Hi Everyone!
By now you know that the 2014 KANSAS CITY CIGAR BOX GUITAR FESTIVAL is Sunday, August 17th. Like Last year the raffle proceeds will go to benefit the EDDIE BAKER SCHOOL OF MUSIC, a wonderful non-profit organization dedicated to teaching
Hi all quick question, withe the 151 tuning its fairly straight forward to get the power chords and although I know the fingerings to get major and minor chords but as im still learning playing slide mostly I was wondering if its possible to substitu
Read more…These are tracks from past youtube vids that you'll find here on CBN. I'll add more in the coming days.
If there's anything in particular you would like me to make available let me know.
Just hit the Buy Now button and put 0 in for the amount. Then h
Read more…Is this happening? I can't find any info.. maybe I missed it BUT I actually planned my vacation around this.. meaning I'll stop in on my way back from 5 days at the beach with the family.. Yep the wife doesn't know what she's getting for her money an
Read more…Cigar box "Liberty Bell " pickup...let freedom ring!
visit http://www.homemade-guitars.com/ to join the cause
Freedom from Fender!
Read more…Well there John, So many induviduals,so many interests,so many reasons for partisipation, People who partisipate they dont mind to bee out there,on the Nation and the ones that dont or dont anymore,who stop for what ever reason. Part of the question
Read more…My thoughts and opinions as I drink my second PBR with spicy hot V8 juice. PBR and spicy hot V8 juice. Cheap and good. Like CBGs.
I see a decline in the numbers of videos and photos posted on CBN. Is interest decreasing?
I have a shit-load
Read more…I added a couple of tunes to my page but I don't know how to share them with the rest of you folks.
Read more…I've been having a blast making single coil pickups, but I'd quite like to have a go at making a humbucker.
As I understand it, a humbucker is effectively 2 single coils as one, and as the magnetic orientation is opposite on each one, it cancels the
Read more…One of my guitars rubbed up against something and got this running dent in it.
Any advice on how to fix it?
The latest own song of Cigarbox Henri & Friends (from the Netherlands) is called the Blackstone Boogie and had it's debut yesterday at a motorcycle club somewhere in Holland:http://youtu.be/zUwvm-8p7Ow
Facebook/Cigarbox Henri
Read more…I have a good neck I salvaged from a 6 string electric guitar. Can anyone give me advice on how best to mount it?
Read more…I am getting increasing demand for my workshops making simple cigar box diddley bows. in UK at least the cigar boxes are getting harder to find and more expensive. I have had some success using cardboard boxes intended for computer keyboards. Anybo
Read more…Check out this old photo I found its really cool!
I wonder what's the story behind it???, If only we could here it!
I am posting lots more stuff almost everyday at
http://www.homemade-guitars.com/
anyways check out this cool photo!
Hi guys and gals. Has anyone used flat wound strings, and if so, did they sound good?
Read more…Talking CBGs, here folks. I think cheap strings work fine. And lately I am liking electric strings. I think they sound about as good played acoustic and that they are easier to play and slide on.
Slides. How many types do you have? What is y
Read more…just found this while listening to man of contant sorrow on a banjo.
might be useful to you guys who knows.
http://www.happybanjodude.com/pages/tabs
Read more…I have a cool homemade guitar for sale at a great price for my work, Its listed here
thanks, if its not for you or your style you can just enjoy the photos, thanks again
Read more…Hi everyone, I'm building a cigar box to make a mandolin from, and I'm wondering what wood, wood be good to use (pardon the pun) one of my friends suggested pine, but I'm not sure, there is one called cypress pine, that remains more flat than normal
Read more…1. Most Blues begin, "Woke up this morning."
2. "I got a good woman" is a bad way to begin the Blues, 'less you stick something nasty in the next line, like " I got a good woman, with the meanest face in town."
3. The Blues is simple. After you get t
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