Karmakaze's first CBG

[Karmakaze]

Hi all

Thanks for all the inspiration and build tips.  I had a lot of fun making this, now I'm having fun learning to play it.  I've built a few solid-body electric guitars, but CBG's seem a lot less stressful.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the pics.  Next up for me is a resonator CBG.

The head stock has an indian head nickel inlay.

[Richey Kay]

Looks great buddy - can you tell us any details?

[Karmakaze]

What details would you like?

I reinforced the inside corners of the box.  The neck runs through, with a shallow cut for the single coil pickup made by Dan Sleep. 

The neck is hard rock white maple with a grey stain, the finger board is waterfall bubinga, with abalone dots and black plastic side markers.

A bone nut.

A floating bridge I made myself from a piece of brass and some rosewood.

[Richey Kay]

That'll do nicely. Thanks for the info. Really cool job on the headstock, and did you make those knobs yourself?

[Karmakaze]

yes.  They were cut from scraps from an electric violin I built.  Cherry and lacewood with black-dyed poplar veneer in between.

[John Sawyer]

Beautiful.  1st build?  Doesn't look like it to me!