there seem to be a lot of emphasis on using your left hand on the fret board but hardly any thing on the strumming side,finger picking.
is this some thing you have learn by yourself.
this is not some thing I find easy co-ordination.
Read more…Why do I make videos?
It is fun to play and sing just for my self. But sometimes many players and singers want an AUDIENCE. In fact, we would like an audience that pays some attention - more like a concert than playing a bar or restaurant and
Read more…Hi all,
i have tried to search this site but could not find any topic or content about this subject, but are there any free online radio stations that also play Cigarbox music or with special programming about blues and cigarbox music?
Thanks for y
Read more…Hi folks
I've just finished a blog on musical intelligence and how some people find playing easier than others. It's really meant for my subscribers but you're a clever a lot.
http://www.learncigarboxguitar.com/content/step-step
Read more…Ended up with an auto cassette deck 100 watts. Anybody ever hack one to make an amp?
Read more…Wanted to make a Bass Diddley Bow with an industrial look...decided on a 24 inch scale
The lumber was salvaged from a pallet. Only have hand tools...so it is what it is
Thank goodness for Hydrochloric acid and Hydrogen Peroxide to rust up the parts!
Read more…Hi yo all,
I'm wondering if any of our member's play their cbg as a lap slide steel guitar. I have ordered a cbg to be set up as a lap steel ie strings raised to accommodate tonal bar, as I'm unable to play a standard guitar due to wrist problems, i
Read more…I started working with TuxGuitar software to create tabs for some songs I'm working on.The software doesn't appear to allow you to select less than four strings, but I found a three-string tab sheet on this site and downloaded it.
I figured out how t
Read more…Hi folks,
new here and have never built anything!
I would like to build a 5 string cigar box banjo and would like to build from a kit the first time and then advance to building from scratch after I aquire some skills.
Any info on finding a cigar box
Read more…this guy seem to play this cbg bass in most of his songs.
Moreland & Arbuckle...catchy tune.
http://youtu.be/K4J0NS5HJe8?list=RDIyTrbH16LZg
Read more…At one time there were some "Old Greek Bouzouki" DAd chord charts posted here( on the Nation). I was trying to find them again but searches are not pulling them up. Anyone know where to find them?
Read more…Boy I'll tell you for sure, I love my little CBG to death! I've played 6 string on and off for many years (never really any good) and started with a 4 string CBG earlier last year . Between slide, blues work and tune pickin' I'm gonna be hard pressed
Read more…And season's greetings to all!
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
Read more…Resolve to respond to vids pictures reach out to new friend post more and respond to 6 things a week
Read more…Hi there.
I posted a while back about making arrangements for 3 string guitars, well I've done a series of Christmas tunes (public domain). There are 11 tunes, each with chord charts and EZ and not so EZ arangements for fingerpickers and flatpickers
Read more…I found a reference to TuxGuitar tab software here on the forum. I went over to their web site and noticed than postings stopped mid-2012. I also noticed that there is no way to post on the "Help" forum. Is this site dead or inactive? Is the software
Read more…How long does it normally take to receive a guitar pickup from Harrison Guitar Pickups?
Read more…Hi all been lurking a while getting some great info from you guys and CB Gitty . I've built 3 cbg's a diddly bow a pickup winder I pickup so far it's going in the yellow Don Tomas box with the teak fretboarded hickory neck the previous builds were pi
Read more…So I'm just close to finish the guitar on the pic but have some challenges ahead. It has maple back, alder sides, spurce top and mahogany neck. The goal is to give it a solid dark brown color. I was thinking about wenge water based stain and water ba
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