Gentlemen....
Finally back to learning to play my CBG. I'm looking for songs or a songbook with the I IV and V chords noted above the verses to the songs. I can't read music, and need to go at it this way to learn a few basic folk tunes, and old t
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Just drawing you attention to a Youtube clip of yours truly playing a new self built selfcontained electro CBUke Photos coming. marshall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVPLimbw7qU&list=FLCbZHMSHO7Z9QNTZkdD6-pw&index=1
Read more…Shane Speal Dive Bar Tour tshirts.
I'll be shipping these out on Tuesday. Pre-order yours now to get the size you want. $16 + shipping
http://shanespeal.bigcartel.com/product/shirt-shane-speal-dive-bar-tour-skeleton
The 2013 Christmas album is done
and ready to be downloaded!!
Just click on the log cabin picture to access the song file.
1. Slidin' in the Snow - Mark "Fatt Max" Hill
2. I Wish Every Day Was Christmas - Gary Davies
3. Santa won't cha make me a
Read more…Friends just returned from Croatia gave me this photo of a Lijerica played by Mate Bulic. Anyone know anything about the stringing/tuning/scale length?Anybody made a cigar box version?
Does anyone have a tab for the Star Spangled Banner for 3 string? I am building a CBG Just for this song. I'm using a Romeo box also suggestions on strings. It will have a single coil pickup with volume and tone controls.
Read more…How do you lower the string action with a cookie tin guitar? I do neck through guitars. I use a can and glue an extra piece of wood to match the height of the can but other than cutting a slot for the nut the string height is still too high. I want t
Read more…Hey i want to make my own box with this next build so i can get good acoustics . Im just wondering who all has done this and what wood and thickness did you use ? I dont have any way of getting specialty wood so im stuck with whatever HD or Lowes sel
Read more…I just uploaded a video explaining how a 4 string tuning changed my life. Would love for you guys to check it out and more importantly try it out! It blew my mind and changed my musical life!
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/4-string-cbg-tuning-ci
Read more…I have never played with a slide. Today I bought two to use with my first CBG: one glass, one brass. They are both medium, so I assume they do come in different sizes. Trying to use either on my ring finger, they both fit very loose. Is this nor
Read more…OK I've been thinking about getting an octave pedal, Electro Harmonix POG2, for a didley bow. Then I seen a 4 string bass at the store which had 8 strings.. ok 8 string bass with 2 different size strings for each of the 4 strings... like a 12 string
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I finally found a friendly, cheap 3 string tab editor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWUQi-E20iM
This one's for the iPad but they have PC and Mac versions as well.
Read more…This license plate git worked fine with a piezo. I cut the plate and added a chrome mag pup from Gitty. It buzzes and hums.
The pup sits on wood. 2 wires go into a 2 prong jack. I wired them one way and when that buzzed, wired it the other
Read more…Just happened upon this, might be able to wind pickups successfully.
http://www.amazon.com/Build-Universal-Coil-Winding-Machine/dp/187808710X/ref=pd_sim_b_2
Read more…Many thanks for responses. What the hell is weed whacker line ( bearing in mind I am Australian)
Read more…I have been struggling to learn the CBG. Is the fretless slide, fretted fingering / finger picking or just strumming with chords the easiest way to learn. I am not making much progress with the slide. I have no previous music experience
Read more…I am very new to the world of CB guitars in fact any guitars. I know of the mantra that there are no rules with the design or tuning of CBGs but. I have just finished a wine box version with a rather long neck. from nut to bridge it is 33". From the
Read more…OK. I've made em, strung em and tuned em, now all I gotta do is play em !
I am thinking that I should get a few lessons at least just to learn a bit of basic theory about cords and stuff. So do I look for a tutor of guitar, banjo, or ukelele? Or d
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