Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts (2214)
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Help With Tuning
hi - My 3 string CBG has strings of 24 + 32 + 42 gauge. Trying to tune them into GDG and since I'm tone deaf I need to use an aid. Tried gStrings but no idea if it worked.
Is there a better way to tune the guitar and is GDG possible with the gauge o
Read more…Vote for the Delta Blues Outlaws in the Blues Blast Music Awards ~
Vote for the Delta Blues Outlaws in the Blues Blast Music Awards ~ Live Blues Recording
our album '..welcome to the blues highway!' is entered into the category for "Live Blues Recording".
..this is a recording of our live performance at Harlow's
CIGAR BOX NATION CHRISTMAS ALBUM 2022
For any of the new folks here on the Nation every Christmas we compile a
FREE DOWNLOAD ALBUM
https://www.cigarboxguitar.com/2022-cigar-box-nation-christmas-album/
Seasonal songs played, composed and sung by our members, we have been doing thi
Read more…Anyone in or near Fayetteville, NC area building CBG’s? other than me.
Hello, anyone in the Fayetteville, NC area building CBG’s?other than me. Thanks……..Jack
Read more…New member with a new build nearly done
New member with a new build here,I posted this in my introduction,but I have some questions,I don’t play guitar,owned on years ago in the Marines,but never learned any thing and sold it, building this has been a learning experience,it became my teac
Parlor build slide show with same guitar soundtrack
Hi, a condensed slide show of the building of a Parlor guitar. The top is Cedar, and the back and sides are New Guinee Rosewood as is the neck with a Rosewood fingerboard.
The accompanying music is me playing that same guitar.
Read more…Plectrum
While experimenting with my guitar I could not find a plectrum, so I grabbed whatever I could find at that moment and it was a knitter's stitch marker as in this picture:
I grabbed the stitch marker by the more narrow end (where it can open) and use
Read more…Annual Gitty & Friends Christmas concert 2022
Here’s a link to the Christmas concert Gitty & friends Live streams on Facebook & YouTube every year. Enjoy & Merry Christmas everyone!!! :)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfmx_gwUCyo&t=918s
Read more…Happy Hogmanay
Happy Hogmanay to all builders and players worldwide. A confession - I have been studying, scrolling and scrutinising this website for around four years for ideas and opinions on building banjos and box guitars. I have stolen ,redefined, adapted and
Read more…Help for an oldie
When I built my first CBG it was fretless and I enjoyed the process of, at least, getting a reasonable tune out of it. I have since built a fretted version but I’m having trouble getting to grips with it. My problem is that I have very small, arthrit
Read more…GCEA uke tuning, deeper sound
At a geezerly 77, I have arthritic hands and a punk shoulder, thus requiring a short instrument neck to compress frets and a short reach on my fretting hand's arm. My instrument of choice is a ukulele, but my favored sound is from a full-sized guitar
Read more…Guitar and amp settings
Is there any relationship between the volume/tone levels on a CBG guitar and the gain, tone and volume settings on the amplifier connected.
Read more…Piezo feedback
Recently finished my 1st CBG. I cannot play a lick (yet) but my neighbor says it sounds great. I installed a Junior Disc-O-Tune piezo according to Gitty’s instructions (attached to the top under the bass string and not touching the neck). It has a lo
Read more…Tutorial of weed eater used for strings on bass
Can anyone help me with where to find a tutorial of weed eater cord for strings bass?
Read more…Boxes no stamps
Hi all! Any info on boxes with no tax stamps or cautions. Thanx in advance! Dan
Read more…Cigar Box Nation Christmas Album 2023???
Just wondering if there was going to a Cigar Box Nation Christmas album this year?
It seems that SlowPaw Steve has retired from organizing it.
Read more…Loss two-string bass build instructions
Do anyone have a pdf of the CB Gitty two-string bass instructions?
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