I've built forty or so box guitars both 3 and 4 stringers fretted and un-fretted, Mag and piezo piclups. Over time I settled on a three stringer with no frets and a mag pickup. After playing for three or four years, I felt like I had pretty good cont
Read more…1. Any tips on making pickups for 3 string? Ive made a couple. Experimenting with different magnet setups , winding thickness and number of winds. 2. DIY tuning pegs. I imagine im overlooking an important video here somewhere. Ive watched alot of you
Read more…I’m not sure about this but could you just mod a small amp for cbg? I have build a practice amp in an altoids tin but nothing big yet? So should I just mod an amp?
Read more…Something I have never seen discussed on this forum (maybe I'm in the wrong place) is the use of guitar backing tracks to accompany your CBG playing.
I don't have any other players near me and after playing solo three string slide for a good while I
Read more…I found this locally via Facebook marketplace, $20. Plugged it in for a few minutes and tinkered around with my 3 string with a rod piezo, seems like a decent little amp. Anyone have experience with it?
Read more…I cut the tops for my bass gamba and my classical not needing a footstool. My other jigsaw had a laser to help cut straight lines though. What's you're go to tool for hitting your lines again to straighten things up? Flat file, round file? I don't ha
Read more…I’m new to CBG playing and I’m learning to play slide blues. However when I have to hammer on, especially to my low G string, I get a lot of ringing. This ringing drowns out the effect of the hammer. I’ve tried slides of various materials to no avail
Read more…Hey everybody,
I recently got this little Fender Frontman 15R project from a nice fellow that had an ad in Craigslist. Free. Sweet! He told me it wouldn't come on and that he had poked around looking for an obvious short, but didn't really have the kn
Does anybody know how to stop your videos from autoplay in your video page? Mine scare the crap out of me when I am not paying attention. I tried to find it in the forums and search to no avail, but I really suck at search.
Thank you in advance.
Ray
Read more…I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but someone needs to cover this great Lonnie Mack tune: https://youtu.be/ZsDcBg4X7fQ
Read more…Does cb gitty have any idea when he might make a harmonica song book I would like that I am learning harmonica now and I would like some song books for the harmonica please? And thanks Tyler
Read more…Hi all! I'm curious how many Aussie cigar box guitars builders we have here? I'm struggling to find parts and accessories for my builds! I've done the build with anything I can find and though this is awesome... I would like to start some more advanc
Read more…I bought a humbucker fully wired set up. I have a white wire that is not solderer to anything. Where does it go?
Read more…I’m downsizing my travel rig from a Fender Champion 100 2x12 combo and Harbinger M60 sound system down to a Roland Micro Cube GX and possibly another battery-powered amp to run my vocal mic out of. Most places I play are either dive bars or small res
Read more…Is there a site from which I can download a book o music theory? I have started to get interested in this side of things, and find it helpful with chord progressions etc
Read more…CHRISTMAS 2019
will be here before we know it !
For any of the new folks here on the Nation every Christmas we compile a
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of Seasonal songs played, composed and sung by our members, we have been doing this for the last severa
Read more…Anybody have a tab for Goober Peas before I attempt to transcribe it to G-B-G?
https://www.music-for-music-teachers.com/goober-peas.html
Read more…Hi everyone,
I am new to owning a CBT and to this group so hello to all my new friends.
I purchased my first cbg before attempting a build so I could get learning, I would like to tune my new cbg to GDG but the low G string will not tune to G before
Read more…I'm trying to figure out what works for me. Arthritis really limits my left hand fingers, and not being a player, figuring out how to noodle around is challenging...gonna have to pay closer attention to Shane's lessons.
But slide....have a metal stubb
I’m on the hunt for an amp, I’m still on the fence.
right now I’m going back and forth between a used Roland cube street and a new cube mini, but I’m really open to any and all suggestions.
ive also looked into the pignose amps but I have a lot of
