Hi, I'm looking for information on the CB Gitty 3-string guitar kit, but the stuff I'm trying to find out isn't available on their store site. I am a musician but I've never built a cigar box guitar before, I've been thinking about doing it for years
Read more…Hello everyone, i'm currently having a battle with my first build.
i have tried mounting piezo pickups in several places but i cant seem
to get rid off the exsessive handling noise. the body is made of powder coated metal
and a table leg runs throug
Read more…Hi I have 2 1950 cigar boxes from cuba They have sentimental value .
One is in good condition both have the locks missing or parts of it.
They are very heavy I want to make a resonator 6 string form the good one.
If i use the same epoxi that is use
Read more…Hi all, ive just completed my first CBG and after a SERIOUSLY botched job i have ended up one string short, a neck lower then the lid of the box and a huge spacing between the string and fretboard, basically what had begun as a playable 3 string is n
Read more…So, getting close to starting on making my first CBG. I'm pretty solidly a novice in the area, so I'm really taking my time on decisions, having spent probably eight hours going through ideas on the web, about half of them on this site. So, I'd lik
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I was wondering if there was a canjo group yet on Cigar Box Nation -- One dedicated to making better canjos. I know the solution to making a better canjo is to use a cigarbox, but some places in the world (as where I live) don't have easy ac
Hey folks, I'm brand new here and I haven't built a thing in my life. I'd love to dabble in some of this stuff but I have no expectations to begin by creating something equal to some of your beauties that I've been seeing. I have no experience and wh
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