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I guess I am the new guy.

I am taking my first stab at Cigar Box guitars and just started 3 this weekend. I have moderate colletion of stringed instruments but do not have a Uke or CB guitar so that is my goal for this project.

So far I have the necks and headstocks roughed, beveled to 12 degrees and glued which is Sapele wood. I have Bolivian Rosewood for the fretboards. I had spare chrome and gold grover tuners sets from other projects and I ordered a set of economy open tuners for the 3rd CBG from StewMac. I also ordered fret wire, Mikarta nuts-saddles, pearl dots and side dot material.

I of course will keep 1 for myself, give 1 to my MIL who gave me a bunch of cigar boxes and the third I will donate to a friend who sponsors a golf outing and silent auction for the Downs Syndrom Association on honor of his daughter.

Looking forward to learning from you all.

Mando V

Re Guild Rebuild

Pack Backer

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Permalink Reply by Lonman on October 22, 2012 at 12:56pm

Welcome- sounds awesome, looking forward to seeing your builds.

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Permalink Reply by Busyhands Slim on October 23, 2012 at 5:32am

I love how the Mando-V came out! I'm storing away that trick with the Tune-O-Matic insert. I'll bet your CBGs are going to be beautiful, too.

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Permalink Reply by CheesyBob on October 24, 2012 at 3:43pm

Thanks Vance. I had a friend suggest the tune-o-matic but could not get a good string alignment. I was lucky to have a metal supply company in the area so I could go hand pick some brass stock. The rest was from StuMac and some local shops.

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on October 25, 2012 at 7:38am

welcome to the addiction ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Bear on October 25, 2012 at 3:06pm

Well, HEY, CheesyBob! Good to see another FDPer here! 'Course, this place can't replace the good ol' FDP (that's the Fender Discussion Page, for anyone else reading this), but it's a great spot to have your very own page, post photos, videos & music; and for cigar box aficionados there's no better place for information and inspiration. There're a lot of good folks here, all willing to share & help. FDPer Hushnel is here, too, and who knows, maybe others. Anyway, welcome! And have fun with your CB builds!

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on October 25, 2012 at 3:13pm

:-o did someone say the F word ???

;-)

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Permalink Reply by CheesyBob on October 25, 2012 at 3:19pm

LOL Bear. I went with CB here because I knew there were some on this side of the fence and there was where I was refered to the CBN. I have not heard much from Hushnel since my Shive project. ;-)

the anonymous pick, we don't say it. We only type it.