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Cigar Box Upright Basses Hey Guys, I'm new, and I was curious about people making upright cigar box basses? Has anyone here taken a stab at it? Thanks! Tony Started by Tony	8	on Tuesday Reply by Rufus Pearce
CNC carving machine Came across this and thought I'd share. $99 cnn carving machine Started by Will "KOOL DOG HOOCH" Bonner	17	Oct 6 Reply by Blues Frog
first new build in quite a while, the wife decided to buy a new fryingpan so i snagged the old one, seeing as i hadn't built a cbg style guitar in quite a while this was the… Started by GARAGE HERMIT	17	Oct 4 Reply by GARAGE HERMIT
help placing a pickup on a canjo I've gut got my hands on a canjo and would love to put a pickup in it but not sure otpf the right placement Started by shane gibson	14	Oct 4 Reply by BrianQ.
Canjo pickups Made my first ever 1-string canjo from an old 1 qt oil can. I'm having lots of fun with it but would like to add a pickup. Problem is I'm n… Started by David Blackburn	3	Oct 4 Reply by Adam Jellison
Single U-Bass String on 4-String Git Hiya - Has anyone tried making a git with a single U-bass string as the low string? Meaning, one U-Bass string along with 3 other nylon st… Started by FoldedSoup	2	Oct 3 Reply by FoldedSoup
Pickup to string distance Hi, still in the process of gathering components etc for my guitar which WAS going to be a shovel variety but may yet be made out of an old… Started by Laurence Owen	4	Oct 2 Reply by Cause the Blue rat
Build 2 is primed... Man, primer sure shows flaws. Color change, it's gonna be satin Navy blue. Started by James Pobog	1	Sep 30 Reply by Tom T
Anybody building anything? The pages seems to have gone a bit silent. So, who is building what? There have to be a lot of "in process" gits out there. Share the build… Started by Tom T	5	Sep 30 Reply by Will "KOOL DOG HOOCH" Bonner
Headstock Question Hi Everyone, I'm planning my second CBG and I'm not sure what kind of headstock I should use. A Cutout one Or a Scarfjoint one with a Venee… Started by Jonathan Buttazoni	6	Sep 25 Reply by Jonathan Buttazoni

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A Better Acoustic Pickup for Cigar Box Guitar: How I Install a Piezo Rod & Preamp

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Cutting sound holes in pressboard

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Headstock template

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VIDEOS: How to Make Copper Wire Frets on a Cigar Box Guitar

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Anybody from DFW area want to car pool to 5th Republic Of Texas CBG Festival on Nov 16th

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Am I doing this right?

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Electric Upright Bass

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A pic of build #2 completed

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Have you made an oil can guitar?

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Fret cutting questions

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Upright bass build

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