I recently purchased a lovely hand wound pickup, it has 2 leads, I have it wired very simply to the jack. When I touch the jack it pretty much stops. I believe my connections are good(i think) Please pardon my ignorance on this I relize this has been
Read more…A few years ago , I posted on the old forum that I was watching TV's The History channel, "Where is it now" and they were doing a story on Where is John Lennons yellow Mecedes Station wagon, ...and during the stroy the flashed a photo of him playing
Read more…they put David Sutton's book on cigar box guitars on the front page
its the 2nd most fav-o-rite new item!
can someone say "world domination"!!!...go ahead...say it
Cigar box guitar RED DAWN!!!
starting JJ Rango as leader of the Wolverines
Read more…Is it just taking a typical scale lenth and eliminating certain frets?
Thanks.
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OK. So I seem to be at the point where I think I need a microphone. I would like to record the sound from my amp and it doesn't sound so good going from the amp output into the computer. I think the best bet is to use a microphone placed in front of
Read more…Just yesterday BoingBoing.net published a feature on the Cigar Box Guitar Museum. Now Guitar Squid has picked up the story.
Check out the link at Guitar Squid... and hit the THUMBS UP button. If we make "Top Story," it could possibly be emailed to
Read more…Hi, I'm a lonesome banjo player setting out on my first CBG construction. Problem is I live in Shropshire, England. Does anyone know of a cigar box supplier in the UK or one in the States with 'reasonable' shipping costs.
Rog
Read more…Does anybody know how to place a Humbucker in a cbg? Does the frame around the pickups go inside or outside the box?
Read more…Due to the fact, there is no standard for CBG construction regarding the number of strings or the tuning, I am writing this information to help builders who are new to music, and offer suggestions that will make their builds function better from a mu
Read more…I just wanted to give you guys a heads up. For users with iphones, Ipod touch, or ipads your videos from other hosts don't play. It has to do with the war between windows (flash videos) and apple. The videos posted to youtube do play. This is just a
Read more…Is there a rule on neck size?...I believe my neck might be to short 31"..I want to add fret to it.
Read more…SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rock guitarist Ronnie Montrose, who formed the band that bore his name and performed with some of rock's heavy hitters, has died, his booking agent said Sunday.
Montrose died Saturday at his home in Millbrae, agent Jim Douglas sa
Read more…So ive been using basic piezo to quarter inch input set ups to amplify my instruments, but how do i ground the input so that it doesn t buzz when plugged in to an amp? Any suggestions?
Read more…I havent seen him, sent him an email 3 weeks ago just to see whats up.... never heard from him....like sevral great builders , secondhand cbg, back porch mojo, and a few amazing builders, he has disapered, anyone know whats up??? there stuff was grea
Read more…My plans are getting bigger. Wanna make a CBG with external preamp and use a pick-up and a rod piezo.
So it wil be: piezo rod/cable/2,5 mm jack/preamp in/preamp out/2,5 to 1/4 adapter/cable to amp.
Also: pick-up/cables to vol and tone pots/cable/1/4
Read more…I've been building for about a year and half now. In that time I've built 3-three stings, 2- Four strings, 2-ukes and 2- Six strings. Not in that order.
Usually, just as i'm finishing a build I start thinking about the next instrument I'd like to try
Read more…I need help with my necks not sure about buying a fret board or trying to fret myself if you look at my pics you'll see how far i've got
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