New home for my newly aquired CBG
I can see having to build a new cabinet just the anticipated CBG collection.......First of many I suspect.
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pricing
how y'all doin'? my name is mike and forgive (or appreciate) my penchant for selective capitalization and punctuation... i love writing! i love art! started as a wee one and been drawing to this day and have been a mainly digital artist since my firs
Read more…1st build, updated
I haven't been active in this forum for long time, and not with CBG building either. But I thought I'd share what happened with my 1st build. In 2014 I built this one:
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/albums/1st-build-9
Then in spring 2015 I thou
Read more…Newbie to Cigar Box
Just wanted to introduce myself.
My wife bought me a Delta Star Deluxe for Christmas. Looking at the box in the wrapping paper it was very long and narrow. As I unwrapped it and opened the top of the box I saw the tuning pegs on the head and I a
Read more…How do I stop?
I haven't built my first one yet, still waiting for a thing, but I have 3 boxes on my bench and 3 live cigar box auctions on ebay.
Help!!!!!
Read more…Works in progress
This morning I finished the basics on a 3 string slide bass but need to obtain a 3rd string. Currently tuned to D and A. Last week I partially assembled what will eventually be a 4 string guitar with fretboard. Currently researching building an ampli
Read more…Intruduction
I am new to CBN. I have been a woodworker for years and have built several dulcimers previous to building CBGs. That experience made shifting to guitars very easy, though there is still a lot for me to learn. Hope to connect with other builders, espe
Read more…I want Halloween Cigar Box
My daughter loves Cigar Box very much. And before Halloween as an addition to the image, she wanted to have a special Cigar Box Guitar. Okay, honey, the call is accepted.
I think that how I did the guitar myself is not as interesting to anyone as ho
Read more…Andertons and oil can guitars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybPKBglBVrE
i think some of our UK guys need to educate these gentlemen...lol
Read more…Bowed Psaltery
I had a dream last night (I have a dream), that I was on a stage playing music on a bowed psaltery made from a Cigar Box.
Has anyone ever done this? Could be interesting.
Andrew Corl
Read more…Anyone know where to buy Cigar Box Guitar t-shirts
I'm new to cigar box guitars, just ordered my first kit, but I am sold on them. I'm going to start a sales clerk job in a small local music store whose owner never heard of them. First step, wearing a t-shirt to get the conversation going with custom
Read more…Just a dumb thought - Canjo - Canne Joie? Canne jeu?
My french is rusty but random thinking..
Canne Joie - Joy Cane ?
Canne Jeu - Game Cane / Toy Cane ?
canne cancan - gossip cane ? ( maybe should be canne cancanier ? )
or even -
canne de cancaner ( cane of quacking ) ?
Memorial Services for Dan Sleep * NEW LOCATION FOR THE AFTER SERVICE
PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF VENUE FOR THE AFTER SERVICE
Dan's Wife Maureen call me yesterday afternoon to let me know that the arrangements have been made for Dan's Memorial Service.
Services are:
Saturday August 5, 2017 at 10:00am
at
Fairfax Commun
Read more…a good Robert Johnson style blues lesson for 6 string acoustic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z41ekoH3gZM
this guy is quite good and has tutorials in various styles
Read more…Taking CBG's to a festival
Hi everyone. I venturing out and taking a bunch of cbgs to a craft festival. What do you guys do to pack them for travel? Just bubble wrap? cardboard cases? Thanks in advance for the help.
Read more…Newbie just arrived
Hello gang. I just wanted to start a topic and introduce myself. My name is Bryan and I have been a guitar player for almost 40 years now. Though lately I've put my guitar duties down and havd been playing drums (blues backing), I thought it was t
Read more…$160 for ONE Cigar Box
Has anyone got any idea why this old cigar box is worth so much ? It sold on eBay UK this week for £123. That's almost $160. I know that cigar boxes can be scarce in the UK but.......
It's a decent size (14.5" x 13" x 3") and it's old, with nice
Read more…POLL: Using someone else's artwork
First and foremost, I will admit that I've copied others' ideas, myself, in the past. FWIW, I feel terrible about it.
Every person who ever lived has taken- consciously or subconsciously, ideas from others, of course, but I'm talking about using act
Read more…Looking for an amp.
I have a question? Am looking to get an amp for using CBG and stompbox at same time and am looking at the Peavey bandit 112 and the Fender Champion 100. Any thoughts on these two and if they are even what I need? I know little about amps.
Read more…Someone made Svengoolie a Cigar box guitar.
For those of you who don't know. Svengoolie is a B movie/ bad sci-fi host.
Was watching his show last night. Well sort of watching and working on something. Anyway someone made him a cigar box guitar and he featured it on his s
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