Hello! new member here and i have not posted yet so i think it's time! Sadly not for a good reason.
I have just finished my first Cigar box guitar and strung it up. When tuned to GDG i get a buzz on the thickest string when not fretted and it goes aw
Read more…As the Title say: I am looking for any resource to learn to play a frettless 3 string CBG.
A Book or DVD would be great. Free stuff is always apreciated.
No fretts, no more strings, just those 3 strings and my bottleneck. we need help ;-)
Read more…Finally finished my 3 string CBB. What a learning curve! Started with a 20" long bulk cigar box, built a steel rod reinforced red oak and mahogany neck, through the box, corian nut, jumbo frets, and laid it out for a 30 1/2" scale. So far, so good. O
Read more…I built the this 3-string license plate guitar with a 27" scale because that's what my son wanted. Neither one of us can read music or play guitar but we love making noise with CBG's! My problem is that he wanted the 27" scale to
Read more…hello !
here the begin of my first one :D
will continue as soon I receive material :)
ciaoo
Read more…Hi, I'm Karol (like Carl) and I just built my first cigar box guitar.
All the photos I took of the build: https://www.flickr.com/photos/karolgajda/sets/72157647952681963/
Short video on instagram: http://instagram.com/p/xxq2HmDNRD/
Note: I did build
Read more…Here is my latest invention, a three stringed fretted cigarbox guitar. To test it, I played one of my all time favorites, Canned Heat's On the road again, see this you Tube:
Read more…Hi I finished a one string cigar box diddleybow a few weeks ago with a broom handle neck! For my second build I'm planning on sticking to the same style but with 3 strings! I used a jubilee clip as a bridge for my first build but that won't work for
Read more…Just finished this one up for a coworker. We're in Richmond, Va and I happened to find a Richmond Va box. Neck and fret board are oak. Frewt markers on side of neck are used .22 shells.
Read more…Howdy all...Was wondering if anyone has a suggestion about this.
I want to wire up 1 single coil w/ volume & tone, 1 under saddle piezo rod w/ volume & tone all tied into a master volume (no 3 way switch.)
This is as close as I've come
Read more…At just a little over $100 in materials and about 50 hours in build time I'm asking $200 for it. The Davidoff Cigar Box had it's bottom removed and replaced with a special piece of Black Walnut to serve as the new sound board. The P/U is a "narrow fi
Read more…Hi Folks,
I just ordered a cigar box guitar from C.B. Gitty (the basic model, via Amazon).
I discovered the cigar box guitar (and the diddley bow) on a YouTube video featuring Scott Ainslie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=T
Read more…It´s beautifull!!!
regards
Read more…I got some different sizes piezo discs to experiment with, but there's one size that has 2 zones on the ceramic plate on top. I found out that they are called 3 contact piezos. Where do i solder my hot lead? The big surface or the small bit?
Thanks
Read more…I know it not a cbg (and a bit communist) but I found a balalaika (Russian guitar)in a local charity shop that need a little TLC. Being curious with the look, 3 strings, new tuning and the refurbishment it needs I bought it.
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This is my first post but I am so glad to be here. Anyway, I just bought a 3 string Robert Johnson style CBG with a mahogany broomstick neck. It came with thumb screw tuning pegs with wing nuts for tightening. Maybe I am doing something wrong but
hey yall, will post pics soon as i have them and add a link to the reply but i just finished a new build last night and fine tuned it today. its a 3 string bass, played with a slide and tuned the same as our guitars, AEa cept being a bass its one oct
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I'm a shop teacher. My class is building a variation of cigar box guitars. I need to find nylon G-D-G or D-A-D strings in bulk. For the life of me, I can't find a single damn website that sells single nylon strings in bulk. Any suggestions? I
