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I just wanted to thank everyone who commented on my CBG build. I apologize for taking so long to write back. The idea for the saw blade came from wanting a metal resonating plate. I ground off all of the teeth to make it user friendly. the string guides where all cut out of a length of half inch aluminum channel. the fret board was a piece of oak I had standing in the corner of my garage. I think I might actual add fret bars. To answer Uncle John, I can't play this thing at all. I have never…See More

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"Good way to do a nut and string guides. Nice oak and finish."

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"Looks great. Nice job. Can you play them yet? Go to page top- hover over resources, find how to play and knotlenny's CBG 101. Or google knotlenny's CBG 101."

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What do you find most interesting about cigar box guitars? (If you do not enter something meaningful here (at least one sentence long), your membership may be rejected as a spam/bot fake account).: I’m trying to expand the playability of the three string guitar on my Apprehension Machine. My machine has a three string guitar built into it with no specific tuning or fretting so although it makes sounds you can’t strum or pluck out a song.

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I just wanted to thank everyone who commented on my CBG build. I apologize for taking so long to write back. The idea for the saw blade came from wanting a metal resonating plate. I ground off all of the teeth to make it user friendly. the string guides where all cut out of a length of half inch aluminum channel. the fret board was a piece of oak I had standing in the corner of my garage. I think I might actual add fret bars. To answer Uncle John, I can't play this thing at all. I have never…

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At 6:02am on February 1, 2021, BrianQ. said…: Welcome to the nation, check out the Resources tab for build/play info and join some groups located in the Posts tab? Not being able to pluck out a song on a 3 stringer would make me apprehensive, what’s the concept of your machine?

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