I'm thinking about using a mag pickup on one of my next builds. I'm wondering what is a popular choice. I've seen the soapbar from C B Gitty used often. Is that a good choice? Help me out!!!
Read more…I have a request for a guitar. He wants 24 frets. This has presented me with some questions. So far, I have been using 25" scale on the guitars I've built so far. My design places the bridge a couple of inches in from the edge of the guitar, and all
Read more…Silly question time:
I have a piezo pickup in my banjo-uke, like it so much that I bought another for my banjo. Heres the question part, do I need a pre amp for this application? Im using a fender deluxe reverb amp and I think it sounds pretty good, b
Hey guys,
About 30 years ago my dad gave me a Zippo with a Kenton, Kentucky license plate printed on it. I'm still using the lighter (damn me, I still smoke :)). It would mean a lot to me to be able to build an LPG with a license plate like that. Doe
Read more…Is it critical which way a disk piezo gets mounted in a CBG or Buiscut Tin CBG?
Some say to fix the peizo , ceremic side up. Some say with the ceremic side face down.
Nearest to the Low string....
Any suggestions?
Read more…I have a new problem with an old reliable cbg. I built this resonator in the spring. excellent in every way. all of a sudden it has string buzz at the bridge. the bridge is made from the end of the zebra wood fret board, with no other changes, it sud
Read more…Link to Dan's download page here...
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/forum/topics/2015-christmas-album-ready-for-download
Christmas 2015
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For any of the new folks here on the Nation, we have compiled an annual al
Read more…I can see myself getting info these. I've been looking for a hobby envolving wood, I build custom cabinets as a hobby but find that people want cheap junk, so the only time I get to build quality stuff, is for myself. Since I've redone my kitchen twi
Read more…Ok....so I finished what I am calling my first 5 official cigar box guitars over the weekend. I've built a few in the past, but they were merely an object that looked and sounded similar to a cbg. So advertising to sell them started and I sold 3. A f
Read more…I have two sets of matching plates I got from the local scrap yard. If I do front and back for the guitar do I cut the back wood out like the front ?
Read more…I looked up previous discussions on this subject, but I'm still not sure what to do. I know there are no rules, but I'm hoping for a good general "start here" kind of answer. I'm not a player so I can't even really decide what "works for me". What is
Read more…My latest album has just been released as a free download. "These Frustrating Blues" has some the best songs from my studio albums. Take a download and spread the word.
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Read more…Hi Guys,
I'm looking for beta testers to help out with a new guitar practice platform. With this tool, you enter the chords you already know (or are working on). And it shows you all the songs that use those exact chords exclusively.
That way, you
Read more…I'm building a bass using weed wacker strings. I'm using an acoustic pre amp. Initially I put the rod in the bridge but I got very little output.I got rid of the rod and wired two disks in parallel. Now the out put swings from low to loud. I checked
Read more…Hello CBNation!, I'm 53, a lifelong Ohioan, and an avid music fan since the age of 4. I enjoy music of various genres, but have never really "mastered" the ability to play an instrument over the years! The instrument that I "favor" most is the Guitar
Read more…Ever noticed that sawing a wooden hanger in half gives it a perfect shape for a ukulele neckpiece ?. I use three halves glued together, with a fretboard on top and voila!
As far as tuners go, chinese chopsticks are marvelous friction tuning pegs.
Read more…Hello everyone. Just built my first instrument, a 3 string CBG that I love. It turned out great for my first try.
So now that I am hooked, I am planning my next build and wanted to try a 4 string that I can tune to open G.
I have zero experience play
Read more…Hey again guys,
I'm still very early at the learning stage and id love nothing more than to rock out to my fav songs, some I can get to grips with but most I still struggle!
But I also play my own made up songs which for some reason I find allot easi
Read more…It was bound to happen... first a Beatle (Paul McCartney) was seen with a cigar box guitar. Now a Rolling Stone has one, too.
Legendary guitarist, Ronnie Wood has been filmed using a Daddy Mojo (www.daddy-mojo.com) 4-string acoustic cigar box guita
Read more…Handmade Copper Pipe Guitars and Scrap Iron Guitars
by Shane Speal
Two of the most freakish guitars in my extremely weird guitar collection are by Tone-A-Cane Copper Pipe Guitars and Pete Regan’s Metal Guitars. Both are crafted using metal for body
