Just received my yearly Stew Mac Catalog in the mail the other day. I love browsing through it, daydreaming about being a real luthier someday having all these weird and wonderful tools. But I'm also seeing some that I could really use now for buildi
Read more…My next project is going to be a Cigar Box PA system. It's going to be made from two large rectangular cigar boxes I have. I am going to mount a 50 Watt amp module inside one box with two large full range speakers in each "tower" connected by a cable
Read more…I am having problems changing my profile picture. It is under the 10MB limit but it isn't happening. Does anyone know if there is a problem with uploading pictures to the CBN website?
Read more…Just a note to inform you all that one of our members was in a VERY bad wreck on Father's Day and it would be great if after he is recovering and signs in again here on this website that he would see that we support him and wish him a speedy recovery
Read more…Howdy all. This looks like it might be a fun place. I built and sold mountain dulcimers a long, long time ago. I bought an electric 3-string CBG a few years back and I'm now inspired to build similar instruments based on cigar boxes, tin cans, etc. M
Read more…I ran across this photo of Marc Maron interviewing President Obama for his podcast and noticed that there was a CBG on his desk leaned up against the wall. I then did a google search for Marc Maron and cigar box guitar and found this podcast of him
Read more…I noticed recently that Mr. Wayfinder has been absent from these pages. It appears that the account, plus all posts have gone. Seems a bit of a shame as the fellow was always happy to help out, and could clearly call upon his own knowledge (and Goog
Read more…Do any other members play drums, before they started in with cigar boxes and diddley bows?
If so does it have any influence on the way you approach the guitars?
Read more…Published 3:10 pm, Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Jean Ritchie, the Kentucky-born folksinger who brought the centuries-old ballads she grew up with to a wide audience from the 1950s onward, died Monday evening. She was 92. Ms. Ritchie died i
Read more…I thought of starting an online petition, regarding the repurposing practices in the DIY/craft community. I follow several CBG Facebook pages and groups. Once in a while, someone posts a pic of a Jack Daniels tin guitar. Someone usually brings up cop
Read more…Ken Ritter, Associated Press Updated 12:36 am, Friday, May 15, 2015
LAS VEGAS (AP) — B.B. King, whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of musicians and fans while earning him the nickname King of the Blues
Read more…I uploaded some pictures last week that came up on the site squashed looking, but looked normal when you hit the "view full size" tab. I thought at first it might have been the settings on my camera, but it seems it's been happening to other people's
Read more…So I picked up an Alec Bradley black market box today. It looks wicked cool but I'm not sure what to build I into. Just lookin to see if anyone else has done anything with these or has any ideas.
Read more…I first saw a cigar box guitar on the internet in about 2005. Blues Boy Jag was the guy and he could play! He gave tips on building and I wanted to build.
CBGs were not my first builds. I made two pretty decent mountain dulcimers in the late 90s, an
Read more…Last month I had my prostate removed (thanx Vietnam), and as a result until I regain my continence, I'm forced to wear "adult diapers". Being a fair picker, I decided to audition for the band from the movie "O' Brother Where Art Thou"....The Soggy Bo
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so i've just saw this video about a musical instrument from Madagascar called Kabosy; looked familiar for some reasons. !
anyone ever heard about it? interesting frets spacing on the first one.. Read more…Are there any CBG comp or tribute albums being compiled? I've been out for awhile and missed the Neil Young one and would like to contribute to something while writing my new album.
Read more…My wife is writing a research paper for her college writing class on the history of cigar box guitars. Now I have 2 books she can use, Handmade Music Factory, and Cigar Box Guitars, but I seem to recall there was another book that was much more infor
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