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CBG Kit templates

Posted by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on March 21, 2011 at 8:30am

Below are all the templates I have created for the Cigar Box Guitar kit: Download all of them. There is also a Quick Start guide if you want to make a simple CBG from the kit.

 

Main Kit Instructions - KitInstructions.pdf

Quick Start - How To Build A Cigar Box Guitar.pdf

Headstock Ideas - headstockideas.pdf

Head recess template - headstockrecesstemplate.pdf

Tuner placement - TunerTemplate.pdf

Tailpiece Template - tailpiecetemplate.pdf

 

If you are interested in making a scarf neck (neck that bends down), look HERE.

If you want to see how I make rounded/contoured necks, look HERE.

 

Also I will be publishing any changes or addendums here! I have chosen to moderate comments so if you post a comment here, include your email address so I can send you a personal reply.

 

Good luck and email me at chronicbluesguitar@gmail.com if you have questions

 

-WY

 

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Comments

  • Nick DePasquale July 18, 2017 at 8:59pm
    Lots of great info! Wish i had found this many moons ago! Great detail and illustrations too. Thanks
  • Gary Stenzel July 18, 2017 at 8:04pm

    Thank you very much!

  • Markus Gaiser January 19, 2015 at 3:32pm

    Hi, now I joined the CBN, I can finally say thank you for sharing these. I've used them on my first CBG, which I built about a year ago, and am currently using part of it on my second go.

    Your kit instruction are definitely an excellent starting point, which already addresses most of the trouble a first builder has to encounter.

  • Gary Reichel March 5, 2014 at 2:14pm
    Hi Wes, I was searching through cb nation site and stumbled across your cbg instructions PDF. Thank you! I've built over a dozen and have had a lot of fun doing it. Your guide gave me some new ideas and other considerations. I know it must have taken many hours to put that guide together. This is something you didn't have to do but chose to share your experience and that is to be commended. Thanks again and hope you're selling some of those cbg's!
  • Dazedlemonpie May 20, 2011 at 5:08am
    wow thanks for sharing....excellent tutorial
  • Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates March 23, 2011 at 7:14am
    Thanks guys. He he these templates are supposed to be part of a kit im gonna sell at a local flea market. I will have a card in the packet that has a link to these files.

    -WY
  • PapaSimone March 22, 2011 at 8:48pm
    Thanks so much Mr. Yates for sharing your ideas for free.  I must say "open source"/ "creative commons"  is alive and well because of guys like you!
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