Pallet started life as a wooden pallet which I found at work. It was in really great condition . I am not sure what kind of wood it is but it has great color and grain. The only parts of guitar not made with the pallet wood is the top and bottom. I used 1/4″ […]
“My Fathers” This build started out as a My Father cigar box. I peeled off the label and then using a propane torch burnt the top of the box, leaving the bottom its natural color which gives this guitar a very nice contrast between light and dark wood. The neck is a 32″ piece of
This build is “HOG” I bought a new bike and received a metal tin from the Harley Owners Group, and it was the perfect size for a guitar. The tin started out grey which I decided to paint Harley colors, Black & Orange. I painted box, fret markers, sound hole covers, bridge, nut. The top
Here is a great project, I always enjoyed the sound of a Lap Steel so I thouhgt I would try and build one !! The great thing is that CBGITTY sells a 2×4 Lap Steel Guitar Kit. The kit comes with everything you need to build a Lap Steel, the only thing you need to
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Nos. IV 88 is the final hub cap guitar built from my 1988 Ford F-150, and is the most elaborate!! It has a 32″ piece of Hickory with a natural color sealed with Varathane Clear Gloss. Like its 3 predecessors it has the same 1/4″ routered round over detail on length of neck from the
Nos. III “88” is the third Hub Cap guitar build. This one I decided to make a bit fancier than the last two builds. I started with a 32″ piece of White Oak for the neck, that was stained and sealed with Varathane Clear Gloss . The neck also has 1/4″ round-over router
Nos. 2 – 88 is the second of 4 1988 Ford F – 150 Hub Cap builds. Nos. 2 is very similar to Nos. 1 in that it also has a 32″ pallet wood neck with pencil fret lines stained, sealed with a Varathane Clear Gloss. It also has a routered 1/4″ round-over detail along
This build has been inspired by my love of the chocolatey goodness that is Turtles, my wife normally buys me a box of the gooey chocolate snack at Christmas time. One year she happened to buy the metal tin box, the box has been hanging around my garage/workshop for the past several
The next build is “JAVA”, this box I bought in a lot of 10 Cigar Boxes on EBay. I picked this one because it is a great shape and the color. The Cigars are Nicaraguan by Drew Estate. So, lets get to it!! NECK Neck started out as a 36” inch piece of
My Next build is an Ever Quest tin game box from a buddy of mine. He had saved this box for a few years and while cleaning up his basement he came across it again. He thought I might be interested in making a CBG out of it, to which I said hell ya!!! This