain us or our thought our action He uses the keeper things to confound the wise He's a global scale Genius. I wish you the very very Best in the seasons ahead Soon Peter walks on water in this generation soon has their blinders removed .
I have spent hrs in my humble little Gitty shop and look around and not much got done the day is over and I had a great day.... lol have a blessed week
Stay humble my friend...
Puckett Cigar Box Guitar God is good my friend...
Thanks for showing us .... im siting in my garage finishing up a built and thought id check youtube and here you are
Have a great week with you great neck yard stick. God Bless stay safe
I also use a metal yardstick . After watching this, I went to check it. It was not a Great Neck. But I wasn’t disappointed. Seems that I have a 36” Johnson.
That’s great! I’m tempted to try a scarf joint soon. I’m only on #3 and have #4’s head stock cut out already. Thanks for the inspiration Del!😁😎
Use a 1 inch round over bit to get the back of the neck right.
i wish my router would hold one that big
I like this....a lot 🎼🎸~~~~~~~~~
Yeeeah! Now you have the opportunity to make a video about a metric cigar box!!!!
" So ... you wanna build a metric cigar box guitar ??? "
:)
I had to laugh 😂. I came in from the garage where I was making a neck! I’m building a ukulele out of a popsicle box! I was getting all efficient by pre-drilling all the necessary holes when I realized I put the tuner screw holes on the wrong side of the neck! D’oh!!! It’s 102F outside so I’ll blame the SNAFU on the heat. Oh well, that just gives me an excuse to practice putting veneer on the headstock to cover the errant holes.
Hi Del .Thanks for all your great videos, you are so inspirational. I am starting my first box for a CBG and gathering all the parts required. Can you please assist me, I'm confused with the string tuning winders regarding a set of 3Left&3Right or set of 6R what side of the neck they are used. All the best from Oz.
coolio...I have also cut up a steel retractable tape measure to create several different lengths of super acurate and lightweight rulers, we don't get Doug Fir over here but I did find a real nice hardwood stave stuck in the ground by the side of the road that some fool had attached a "danger" sign to, not sure what wood it is but has a sweet tight grain and is thick enough to carve a one piecer from, long enough to make a bass CBG if there is such a thing.
Hey Del.. just wondering.. when you cut the neck to build up the back angle you want different thickness of the neck at the bridge and at the neck of the cbg.. the neck will be levelled on the inside of tge cbg under the lid of the cbg.. but at the bottom of the cbg? in the neck position the neck fully contact the wood of the shim you put inside the cbg... but.. at the end of the cbg the bottom of the neck will be in contact with the wodden shim you put underr it inside of the cbg at an angle... so it won't be in full contact with the wodden shim/spacer... am i right? it will be against the spacer at the front but a little off in the back.. letting sone air and not in full contact with the spacer.. right?
Do I put varnish in between the frets on the neck or just leave it stained?
Thanks for your video's. I hope you accept tips from your fans.
To make your Neck even Greater, try using about 3-4 applications of Kiwi brown shoe polish on your fret board. Use a lot of vigorous buffing as that will fill in all those small and micro cracks or grooves, whatever you call them making the fret board smoother. Don't use cheap polish, it doesn't work. You can also use different color polish depending on the result you want.
I was taught that technique by a master luthier when I was a apprentice and we used it on high end guitar necks.
I hope you will try it and let me know what you think. Thanks, God Bless, and keep up the good work.
Nice neck !! Del, have you ever used tung oil for a finish ? I've got a can and I was wondering if it would work on the boxes and necks. Can you let me know? Thanks del.
It will
@@waltdavis29 thanks walt, I appreciate it. !
A believer on a mission!
When i saw the ruler I though you made a fretboard out off it. Wonder how a slide CBG with metal fretboard would sound like
I thought you were going to end with "Ok guys, enough of me rambling, time for me to RAMBLE ON!" (Led Zeppelin reference)
Hey, just asking. What do you use for the hinge on your CBGs? I've been trying to find some but can't.
What about the glue joints? Are they intentionally left visible?
I often sand them away...
Let's Make A Neck Great Again! (for at least another 4 years ;-))
I just checked and there are at least five different places in the US called Great Neck. Who knew?
I find this particular video very interesting.. I really can relate to what you say about being able to sit and sand and shape and nit-pick on every detail a building the guitars you make. So far I've built two cigar box guitars. I got great personal satisfaction by spending the time in building the guitar myself.I certainly could have bought one or two or even three if I wanted. This particular video caught my eye because it talked about a great neck. But through all the time I spent and effort neither one of the great necks that I made we're not worth even worth two cents. The reason I say that is because both of them sound like crap. And so far the main reason that I can see for that being the case is because my fretboard isn't right.Before I started my builds I searched and searched for a template for a fretboard.. I saw a video by someone else that had built a guitar that sounded great. They even offered a download of a printable template that they said they used in their build. For some reason it didn't work that well for me. A great neck or any other part of the guitar seems to be useless without a great fretboard.
An a neck just be a straight slab?
Because, that way it'll turn out to be a.... you know. Cosmic confirmation of what you're about if I ever saw it.
Do you give me a cigar box guitar?How many price of is it??
Doug Fir is about as soft a wood as you can find. Personally, Id steer clear of it.
go to bed man, do it all again tomorrow.