Hi All,
Well, after a long, long wait this Parlor sized guitar is finally finished. Too many hold ups for my liking, mainly due to hold ups getting finishing materials.
The guitar is named “Wyndham” after the Wyndham #1 gold mine from the Late 1800’s
Ok, I am getting ready to build a cigar box guitar. Found a cool yellow cigar box, only 2 or 3 inchs thick/high, basically has an insert that holds I believe 12 cigars in one layer. I am not sure how deep for lack of a better term a box has to be t
Read more…Long time guitar player here, but I'm mostly an electric bass player these days. Anyway, someone posted a link to a Samatha Fish video on the TalkBass forum a couple of weeks ago. That put a burr under my saddle re- CBG. I have a tad of building e
Read more…Does anyone know where I can find some instructions on how to make a kalimba?
I ordered the parts that include the keys, saddle and tuning hammer (see picture). But it didn't come with any instructions.
I'm not sure if I need to mount the wood piece
Read more…Has anyone used non metallic strings in their CBGs? If so were they satisfied with results?
Read more…I have a 3pole delta blues pick up from cbgitty. Comes wired with a plug in. Do I need to ground this unit?
Read more…What would you do with this 'vanilla' gallon can? Paint it? Leave it as is? Add a mod-podge image[s]?
I want to make a 3-string git but no inspiration as yet as to what it should look like...
I am building my second slide steel guitar as a gift for a friend. BUT I have made an error, and angled the pickup in the wrong/non-standard direction, will this be a problem? I am thinking of making the hole bigger and making a mounting ring to cove
Read more…Well, now I gone and done it. I missed the mark on my zero fret by somewhere between .030 and .040 of an inch. Everything must've slipped on me. The cut is square and pretty, but way off.
I spent quite some time searching for options here, and on
Read more…I'm new to the box guitar building world, I do have woodworking experience.
Just started designing and planning the guitar.
Can someone run through the plans to check if I'm overlooking stuff or done my research wrong. :)
Please inform me, I'm here
I made a spreadsheet to calculate frets offline.
Features
The spreadsheet is in an open document format so should be able to be opened with all the usual sprea
Read more…Here is another tale about the building of another special guitar.
Tommy. A Special Guitar.
The timber for this guitar [back and sides] was given to me by a long-time friend and fellow woodworker
He had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer and
Hi,
I thought I had better post something before I forget how to do it. I hope the members I don't see here much anymore are well and just busy.
I haven’t posted for a while so I thought I would show a selection of the different Resonator style guita
As some of you may know, I do not build unless the weather is good. I haven't had a good day of weather since September, long time to go without a build on the go. yesterday was good, did some spraying and prep work on a Strat and Tele, today I built
Read more…Previously I built a viola da gamba using 1/8 inch paneling as a facade covering the straight sides made from toe kick.
It's neck was made from an ax handle using neck-through construction and worked fine.
I used that 3" radius blue plastic tubing
Read more…I searched through older threads. I found a couple that could be helpful but the links did not work. I have the guitar neck of my first ever guitar. Sentimental to me. I want to use it in the build. I have made ukuleles and guitar amps but I have nev
Read more…Just noticed.
Wow! Thanks for all the music and fun!
Uncle John is at 496. Thank you too, Unc!
Read more…I am going to make a 4 string next and just making some inquiries to pad out my brain a little. Does the Box size/dimensions affect the tone/volume of the end product? How do changes in shape of the box change the sound?. I am looking for a large
Read more…My first actual CBG is the one below. The neck is a hefty 1.64 inch x .754 hunk of wood. I built it with a Low D Med A and Med D strings. It's as flat as Kansas from nut to tailpiece.There's enough room for another tuner... Questions: I plan on addi
Read more…I'm thinking about building something a bit on the exotic side. I've been searching for information on the Turkish baglama (saz) and the Persian setar. The long narrow necks and 3 courses seem a natural for a cigar box build. It's been tough to fin
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