Here's a nicely-done article about building a solidbody electric guitar from plywood. Total build: body, neck, fingerboard, everything. I'd call this a "found-material project", related to cigar box instruments, but I think his neck construction…
Read more…Just Released! "How to Play the 3-String Cigar Box Guitar" book with 26 online video lessons. To see a preview and view the video lessons visit the book page here http://rickmckeon.com/3-string.html
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Read more…CBGitty.com & Cigar Box Nation are looking for the WILDEST, LOUDEST & MOST DIABOLICAL electric cigar box guitar ever built. The more pickups, the more internal effects, the better! We’re looking for insane hot rods that could blow a Marshall…
Read more…Hello All,I have only built about 10 CBG's and with each of those the necks were shaped with hand tools. A 1x2 for the neck with a 1x2 as a back strap. Making the notch in the box was easy enough as everything was square. Today I tried shaping a…
Read more…Hello, folks, I already used up what little search skill I have, and thought it might make a decent discussion for those interested. How do you store your cigar boxes for long term?
Read more…3 string 25" scale 3 string .017, .013. .010Poplar neck Red Oak fretboard Piezo pickup Stallone Cowboy Series box
Read more…Two matching 3 string twin girls CGB's. The only difference is the Pink vs Purple accents.Three strings .017, .013, and .010Poplar neck Fretted red oak fretboard rare oak Head stock with Shane Speal tunersPiezo pickupWest Tampa box
Read more…Just finished this for a 10 year old that is into sports for his birthday.23" scale Chuggernail fretsShane Speal .042, .032 strings Black Maduro box
Read more…I recently saw a picture of a pick up, mounted under the top of the guitar with screws going down to the magnets on a pick up anybody seen anything like this
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Here's your chance to build a busker's dream - a cigar box guitar with a screaming built-in amplifier.
Turn antique packing crates, trunks and boxes into amazing, fully playable heirloom instruments! Using his 3-string short-scale "Baker's Friend" guitar as a build example, author Ben "Gitty" Baker walks you through every facet of the process, illustrating each…
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Back in 2012, Ben "Gitty" asked Glenn Watt to build a special 4-string cigar box guitar, which could be used in videos and other promotional materials. This beautiful build as the result. Glenn chose a nice big Partagas Preferido for the body of the instrument,…
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Each Copy Signed by the Author!
Join DIY luthier and C. B. Gitty founder Ben "Gitty" Baker on a photo-journal adventure through building seven heirloom instruments, all…
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