This is a great online community. What is it we share that makes it a good place? I will list a few things. What do you have to say or to add?
THINGS WE SHARE:
1. an appreciation for hand made
2. a desire to create
3. Do it our selves
4. Musi
Read more…Post your username for instagram here so we can follow your build pictures. You can follow me by searching for sumnermclain
Read more…Goodday all,
hello from down under, i m building a CBG for my Grand Daughter , she is 6 in a few weeks, but it will be for a Christmas Present, so I can make a good job of it.
With the scarcity of Cigar boxes down here, I am making the box from Pepp
Read more…Just thought people might be interested in knowing that in their newest release the Reverend is listed as playing:
"Fingerstyle Slide Guitar, Fingerstyle
Guitar, Cigar Box Guitar , Mandolin,
Harmonica and Lead Vocals"
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Tried building a few CBG, and they were ah, sort of playable even. Lots of pride factor however.
See lots of them here best considered works of art !
But today I put my building a side for awhile.
I picked this sweety up today from a father who bough
Read more…Ode to the cbg wives ..
Well I figure we need an honorable mention for all the wives / girlfriends of the cbg builders here .
You all know exactly what I mean ..
They put up with us hording up the house with 100
Read more…Anyone fancy filling in the gaps to put out the CBN - Sgt Pepper album?
Read more…Hi all, names Robert. Just joined up a bit ago, thought I should make an introduction. I live in North West Montana if anyone lives out this way or ever makes this way let me know, I'm excited to get to know people who love CBG's as much as I do. I s
Read more…it seems the other monsters in the swamp and beyond are wondering why witches should have all the fun , and are trying to cash in on the swamp witch craze .
some have made very good swamp witch knock-off products .strings , swamp froggys, and swamp w
Hi,
Newb to CBG's. I picked this up at an auction today, and I cant quite make out the maker's stamp.
It appears to be well made, unused, and has an amp connector.
What do I have here?
I am in the process of developing a blog about CBGs and other cool topics. I would appreciate any comments or content at omcbgs.batcave.net.
Read more…My old camera's doing some strange things to the vid's I try to post. Any recommendations for one that does a good job in the $100 range?
Read more…Hey folks, I've done some searching but haven't really found the answer I'm looking for. I built my first CBG and put in a piezo but I don't have an amp to see if it works because I only really play acoustic lately. I just want to test my guitar to m
Read more…I've been a software developer for more than 30 years, and a web developer for at least 15, but I'm just thick headed when it comes to most social sites. I find them impossible to understand and navigate.
Cigar Box Nation and YouTube aren't too ba
Read more…Oh beautiful, for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
Oh beautiful, for pilgrim fee
Read more…Just been eyeing up the water cooler bottles at work. Hmmmm! obviously make good percussion instruments. different notes with different quantities of water, but....... water cooler bottle bass? anyone tried it?
Read more…Nothing whatsoever to do with guitars or music. My iPad calendar insist that today is a bank holiday here in the UK. It is not. This was changed this year to coincide with the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations. The iPad won't allow me to delete it
Read more…Anyone know what this might be? Ranges from black to grey and yellowish, some brownish red hues as well. I was thinking mahogany but isn't that more overall redish?
Some sticks are really dark and then fade into these lighter colors abruptly.
Read more…steven smith-- dewy said… just a short story: in december of last year (2009) i was a fairly ill man , feeling down , sick , and honestly didnt care about much of anything----at the end of dec. i was told i was in very bad need of a triple bypass, an
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