Hello all,
I'm now up to my 5th CBG and fell into a nice lot of boxes to work with. I have some wonderful Fuentes boxes that are wood with paper labels. The CBGs I have built so far have all been solid wood with no labels and they sound great! I was just wondering though..... would the paper covering on the boxes damp vibrations?
My Oliva and 1960 boxes just ring like a bell when strummed. When you tap the paper covered boxes they just seem to be a bit "dead" but I'm wondering if it might not be my imagination. I love the artwork on the paper covered boxes but my affinity to wood is pulling me that way.
Any thoughts on that?
Gene
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Ha, ha,. I like all the comments, especially Phrygian's. Of my top 4 home builts, 2 are paper /fiber board, one is wood and one is a hubcap.
I've about decided that if you want to get the most acoustic volume, then go with a reso. After that, it's solid wood, then after that any ol' square thing will do! The little piezo acoustic pickups they sell here can really take just about anything and get you "out there" with an amp. I've wrapped them in leather and in high density polyfoam and they STILL crank!
Nah.... I can be REALLY loud and REALLY bad too! But I do plan on building the lot!
I've built everything from steel pan, to dulcimers, to hurdy gurdies to bagpipes. And in the two months and 6 CBG's I've built so far I've never had so much fun! C.B. Bitty is probably getting to expect my order every week (gotta stop that!) and there is no end in sight. The best part is, I stand a real chance at being able to make some music on these. More so than I did on anything else I've built. Anybody know how to play a harp?
That's just wrong. I'm still wiping my eyes.
That ought to be a signature...
...First, you suck. Then, you blow.
;-)
Then, you practice like crazy,
hehehehe.......ya know there is a ton of truth in that last statement Kid- I reckon you and I would get along just fine. i would think it.....and you would say it. Not neccessarily in that order either.
I like the Cohiba boxes they are Spanish cedar but if you look inside the box it looks just like mahogany which it is a relative of.
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