CB bass
I'm looking for info on building a cb bass. Ideal box dims. Do I need to use bass strings? And tuners etc. any info would be a great help. Thanks all
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Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts (2214)
A good distance from tailpiece to the bridge.
Hi guitar building lovers. I thought I would ask about the distance of the tailpiece to the bridge. I am building my first cigar box guitar & considering scale length etc. Is there a magical distance from the tailpiece to a floating bridge or dont it
Read more…CBGs on Letterman!
Happened to be watching Letterman last night. They had a guy named Bill Carter who it turns out is an Austin based songwriter who's written songs for SRV among others. (He's the guy who wrote Crossfire.) Johnny Depp was also there and apparently they
Read more…Antique Cigar Box Guitar postcard from the early 1900's FOR SALE
I am selling an old historic postcard with images of the cigar box guitar, you can see it here,
great for any serious collector or someone who sells cigar box guitars, place this with your guitars or on your wall to describe the history of these wo
Read more…Cigar box fiddle neck.
Ok I've scoured the Internet looking for a template for a cigar box fiddle. I found a good candidate for the box. A narrow starrett machinist level box. Does any one know where I can get a good drawing with dims for a neck ? Thanks in advance
Read more…strings
folks---are you using electric strings with magnetic pickups on your cbgs or sticking with acoustic strings? pros and cons?
Read more…Win a McTrustry 3 string Cigar Box Guitar.
To celebrate the launch of my site, and in conjunction with my old mate Nigel McTrustry from cigarboxguitarsaustralia.com, I'm running a competition in which you can win one of Nigel's amazing instruments. Here's the go:
- Go to my website www.learnci
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pick-up ?
hey, does anybody know? is putting a single coil pick-up in line with the sting effective?
Read more…truss rod length
I have built a neck with a 17" truss in. The scale length is 24". The truss runs out 3" before the neck enters the box. Unlike a regular guitar part of the fret board it on the body, my box is sligjtly short for this. Does it matter if the truss is n
Read more…A new course, and it's free this time
Hi Folks
Just letting you know that I've finally finished the new course at www.learncigarboxguitar.com. It's called 3 strings 3 chords and it's all about playing the old favourite 3 chord tunes that we all know and love.
It came about after a discu
Read more…Simple Busking Setup Question
I have grown tired of the lack of CBG playing in Boston. So I have an idea for a simple busking set up for singing vocals into a mic and playing one of my electric CBGs.
I want a simple Micro Cube single channel amp, but I want to run vocals and th
Read more…A 3 string, a harmonica and some wine...
Did this little ditty the other night in 3 hours while my wife was at work. I got pretty loaded on wine by the end of the night and thought it sounded pretty good then. When I woke up and listened to it in the morning I thought it would sound like cr
Read more…This site is great
Just a quick public thank you to Jonathan Clark whom I met on this site. As it turnes out we live within a 20 min drive and he was nice enough to let a stranger (me) into his home to see his builds, which are great, and he gave me a fretboard templa
Read more…Peavey PowerSlide wiring
OK on the Powerslide they only have 1 humbucker. BUT the tone control is a fader.. it fades between a single coil and the humbucker... 1:35.. How's this done? thanks
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The GREAT Cigar Box Nation Riff/Song Book!
Hi
I am thinking of starting a group here on the Nation and would like to see what people think.
It would be called something like "The Great Cigar Box Nation Riff/Song Book".
A place where you can show us your favourate riff or song etc
A data base
Doc Watson's Cigar Box Slide Guitar
In case you did not know Nancy Watson and Roy Andrade are offering one of Doc's Cigar Box Slide Guitars on this web page. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1207511959/doc-watson-family-milestones
Read more…Question: Better Amp vs Blues Pedal
Hello to all! This is my first post here on CBN. I have never owned or played a cigar box guitar. I have played an electric guitar but that was eons ago. I'm going to be purchasing a CBG kit next month and I had an advice question for those that wou
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