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
Read more…Hey guys, just bought a load of parts to create my own strat, I had a loaded scratchplate with all the wiring doneas I don't really have confidence in my soldering skils, well I joined the jack socket well enough and the one through the body has join
Read more…There’s been some discussions bout DIY pick ups lately so I thought i´d share my two pence of it.
I´ll bump an old idea!
In 2002 I built an upright bass. It was quite a hasty build and not to serious. I needed a pick up and my dear father came up w
Read more…Hi all, I figure that even though I can read tab, I want to learn by visual instruction also. Anyone have a recommendation? I've played guitar for a whole lot of years, but this is a different animal all together.
Read more…Hi all, I'm building a cigar box mandolin, and I'm wondering if anybody has any advice as to how to re-enforce the body so I can put the full 8 strings on it. does anyone know how I should do it? All advice is much appreciated thanks (I will be makin
Read more…In response to KnottLenny's recent epic thread I've created a web site for players to promote their stuff and for punters to find them.
It's called cbggigs.com and is essentially a portal where players and promoters can promote cbg related events and
Read more…What pedals are players using for playing lead blues on a cbg?
Read more…is it possible to rig an on-on-on switch with resistors to create a 'tone switch'- low- mid - high? if so ,how and what value resistors etc? discuss...
Read more…So recently I was looking at some sweet cbgs for sale at a local folk festival. They were way better than my own and when the builder told me about how deep he goes into debt in time and parts I was not surprised. Now I love these guitars but I am ju
Read more…It seems that the only interest in CBG's is for playing blues slide. Does anyone use it for say country, or blue grass?
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It would be a sad crying shame if there could only be ONE musical instrument.
But, if there was only one - and if I had to choose it - it would be a 3 stringer.
People, they sound so good, they are so versatile and so easy to play.
And
Read more…Im tuned GDG the two bottom strings seem fairly tight especially the bottom string but the top string seems fairly loose! its causing buzzing when i use slide!
should i tight up to the next G im afraid it might break!
Read more…Can anyone sell me a Las Cabrilas "Balboa" Box? I will pay extra! and if its beat up I am Ok with that!
I would love to buy one or more, I will pay whatever, hold me over the balcony and let my money come out, you can keep all of it!....just post he
Read more…Is there a forum/group on CB nation dedicated to builders/players networking to find gigging opportunities? I've went through the forums and seen the fest info. I also saw a post for the cbggig site, it doesn't seem to be live - or maybe it requires
Read more…Just picked this up as a garage sale. Model 1448 guitar and amp case... guitar almost virgin with just a few stains. Case has a couple of nicks, a cigarette burn and a hinge to be repaired. Amp powers up, but just hums.....
So, what's it work and
Read more…Just thinking about cutting a lid for a Dobro cover plate.. I have a scroll saw but am worried about rough edge cuts and chipping..
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O.k. so I'm completely new at this. I just got my first cbg it's a four string. Any way I have some questions. I saw a chord chart posted but are there tabs in cbg? Or a scale that fits an open G tuning? Or any tuning for that matter? Also does anyon
Read more…I get countless emails from injured Veterans and older people who tell me that they would love to learn but fear that their disabilities will prevent them from learning how to play a cigar box guitar. This video will show you that you can do ANYTHI
Read more…I was wanting a small amp to plink away on and remembered this little gem I had built a while back. Not having the skills to do a scratch i did the next best thing, ordered from lands far away and connected the dots. Sounds great and just the right
Read more…Hi all:
I'm wanting to play/sing Chris Christofferson's Why Me Lord song at our church "some day".
Really have minimal ability at playing (but I build some pretty sweat guitars:)
Anyone ever play this song or have some simple ideas?
Thanks in adv
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