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Cigar Box Bass -- Thru-Neck or Neck On Top?

Started this discussion. Last reply by the anonymous pick Mar 1, 2019. 17 Replies

Hey, everyone ...I'm thinking of building a (non-kit -- although the Gitty G-Bass kit does look fun) two-string cigar box bass.All of the builds and plans I've noticed run the neck through the box,…Continue

Meet Carol Ann

Started this discussion. Last reply by BrianQ. Jul 29, 2018. 5 Replies

She started off as an order for …Continue

Lessons that use a GDG Tuning with High G?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Thomas L. Knapp May 21, 2018. 2 Replies

Hey, everyone,I'm just getting started with three-string open G tuning. I set my instrument (not a cigar box guitar, planning a build soon -- right now I'm experimenting with a garage sale student…Continue

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How did you learn about Cigar Box Nation?
researching cigar box guitars on the web
How many instruments have you built so far?
No cigar box guitars, but a stomp box and some other simple homemade instruments
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 a long-time guitar player, but not especially good. I'm interested in slide ... and after messing with a traditional lap steel it occurred to me that 1, 2, or 3 strings would make things a LOT easier to handle for a butterfingers like me. Also, I just love that diddly-bow sound.

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Dead Man's Hand

Posted on February 22, 2019 at 3:05pm 5 Comments

I wanted to do a non-kit build for the first time (and wanted to go fairly primitive), so I mostly just grabbed stuff I had lying around.

The body is a small (about 8x5) cigar box I picked up for 50 cents at a yard sale, painted green, and decoupaged a poker hand onto.

The neck is a piece of wood I pulled off a garbage pile. The bridge…

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