Liked the Gitty and Delta buckers the best. The Delta had the best thump and had a mystic tone!

@SouthernFireGuitars

4 ай бұрын

Thank you David. I do like the THUMP. M~

Just wanted to shout out a thanks for sharing your content and wonderful information. I have around 6-7 KZread channels that I go to, while learning the craft of building. You, Puckett, and Snowden have taught me so much. Thank you very much, Chuck McCoy

@SouthernFireGuitars

4 ай бұрын

Thank you Chuck. I appreciate that. M~ 😎

3 more great builds Michael. Great job on all of them! I think my favourites are the gritty bucker & the resonator. But like I said all of 'em are great builds.

@SouthernFireGuitars

4 ай бұрын

Thanks DK. Got a few more resonators coming. 😎

Awesome sound for them all!!

They all sound great, like the last one the best. Glad you like my flathead 660 with the red neck.

@SouthernFireGuitars

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Michael, The FlatHead did look great. M~

Thank you for a good comparison. The snake oil and the gittybucker.sound very similar - both more mid-range and treble biased. To me the Delta had the warmest sound - and that says a lot when you're comparing a short scale to two longer scales - short scales generally being brighter sounding.. I've been testing some different pickup designs lately - first putting the test pickup on a 4-string solid body with 10's - three plain strings and one wound, then putting the same pickup on a 3 string CBG with all wound strings - the gauges commonly used. The all wound string set-up is a lot more forgiving when it comes to string-to-string volume balance and tone. The solid body with the standard set of electric guitar strings (3 plain, one wound) is a much more critical test of a pickup's sound attributes and balance - especially when playing high notes on the 1st and 2nd strings. Thanks again! I enjoy checking out your latest builds.

@SouthernFireGuitars

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips. M~

Loved all 3

I like them all, but delta bucker is my favorite, followed by the snake oil humbucker. I used a gittybucker on my first build, and my current build has the delta bucker. All 3 guitars you built are awesome, and I would be happy with any one of them. Great job!

@SouthernFireGuitars

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Thomas, Yeah, that DeltaBucker does sound good. M~

Great intonation.

the Grizzly pickup cover is very cool idea

@SouthernFireGuitars

2 ай бұрын

Thanks turninhorse. I have plenty lol

All 3 sound great! I’ve used that snake oil before, and it is a personal favorite.

@SouthernFireGuitars

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Michael. I too like that Snake Oil pickup. M~

I'd go with the delta bucker,if...it had a 4wire connectivity, because I like to wire humbuckes over a parallel switch to make them two side by side single coils. But...great Guitars as always.

@SouthernFireGuitars

4 ай бұрын

Cool idea, Thanks Ralf

Great vid man, great work you're doing down there. Thanks for showing off our goodies!

@SouthernFireGuitars

4 ай бұрын

Your welcome, Ben. Thanks for letting me try out the goods, they are awesome. M~ 😎

They all have there own unique sound but I kind of lean towards the resonator. I think they are all beautiful and sound great! I don't think you can make a bad guitar. Great job my friend!

@SouthernFireGuitars

4 ай бұрын

Thanks CountryBoy. I appreciate that. M~ 😎

Nice Guitars! I like the snuff can lid strap! I always felt bad about throwin those lids away like little frisbees. Now I know why. LOL

@SouthernFireGuitars

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Stetson, It worked pretty good. M~

Superb sound on all 3! I can't decide!

They all sound great. Those licks you were playing on the resonator were great!! Need to watch again to learn the picking.

@SouthernFireGuitars

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Gavin. M~

I think all 3 sounds great but the resisenatr sounds the best Bobby from Texas 😊

@SouthernFireGuitars

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Bobby 😎

Hmmm the Patriot has it for me. Love the big mellow sound of a bigger box.😃😃😍😍😎😎

@SouthernFireGuitars

4 ай бұрын

Thank you, Paul. M~

Hello Michael, all 3 sound really nice in their own way. If I had to make a wish, however, my choice would be the last CBG you played.

@SouthernFireGuitars

4 ай бұрын

Thank you, Uli. M~

I'm about to come up your drive way. But only come when invited. Roggiedale? The sound draws me like a magnet!

come on man! You gotta be playing out somewhere, Let us know.

Snake oil humbucker then the delta bucker

@SouthernFireGuitars

4 ай бұрын

Thanks John. 🎸

Mike I can't decide they were all great,but the Resonator was far superior. Happy Easter!

@SouthernFireGuitars

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Ron. M~

Love'm all, but if I had to choose I'd go the Black Lightening. I could just hear that in the dark when camping near a river or lake. I think it'd attract better things than fish!

@SouthernFireGuitars

4 ай бұрын

Thank you, SerialD. That would sound great. M~

Jeez its hard to pick a winner, but I give my No 1 vote to the Grizzly Patriot. They are all great sounding cbgs; well done Michael.

@SouthernFireGuitars

4 ай бұрын

Thank you, Ray. M~

Hi Michael, I like them all but if I had to pick it would be the resonator. 😂

@SouthernFireGuitars

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Jeff. 😉

How do you keep bridge 90deg to box and keep it Intonated Mike??? great job they sound great.

@SouthernFireGuitars

4 ай бұрын

The bridge is held in place my the string tension. it stays where I put it. M~

All 3 are are A+, you build great sounding instruments to be sure. Since I'm giving my opinion, I like the look of the lightning guitar best and I like the sound of the patriot best. Cheers.

@SouthernFireGuitars

4 ай бұрын

Thank you, Adam. M~

@adamwyman3859

4 ай бұрын

​@@SouthernFireGuitars I have a question about the patriot license plate guitar: Since the aluminum plates are thin flexible metal, do you add any internal bracing underneath to stiffen the plate? I've made a few guitars with old steel license plates which seem stiff enough to support a floating bridge. I'm interested in your thoughts...Thanks for sharing your knowledge, work and experience.

@SouthernFireGuitars

4 ай бұрын

@@adamwyman3859 Thanks Adam. The plate is screwed onto the box top, so that is it's support.

@adamwyman3859

4 ай бұрын

Ok, I see, the plate is another layer over the box top rather than its own top. I've used some older steel plates as the only top and they seemed stiff enough on their own at first but I found I got much better results when I added bracing underneath (like acoustic guitars have). I superglue the thin strips of bracing to the underside of the length of most of the plate with cross pieces as well. I like this method more than just supporting the spot under the bridge as I've seen others do. Thanks for your reply.

I like them all, especially in the neck position. Great sounds. Were they all tuned to E and used the Shane string set? I’m looking for a set to tune to E that’s not too heavy or too sloppy. You may have saved me a lot of hunting and experimenting. 👍

@SouthernFireGuitars

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Molly. They were all tuned to a open E. The Shane Speal strings we on the Patriot CBG, which sounded awesome. Gauges were nickle wound 046 32 022. 😀

@mollylewis7199

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info. Next I hunt for a set for DGd.

You put out great videos, thanks. I just bought the Giddy Buster and it hummed like crazy. I think I got a bad one and they are going to replace it. Great company. It actually quit working altogether the 2nd day. Did you have any problem with hum when installing yours? It seems to be a weak, low resistance pickup. Does it work with distortion very well? Thanks again.

@SouthernFireGuitars

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Jolly. No. mine worked great. you do have to give it a good ground and ground the strings of course. It work great with distortion too. M~ 😎

Think they all sound good

@SouthernFireGuitars

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Matt. 😎

Did you use a 500k volume potentiometer with that snake oil mini bucker?

@SouthernFireGuitars

4 ай бұрын

Yes, I did. M~

@DavidAndersoniiVI

4 ай бұрын

@@SouthernFireGuitars Is it true that some treble drops off when you roll the volume knob back?