Very nice. I really like the way you get right down to it and show how you do things. No messin around. Love your style of playin to. Thanx for the motivation. Don.
Michael, Michael, Michael .... oh yeah! You did it again! That's one of the coolest and most beautyful CBG ever! Good, that you asked us all, good that you have changed the direction of the box for this build. It's so nice! And - brillant idea regarding the pick up below the top of the box. I will follow your vids to watch what will come ... Do you show the builds of the other boxes too? I guess I'm not the only one who like to follow that! Best regards from good old Germany.
Thank you Klaus, Yes, I have a lot of videos showing the building of other CBG's. I have a PlayList on my UA-cam channel called "HowTo" Building Videos that has some cool builds. Here is a link to the play list ua-cam.com/video/tgsFiQXSlQY/v-deo.html
Ha! You’re doing (well, you Did) exactly what I planned on doing to my license plate guitar that I messaged you regarding pickup recommendation just last night! My pickup will be a lot closer to the strings so I’m hoping it’ll be ok. Thanks Mike!
Michael thanks for another great video. I am new to building CBGs, I almost have #12 finished. A friend ask me if I had heard of a CBG and told me to UA-cam them. I thought I have got to have one of those so I You Tubbed how to build a CBG and found your videos. That was a great find thanks for all of the info. Oscar
I put my pickups under the license plate on my license plate guitars. I have never had a problem with the sound. It always sounds great. It gives you a very clean looking top on the license plate guitar.
Michael, I would have gambled £100 to a £1 or $100 to a $1 that I have watched all your video's but I can't remember this one where you asked for people's opinions on which way to place the fretboard on the cigar box. Anyway, The CBG looked & sounded Great as always. I think You & the peoples choice was correct but then, Your always very clever & a Perfectionist. Thank You Michael & God Bless you all.
Thanks Peter, I had some unusual shaped boxes, and I asked for some ideas on build CBG's out of them. Thanks for checking out the videos. It was this one. ua-cam.com/video/get2g3Mh0o0/v-deo.html
Michael, As soon as I put the video on, I noticed the thumbs-up & when I looked I did leave a comment, Sorry Mate, Thanks Anyway, God Bless you all. P.S.OLD AGE.
Nice job, I put a back angle on about 50% of my builds. I find it easier to get a real low action. Every guitar is different and a learning experience. Love your videos.
@@TonyBrown-lf5nj it sounds like your frets are not level, or the action might be too low in that area, so when your fretting the note the string is touching both frets at the same time giving you the same pitch on each fret. Hope that helps. M~
Hey Michael. Carl from Canada here again. Just a thought that I’m sure you must have looked at too, but couldn’t you have created an excessive back angle on the neck build? That would have obviously allowed for the taper in the box itself, thereby reducing the string height from the box top. This I think would have allowed you to use your original choice for the pickup. Just a thought from an untrained ignoramus!! Still an awesome build and a great sound. Keep well my friend.
@@SouthernFireGuitars The one and only, Albert King that is! Yeah, but he started with a CBG. I'd put a greenback on that it wasn't as nice as that build?
Woooow ;-) :-) what a great sound Michael.. You simply do it just so perfect by this CBG strange box ..in the end you did it with succcess Yes..there are something to learn in many things..and with some patiently it will end up good as you Michael just have show us here :-) Well done friend - 10-4 - see you at the " next stop " hehe ;-) Roger over and out ..bzzzzzz " Dog Spirit " P-M Denmark.
Well it worked. I would have suggested putting the neck at the same angle of the box top. That would have helped your original pickup work the way you wanted it to.
Try wiring the pickup to a jack then plug it in to any amp and hold the pickup in your fingers and move in and away from any guitar as you pluck the strings? Should be able to get a feel for the size of the invisible magnetic field and also hear where the sweet spot is and make note of the distance measurement to the strings. Too close is bad, too far away and your not in the magnetuc field sufficiently to alter it info a signal. Maybe following the box top angle parallel to it would make it the same as a rectangle box build for neck and string position?
I like the shape of that box. I noticed that if you had angled your neck it would have turn out lower to the box and fret board. Making the pick up work much better. Just saying.
I was thinking the same but that easy for me to say after it's done and thinks didn't go as planned. Lord knows I have a pile of completed good ideas that didn't work out as thought in my shop.
Hey Michael, another great one! Just wondering if the neck had been fitted parallel to the top of the box rather than the bottom, it that would have allowed the humbucker to respond better? For example lowering the neck where it enters the box and shimming it up more at the rear.
Why not trading to recess the bridge so to lower the strings over the box while keeping the neck a bit angled? Do you think the neck’s angle would be too much and affecting the playability? If you are ever going to redo the neck think about a Russian balalaika. Cheers. Paolo
Thanks Paolo. That might be an idea. There's probably a lot of different designs that could be done on any cigar box guitar, I think the finished guitar came out great and sounded pretty darn good. I can no longer change or redo the neck, because it has found a new home in the Netherlands. M~
Michael, I picked up two boxes yesterday based on size an graffics. Unfortunately when I got home an looked closer, I see MDF. So what pick up do you recommend?
Hey Robert, I hate when that happens lol And we've all done it, you think you have a nice wood box, then find out the top, or the whole thing is MDF. Depending on how its made, some will cut better than others. To avoid even cutting it, I would throw a top of the box flat pickup on it. MGBGuitars or CBGitty have them. Good luck with it. M~
@southernfireguitar745 Hey Michael, I've been trying to reach you. I set up a telegram account. But not sure how to reach you. Let me know what you have 😃 for me
@@SouthernFireGuitars watch HF this year, they are switching to the Costco/Sams business model. You will need to pay memberahip to save, no more catalog of coupons to the general public.
Nice try Michael. Yes the physics of this guitar are wrong. If you were to put a new neck in it or with an appropriate back set the physics will be back it line. Back set would be the height difference when squared across the box plus 1/4 to 3/8 of an inch. Depending upon the height you want the fret board visa vee the box , then the flat pup will work fine. Also the 2k flat pup is more responsive than the 4k one and should work better in it's under the lid role.
I really like the way this guitar came out, Thanks every body for the good ideas.
its always a good day when i see that you uploaded a vid.
Thank you zip zip. I appreciate that M~
cuz of your videos i made myself a 3 string slide and i love messing with it thank you for turning me onto it love your videos thats a sweet build
Thanks you daniel, Congrats on your CBG build, they are fun/ M~
This is one of my favourite projects of yours Michael. Superb .
Thank you, Neil. M~
Very nice. I really like the way you get right down to it and show how you do things. No messin around. Love your style of playin to. Thanx for the motivation. Don.
Thank you, Don I appreciate that. M~
Michael, Michael, Michael .... oh yeah! You did it again! That's one of the coolest and most beautyful CBG ever! Good, that you asked us all, good that you have changed the direction of the box for this build. It's so nice! And - brillant idea regarding the pick up below the top of the box. I will follow your vids to watch what will come ... Do you show the builds of the other boxes too? I guess I'm not the only one who like to follow that! Best regards from good old Germany.
Thank you Klaus, Yes, I have a lot of videos showing the building of other CBG's. I have a PlayList on my UA-cam channel called "HowTo" Building Videos that has some cool builds. Here is a link to the play list ua-cam.com/video/tgsFiQXSlQY/v-deo.html
Nice sound for a piezo, more like a flying wedge than a V. l really like it. Going to have to build one.
Thanks Jeff, Yes, but wedge doesn't sounds as cool LOL
You're making the V! Yay!
Thanks David, Yes, came out great.
Ha! You’re doing (well, you Did) exactly what I planned on doing to my license plate guitar that I messaged you regarding pickup recommendation just last night! My pickup will be a lot closer to the strings so I’m hoping it’ll be ok. Thanks Mike!
Thanks Johnny. Very cool! Good luck with it. M~
Brilliant solution!
Thank you Dave. it worked out great. M~
Hah! I actually played this very thing today. Plays great! Action's a little high on the bridge side, but it's a thing of beauty!
Thank you Highlander, yes it sure is purdy. :)
@@SouthernFireGuitars I haven't tried it on an amp yet, but I sure will.
@@TheHighlander71 Cool, it sounds good on a amp too.
Great build, looks and sounds great.
Thank you, Joel. M~
Your cbg’s are so quality built. It’s like the Gibson of cbg’s.
Thank you, Jake. I appreciate that. M~
Michael thanks for another great video. I am new to building CBGs, I almost have #12 finished. A friend ask me if I had heard of a CBG and told me to UA-cam them. I thought I have got to have one of those so I You Tubbed how to build a CBG and found your videos. That was a great find thanks for all of the info. Oscar
Your welcome, Oscar. Thanks for watching. M~
Thanks Michael 🇧🇷🐺
sound great.
Turned out well Michael and definitely worth a try for the magnetic pick up, Davy
Thanks David, very weird shaped box. I will definitely do it again in another build. M~
Informative. Thank you. Was curious about the distance needed between the pick up and the strings. Formulating ideas.
Thanks Nina, I like to get as close as possible, but every guitar is different. M~
Wow sounds awesome ❤
Looks and sounds great!
Thank you, Steve. M~
Looks and sounds awesome!!! 🍻
Thank you, Bill . M~
Very kool no Friken awesome very Cool idea Sir .
Thank you, Tony :)
I put my pickups under the license plate on my license plate guitars. I have never had a problem with the sound. It always sounds great. It gives you a very clean looking top on the license plate guitar.
Cool, I'll have to try that with a license plate guitar. Thanks
Really cool sound and that grain nice 👍🏼
Thanks Marty. M~
Yer such a smart feller...looks cool!
Thanks Gibfen. M~
Thats sum badassery right there
Now that's a word you don't see everyday "badassery" LOL Thanks Frank
Hey Michael GREAT JOB!!
Thank you Hal. M~
Michael, I would have gambled £100 to a £1 or $100 to a $1 that I have watched all your video's but I can't remember this one where you asked for people's opinions on which way to place the fretboard on the cigar box. Anyway, The CBG looked & sounded Great as always. I think You & the peoples choice was correct but then, Your always very clever & a Perfectionist. Thank You Michael & God Bless you all.
Thanks Peter, I had some unusual shaped boxes, and I asked for some ideas on build CBG's out of them. Thanks for checking out the videos. It was this one. ua-cam.com/video/get2g3Mh0o0/v-deo.html
Michael, As soon as I put the video on, I noticed the thumbs-up & when I looked I did leave a comment, Sorry Mate, Thanks Anyway, God Bless you all. P.S.OLD AGE.
@@peterhaynes8258 Thank you, Peter. God Bless
Nice job, I put a back angle on about 50% of my builds. I find it easier to get a real low action. Every guitar is different and a learning experience. Love your videos.
Thanks Neil. I agree, every guitar is different and a learning experience. M~
Sounds Greeeat love the bluegrass tones
Thanks Tony, I like that sound :)
I wish i could fret my cigar box guitar neck i ended up with two frets with the same note Explain to this rookie builder how does that occur please .
@@TonyBrown-lf5nj it sounds like your frets are not level, or the action might be too low in that area, so when your fretting the note the string is touching both frets at the same time giving you the same pitch on each fret. Hope that helps. M~
Hey Michael. Carl from Canada here again. Just a thought that I’m sure you must have looked at too, but couldn’t you have created an excessive back angle on the neck build? That would have obviously allowed for the taper in the box itself, thereby reducing the string height from the box top. This I think would have allowed you to use your original choice for the pickup. Just a thought from an untrained ignoramus!! Still an awesome build and a great sound. Keep well my friend.
Thanks Carl, that may have worked. I think it would have made the whole thing look a little crooked, but that's just me. Definitely a weird shape box.
LOVE the tone! Can't wait to find one myself!
@@deanfrancis8953 Thanks Dean
Very informative Michael. Great thing about building CBGs, trial and error. They are not made to be perfect!!!
Thanks Texas. I agree
Awesome guitar, you really should make a video of that little riff you played on the intro of the guitar. Sounds awesome. :-)
Thanks Lance, I just might do that. M~
It sounds great 👍 looks cool
Thank you, Terry 😎
Man, it really has a good sound. So crisp and clean! Old too, Albert King would be proud.
Thanks Jack, Yeah, but Albert King played a real Flying V :)
@@SouthernFireGuitars The one and only, Albert King that is! Yeah, but he started with a CBG. I'd put a greenback on that it wasn't as nice as that build?
@@DavidAndersoniiVI Thanks brother.
Woooow ;-) :-) what a great sound Michael..
You simply do it just so perfect by this CBG strange box ..in the end you did it with succcess Yes..there are something to learn in many things..and with some patiently it will end up good as you Michael just have show us here :-)
Well done friend - 10-4 - see you at the " next stop " hehe ;-)
Roger over and out ..bzzzzzz
" Dog Spirit "
P-M Denmark.
Thank you P-M I appreciate that. M~
Well it worked. I would have suggested putting the neck at the same angle of the box top. That would have helped your original pickup work the way you wanted it to.
Thanks Dave, If I do another one I will definitely try that. M~
Look me up on UA-cam and Facebook. I like how you think man.
David Markham
@@davidmarkham4391 I will check it out, Thanks Dave. M~
Perhaps you could do a neck reset. Bring your angle down slightly to get closer to the top of the box
Thanks Dave. That might have worked, sure, but that gitty has been sold, and on its way to a new home. M~
I want to see the Rocky Patel tool Box Lap slide guitar!
Thanks Adam, I have some ideas for that one, you'll see it very soon :) M~
Hot Coffee is the Best 😅, Nice Video 💪👍🎸
It sure is. lol Thanks F. Kohl
Try wiring the pickup to a jack then plug it in to any amp and hold the pickup in your fingers and move in and away from any guitar as you pluck the strings? Should be able to get a feel for the size of the invisible magnetic field and also hear where the sweet spot is and make note of the distance measurement to the strings. Too close is bad, too far away and your not in the magnetuc field sufficiently to alter it info a signal. Maybe following the box top angle parallel to it would make it the same as a rectangle box build for neck and string position?
Thanks Hobby, very interesting.
Should put piezo rod in bridge under saddle.
That would work. M~
You could have reangled the neck to get the strings closer to the pickup.
Thanks Cris, well, Of course I could have. M~
That's a flying trapezoid bro not a V , sweet build as usual 👍👍🇦🇺
You give me some idea’s for my Crazy Alice cigar box. Thanks
That's cool, good luck with it. M~
Cool build, it’s a trapezoid.
Thanks Geoff, But Flying Trapezoid doesn't quite have the ring to it. 😎
@@SouthernFireGuitars True dat...but it’s definitely unique.
@@geoffspakes lol I agree there.
@@SouthernFireGuitars Needs a Randy Rhoads paint scheme!! ;-)
@@geoffspakes That would be cool
I like the shape of that box. I noticed that if you had angled your neck it would have turn out lower to the box and fret board. Making the pick up work much better. Just saying.
Thanks, Yes, a nice back angle would have worked great on this one.
I was thinking the same but that easy for me to say after it's done and thinks didn't go as planned. Lord knows I have a pile of completed good ideas that didn't work out as thought in my shop.
Hey Michael, another great one! Just wondering if the neck had been fitted parallel to the top of the box rather than the bottom, it that would have allowed the humbucker to respond better? For example lowering the neck where it enters the box and shimming it up more at the rear.
Thanks Steve, I was thinking that, but then I thought it would have made the guitar look kind of crooked lol
That's using the ol noggin. I like the way you handled the entire build.
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Thanks Craig, Yes its FREE lol
Why not make the the neck flush with the top of the box instead of the bottom?
to me, it seems like it would have made the whole guitar look crooked. Definitely a weird shape.
Question why not put the humbucker under the bridge Hmm change it up .test in order
Hey Tony, I did that, but it didn't sound as good as I thought it would. I will it again on another build. M~
Why not trading to recess the bridge so to lower the strings over the box while keeping the neck a bit angled? Do you think the neck’s angle would be too much and affecting the playability? If you are ever going to redo the neck think about a Russian balalaika. Cheers. Paolo
Sorry it was “trying” to...
Thanks Paolo. That might be an idea. There's probably a lot of different designs that could be done on any cigar box guitar, I think the finished guitar came out great and sounded pretty darn good. I can no longer change or redo the neck, because it has found a new home in the Netherlands. M~
A shame it did not work out with the humbucker. Was it the 4.0 from MGB or the 2.0?
Thanks Joe, It was a 4.0, ohh but don't worry, I will use it in another. I have a nice antique cover for it. :) M~
Enough room under the strings to put a normal humbucker 😊
Thanks Big Keg, Yes, but I didn't want to cut holes in that top, that's why I went for under the box top. M~
I wonder what would have happened if the neck was lower. Instead on having the angled front, the back would be angled.
Thanks Eric, that would have been another way of doing it, that's for sure. M~
Michael, I picked up two boxes yesterday based on size an graffics. Unfortunately when I got home an looked closer, I see MDF. So what pick up do you recommend?
Hey Robert, I hate when that happens lol And we've all done it, you think you have a nice wood box, then find out the top, or the whole thing is MDF. Depending on how its made, some will cut better than others. To avoid even cutting it, I would throw a top of the box flat pickup on it. MGBGuitars or CBGitty have them. Good luck with it. M~
@southernfireguitar745 Hey Michael, I've been trying to reach you. I set up a telegram account. But not sure how to reach you. Let me know what you have 😃 for me
Shoulda woulda coulda canted the neck angle in relation to the top.
Thanks Greg, that was an option.
I don’t care what everyone says. flying trapezoid does sound cool
Thanks hallobre. LOL
Good sir, is that a PEC you are holding up to the lid?
Thanks Hobby, not sure of the question. M~
Brand of square, was curious, looks like mine I have in my garage.
@@pd8559 Harbor Freight special. :)
@@SouthernFireGuitars watch HF this year, they are switching to the Costco/Sams business model. You will need to pay memberahip to save, no more catalog of coupons to the general public.
@@pd8559 good to know, thanks. I was wondering why I haven't got a coupon book for a while.
Too bad you hadn’t followed the lid instead of the bottom but it does give a lot of picking room.
Thanks Bob, It was a weird box, for sure.
Lol that's just sexxxy
Thanks Tony
Nice try Michael. Yes the physics of this guitar are wrong. If you were to put a new neck in it or with an appropriate back set the physics will be back it line. Back set would be the height difference when squared across the box plus 1/4 to 3/8 of an inch. Depending upon the height you want the fret board visa vee the box , then the flat pup will work fine. Also the 2k flat pup is more responsive than the 4k one and should work better in it's under the lid role.
Thanks Robert for the info. I will do another under the lid build soon, with a normal size box, might give the 2k flat pup a try with it M~
@@SouthernFireGuitars one can temp attach a pick ups to the lid with masking tape and try them out before choosing one and gluing it in.
@@robertjeglum4657 Yes, thanks Robert.