Hi Joe, thanks for requesting to be friends. I haven't had a lot of time to really study your work, but while watching your slide show what I see is cool. I like the amp. I just finished my 1st build. Now I'm putting everything together for a couple amps and a 3 string. Wish me luck.

Very cool Joe. I've got my first CBG under construction. I worked in Bay Minette for years for the County. I work in Loxley now, but live in Mobile. Have you been building very long?

Hi there Joe,
the bass in the photos is purely an experiment. The neck and body was made from two lengths of chep pine that were old bed laths. there is no angle to the neck and neither was it profiled. The tuners are old bass guitar ones. The cigar box is there to provide a resonant chamber for the single piezo disc and to hide the socket for the guitar lead. The neck is fretless whilst the nut and bridge are box wood (I think). The strings are held at the base in a manner favoured by ukulele builders.

Strings are strimmer lines of various thickness and are tuned to standard bass tuning.
Through my trusty old bass amp the instrument sounds good with a deep mellow sound. It is quite easy to play once you have become used to the scale which means the distance in "frets" is twice much greater than a bass guitar as the scale is 104 cm compared to a bass guitar of around 80 cm.

Later in the year I hope tobuild a second version with an angled neck and a hardwood construction.

Hello there Joe,
thankyou for your friends invite which I am happy to accept. Did I see a bass guitar on your phoyo'page? Are you a player?

I enjoyed looking at the 3 string.

Very nice, thanks and welcome to the Nation. Keep up the good work!
Bruce