Cigar Box Guitar - PICKUPS

[@FantaconeBoxWorksCBG]

That is a cool hack to that basic pickup. The rooster compliments your new flannel

[@rohlfing63]

Thanks for the tip Del on modding the pickup. Do me a favor though - grab your glasses to protect your eyes when you are snipping the plastic with the side cutters - would hate for a little flying piece of plastic to get in the way of any future videos!

[@troykurz9615]

Nice build, love the tones. Once you get into building and playing these little guitars it becomes hard to stop.

[@PuckettCigarBoxGuitar]

welcome to the club 😜

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

I've been wanting to try my hand at winding my own pickups for quite some time, collected the wire, magnets, etc etc ... just can't get up to the winding stage... I watch alot of guys just free wheeling with a bobbing stuck to a drill and guys using sophisticated devices that count the winds etc ... just haven't got that far yet...

[@PuckettCigarBoxGuitar]

lemme know when you do … i’m interested

[@dgperforms1]

I use Dominger Custom Hand Wound Pickups in all my regular Guitars. I reached out to Joce Dominger to make me so e CBG pickups. We are collaborating. I'll keep you posted. We are working on so e Humbuckers to replicate the SD JB and 59 but for CBG's righ now. I'll keep you posted

[@PuckettCigarBoxGuitar]

awesome

[@ericshaffer9823]

Del, dontcha hate the annoying guy that points out that in the beginning it sounded like you were going to explain more about how a pickup works and how to build one. Maybe it was a note on the cuff of the first sleeve you tailored... 😂 sounds great, and shirt is looking good!

[@PuckettCigarBoxGuitar]

i’ve never actually “built” my own pickup. i’m too intimidated. but that’s an awesome idea for a great video. i like it

[@bryanmaddox1434]

Awesome video buddy what diameter strings do you use and recommend

[@thecigarboxguitarbuilder1860]

You are awesome Del. Keep rocking man!

[@mikestaples9044]

Hey Del! Another great one. How and why do you choose a particular scale length over another? I saw the video where you had a yardstick as the fretboard and chose 24” scale so the the 12” mark lined up with the twelfth fret but beyond that how do you decide? Do you have a video that addresses these choices?

[@PuckettCigarBoxGuitar]

my “favorite” scale for the CBG is 23 inch . it just ‘feels’ right and looks proportional to the smaller boxes. i take into consideration where the saddle will land and sometimes that affects scale choice. other times i just choose different scale lengths simply to try them out …. it’s not a very complicated process 🤓

[@-jank-willson]

@PuckettCigarBoxGuitar Can you do a video on minor tunings like DAC?

[@PuckettCigarBoxGuitar]

i’ll start experimenting 😎

[@-jank-willson]

@@PuckettCigarBoxGuitar it's commonly used on dulcimers (the 'shady grove' tuning), but I think it could work fine on CBG's too.

[@kimberlymarie9512]

Thanks for the lesson 😁

[@PuckettCigarBoxGuitar]

My pleasure!

[@richardfletcher8922]

Another great video! I have a question Del, when you do a scarf joint headstock do you cut or “thin down” the headstock piece to have longer tuner pegs to get a better wrap of the strings?

[@PuckettCigarBoxGuitar]

most often yes… 😀

[@tonysansom]

The irregularly shaped magnet on the bottom of the hand-wound pickup looked like it was from a computer hard drive.

[@PuckettCigarBoxGuitar]

interesting

[@gotherecom]

Too lazy to re-shoot where the action goes out of view? This is supposed to be SHOW and tell.

[@PuckettCigarBoxGuitar]

yup