I just wanted to give a shout out to such a helpful community of builders. Everyday I find new inspiration for the next build. I'm still a newbie with only 3 builds underneath my belt. But everyday I find or read of a technique that I'm just die'n to
Read more…For the past few weeks I've been youtube'n stomp boxes. I've seen them acoustic, with piezos and with speakers. I understand the basics with the piezo but not so much with the speaker. I am entirely new to wiring in general. I have high hopes to rig
Read more…Stevie Ray’s “Scuttle Buttin’”!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX-T0eBr31w
1962 national lap steel . modded with swamp witch guts , different bridge , nut , and plate . the rest is original . body is mother of toilet seat , near mint , original tuners too . comes with original case . t
Read more…What does it cost to ship a CBG? UK to USA? USA to UK?
Same thing: USA/Canada, Canada/USA?
USA/Australia - Australia/USA ?
Australia/UK UK/ Australia - ?
Holland/France/ to USA and vice versa?
Tricky tariffs?
Tips?
Where do you get y
Read more…Quelques accompagnements sur trois cordes accordé en GBD.
Some french songs for three strings tuned on GBD.
http://cigarboxguitar.wifeo.com/s-accompagner.php
Read more…Hi everyone! I am making ukuleles these days,but I wanted to know how to make an acoustic version louder. There isn't much volume,due to the box thickness, without putting a pickup in it.
Read more…Giveaway of the Day today is Easy Audio Mixer.
Entry level audio mixing software for Windows.
Natively exports WAV and WMA format files.
Will export MP3 files if the LAME codec is installed.
The developer has a couple of other programs available.
Read more…Any help in finding a way to drill for the 3/8 size bushings?
I know StewMac has special sized reamers but there must be a way without them. Of course a 3/8 Forstner bit is too big and next size down is...
Tried 32/64th twist drill but tear-out is na
Read more…Had a go at using a thin veneer, after a couple of weeks, it rippled up. Any suggestions
Read more…I've made 2, fretless 3-stringers now and really want to make the leap to fretting, but am nervous. Currently building a Ukelele that I would like to practice this on due to its short scale. I saw somewhere that you could use the metal strips found
Read more…Bonjour, site français sur la cigar box guitar.
Comment la fabriquer et en jouer.
http://cigarboxguitar.wifeo.com/
Hello, a french site about cigar box guitar.
How to build and play.
http://cigarboxguitar.wifeo.com/
Read more…http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sop=10&_nkw=pignose+7-100&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=m194&ssPageName=ADME:SS:SS:US:1150Hi all, I was on ebay and saw there was a music store that listed about 15 used pignose amps for 55 bucks each..."like new" minor w
Read more…hey ya'all,
i'm sort of new here and am curious about how folks are recording their CBG's and
their songs. don't get me wrong, i am a builder, but i'm a player and recordist too.
so i'de like to hear how ya'all go about capturing that beautiful sound
Read more…Hi Folks
Any music shop you go into has rows and rows of books full of arrangements for guitar, piano etc of Beatles songs, Stones, Zep, you name it but there's nothing for 3 string guitars. There are countless youtube videos, most of which are pret
Read more…Planned UK Event announcement!
Hi all,
An event is being planned in Calne, Wiltshire UK for Feb 14th/15th 2015. It will not be exclusively a CBG festival but will feature local and not so local musicians playing a range of music. It is proposed that
Christmas 2014 will be here before you know it !
Shane Speal and Dan Sleep have organized the Christmas album in previous years, Dan asked me if I would like to help co-ordinate it for this year!
For any of the new folks here on the Nation, w
Read more…Just wondering how the fest in Chicago was? I haven't heard not one peep nor seen one photo!
Enquiring minds want to know how it was, any new groundbreaking stuff for the future of the cbg movement hashed out at the get together???
Hope all was wel
Read more…Cool Record Edit Pro 8.8.3 is being given away free today at Give Away of the Day.
Easy to use audio recording software that may be of interest to some folks.
Not as powerful as Audacity but gives good results for off the cuff recordings with a small
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