Cigar Box Guitar Calendar
Someone needs to come up with a Cigar Box Guitar Calendar for 2019.
I would love to get one to hang in my office. Maybe a Cigar Box Nation Calendar.
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Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts (2214)
Setting the right neck angle
I’m wanting to make my CBG more playable. So I’m wondering about getting the right neck angle to accomplish this. But I don’t know how to accomplish this ! Any help from the community would help me tremendously ! Thanks !
Read more…speaker placement
I'm building a tiny amp in which the 2 speakers will fire out opposite sides. In order to fit, the magnets of the speakers will be in very close proximity, essentially touching in fact. Problem?
Read more…pickups
What kind of magnetic pickup should I use, if any, to be able to get clean tones out of my little 1 - 3w cb amps?
Read more…Nuts
I'm going nuts, the answer to how high to set the nut varies from the thickness of a playing card, the thickness of a dime to the height of the first fret plus .030. This is my first build and I want it right and to sound awesome. I'm using a blank b
Read more…9Volt Distribution Question
Hi everyone,
I have three devices that each require a 9volt. Amp, Donner Delay Pedal, Donner lopper.
I experimented with chaining all three to one lithium 9volt battery.
To my surprise it worked.
I do not know how long it will last, or it doing thi
Read more…speaker connection
If there is no indication on the speaker, no +/- and the lugs are identical, is there a way to tell + and -, or does it not matter?
Read more…tone/gain
I'm very new to messing with electronics. I built a little amp with the Gitty/Artec board. It really needs a tone control. I've watched the video on adding a panel mount gain control to it. At the beginning they refer to adding a tone/gain control. D
Read more…Humbucker
I want to install Deltabucker pickups on my CBG but can't find any info on how far to install them from the neck of the guitar. Most pics I've seen have them about 1 inch from the neck, is there a standard for this type of pickup?
Read more…What to make with a rolling pin
So, I was at a yard sale and I bought this really nice hardwood rolling pin. Cheap—$.25. Now: what the heck do I make with it?
Read more…Another amp question.
Here is an embarrassingly simple question. If I use a stereo circuit for an amp, with a mono input, would you suggest using only one channel for output, or wiring both into one, and would that double the wattage? Assuming 1 speaker of course.
Read more…Stinking Fish Guitar #7
Here's my latest build, I'm pretty happy with the result.. I bought a couple of these Arturo Fuente boxes from C B Gitty a while back and have had this last one sitting around waiting on some inspiration for a build.. My nephew who is a pretty accomp
Read more…tone control
I've seen the video on adding a gain control to the Artek amp. How about adding a tone control?
Read more…Keith Richards Plays in open G....
Many of you probably already know this but Keith Richards often plays in open G. He removed the bass string and plays with five strings so if you have a 4 string CBG tuned to open G, you are one string away from playing a bunch of Stones songs. In th
Read more…Amp circuits
I would like to play with building little amps for fun. I've been looking around at options for pre-wired circuits. I'm finding several in the 1-3 watt range, like the Gitty one here and others, and then several options 15 watts and up, but little to
Read more…More power
I have a pair of powered computer speakers powered by a 16V wall converter. How much damage do I do if I try to run it with 2 9V batteries?
Read more…4 string neck width
Hello again!
I'm working on a four stringer... does anyone have any thoughts on neck width?
I measured and found the 1 1/2" neck works mathematically. Un sure if it lends itself to playability.
Up til now I've only made three stringers.
As always thank
Does anyone use GBE tuning?
Hello everyone. Just finished my second build and made it a GBE fretted three string. While I found the chord charts for this tuning, most of the tabs and youtubes videos seem to be in GDG open tuning. Whats up with that? Any thoughts?
Read more…All About That Bass GDG chords
Hey guys. I’m involved in a 2 week Summer education program for blind children. We do a parody of, “All About That Bass,” called, “All About That Braille.” Does anyone have the basic/simple chords or a video for the original song. I wanna learn it fo
Read more…Fish Box Guitars - Japan
9:03 pm, August 01, 2018 By Kazuhiro Shiraishi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer AKUNE, Kagoshima — The Akune city government added a guitar made out of a fish packing box to its list of gifts for those who donate money to the city under the furusato n
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