EASY TO BUILD CIGAR BOX GUITAR: AN UNCLE CROW STYLE CBG IN ONE HOUR!! - Cigar Box Nation2024-03-28T16:51:46Zhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/forum/topics/easy-to-build-cigar-box-guitar?id=2592684%3ATopic%3A231045&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI know it's been a long while…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2019-12-22:2592684:Comment:34247122019-12-22T19:01:24.699ZEdward McCarthyhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/EdwardMcCarthy
<p>I know it's been a long while since you posted this but I just completed my very first CBG, and I used you plans.The Uncle Crow is beautiful in it's simplicity and soundness. I'v built a lot of different things over the years, but I'm pretty excited over this (especially for and old dude such as myself - nearly 63). I thank you for sharing your plans and thoughts. I really enjoyed this and plan on building more. I'll post some pics in the very near future. Again thank you, and if you read…</p>
<p>I know it's been a long while since you posted this but I just completed my very first CBG, and I used you plans.The Uncle Crow is beautiful in it's simplicity and soundness. I'v built a lot of different things over the years, but I'm pretty excited over this (especially for and old dude such as myself - nearly 63). I thank you for sharing your plans and thoughts. I really enjoyed this and plan on building more. I'll post some pics in the very near future. Again thank you, and if you read this Merry Christmas! - Eddie Mac</p> Absolutely awesome!
tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2019-12-22:2592684:Comment:34245582019-12-22T18:48:46.036ZEdward McCarthyhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/EdwardMcCarthy
<p>Absolutely awesome!</p>
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<p>Absolutely awesome!</p>
<p></p> depends on the size of the ne…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2019-06-06:2592684:Comment:33399422019-06-06T14:10:47.553ZTimothy Hunterhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/TimothyHunter
<p>depends on the size of the neck and the type of wood used. the tension of the strings will tend to bow the neck. if it is a slide git then its not really a problem but if fretted then you can get intonation issues like fretted notes going sharp . </p>
<p>depends on the size of the neck and the type of wood used. the tension of the strings will tend to bow the neck. if it is a slide git then its not really a problem but if fretted then you can get intonation issues like fretted notes going sharp . </p> Thank you so much!
These are…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2018-05-04:2592684:Comment:31141682018-05-04T19:01:43.339Zrodger moorehttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/rodgermoore
<p>Thank you so much!</p>
<p>These are so cool.</p>
<p>Thank you so much!</p>
<p>These are so cool.</p> I've wondered about putting a…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2018-02-01:2592684:Comment:30413262018-02-01T15:09:26.348ZAndy Buschhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/AndyBusch
<p>I've wondered about putting a pup on a resonator-ed CBG. Looks like you put the piezo directly on the resonator. Yes?</p>
<p>I've wondered about putting a pup on a resonator-ed CBG. Looks like you put the piezo directly on the resonator. Yes?</p> very nice resonator!!!
tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2018-02-01:2592684:Comment:30411452018-02-01T13:34:09.357ZJLhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/JL239
<p>very nice resonator!!!</p>
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<p>very nice resonator!!!</p>
<p></p> These are great instructions…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2018-02-01:2592684:Comment:30412952018-02-01T02:22:03.971ZGeorge Joneshttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/GeorgeJones
<p>These are great instructions . . . After building a basic one - I used the plans as an R&D experimentation platform and ventured over to make me a rather awesome sounding paint can lid resonator with a fly bridge using the "Uncle-Crow" building method that sounds incredible when played. See attached photos . . .</p>
<p>The last attached photo shows how I did my inside box bracing to ensure the lid was able to vibrate freely . . . I duct taped a piezo directly to the 1…</p>
<p>These are great instructions . . . After building a basic one - I used the plans as an R&D experimentation platform and ventured over to make me a rather awesome sounding paint can lid resonator with a fly bridge using the "Uncle-Crow" building method that sounds incredible when played. See attached photos . . .</p>
<p>The last attached photo shows how I did my inside box bracing to ensure the lid was able to vibrate freely . . . I duct taped a piezo directly to the 1 gallon paint can lid to allow me to connect it to an amp, but the resonator is loud enough to where you really don't need an amp to easily play it with good volume in your living room . . .</p>
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<p>Metal, plastic, cardboard, ceramic, dried gourd, this type of attachment by using a cleat to screw the resonator chamber to the back of a stick-on-top-neck will work for anything rigid enough to hold its own shape.</p>
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<p>Metal, plastic, cardboard, ceramic, dried gourd, this type of attachment by using a cleat to screw the resonator chamber to the back of a stick-on-top-neck will work for anything rigid enough to hold its own shape.</p>
<p></p> Great videos for the build an…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2018-01-29:2592684:Comment:30394572018-01-29T21:15:44.156ZBob Bowmanhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/BobBowman
<p>Great videos for the build and Love the eye-bolt tuning pegs!</p>
<p>Great videos for the build and Love the eye-bolt tuning pegs!</p> Uncle Crow is the man on thes…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2017-01-06:2592684:Comment:27653452017-01-06T15:45:33.819ZGlenn Kaiserhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/GlennKaiser
<p>Uncle Crow is the man on these so he may have specific thoughts of course. I just want to say try it Andy! Unless you have zero boxes, parts and such (and they can be found, had or made for nothing or next to nothing) why not give it a shot? After years and countless builds of every variety and then some I have found you just never really know what it will sond like until it's built. You may have a ballpark idea from other builds you've done or other gits you've heard that others have built,…</p>
<p>Uncle Crow is the man on these so he may have specific thoughts of course. I just want to say try it Andy! Unless you have zero boxes, parts and such (and they can be found, had or made for nothing or next to nothing) why not give it a shot? After years and countless builds of every variety and then some I have found you just never really know what it will sond like until it's built. You may have a ballpark idea from other builds you've done or other gits you've heard that others have built, but you really cannot know until you build and hear it -regardless of variables. I've made full metal gits with sheet metal boxes using conduit for a neck. Sound cool! I've built plenty of U. Crow models and they almost all sound amazing. And if you're putting a pickup in a git, heck, you can tape a piezo on a cantalope and hit it... it may eventually split but you'll hear it via an amp and can then adjust tones and volumes regardless of it's natural tone. Enjoy Andy. It's a disease... but a really fun, cool one to have :) -Glenn</p>