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
Read more…OK, finally finished my personal WS # 200 .... I know that it was built out of order, but having never done a plank... well.... you know...
the plank was from a 130 year old barn floor.... the seller said douglas fir.... probably right... not super
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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
just as the title says we played our third one last night, St Patty's day at Festival Restaurant, 9 song set one of which was just for you Shane
Kryptonite - 3 doors down
Black Hole Sun - SoundGarden
Enjoy the Silence - Depech Mode
Santeria - Subli
Read more…gday ive made a cookie tin uke 13in scale tried uke strings but not much sound. it looks good though wondering how it would sound using steel guitar strings and which ones two use to get tuning gcea hope someone can help thanks
Read more…I came across this potential playing gig while browsing through my latest copy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds catalog.
It will be the 10th annual Spring Planting Festival on May 2nd & 3rd at Bakersville "The Pioneer Village" near Mansfield, MO. They
Read more…Howdy folks. I'm a first-time builder. Recently got it into my head that I want to build an electric oil can guitar, like the ones you see coming out of South Africa. I've gathered all of my materials, but have one crucial question: How do you work i
Read more…Hi folks I think I mentioned it before, but when I was building my first CBG I wrote an article come diary about it as I went along. This 'commentary' or how-not-to guide is now up as part of the DIY Dunce series of features on the Guitar Tools web
Read more…Hi folks I've knocked together a little web site/blog where I'll be talking about and hopefully selling a few cigar box amps, effects and anything else that floats my boat. There are two amps available at the moment, but it's early days and to be h
Read more…Sorry if you've all seen this before, but this guy cracked me up with his IKEA Guitar
http://tangiersound.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/folk-guitar1.pdf Some of you might find this guitar book useful. Of course, it is for six string guitar, but it covers open tunings and playing slide guitar. Should be fairly simple to translate to CBG
Read more…I've been frustrated at the lack of response I've received, when I've asked, about how to make guitar pickups! No one seems to want to answer my questions or something. Is there anyone who can talk an electronic idiot like me through the steps of cre
Read more…So im just getting into cigar box guitars and ive been told by many people to go to this website, hopefully i can get some help...a friend of mine just got ahold of 6 cigar box's for me, so i went down to home depo today an bought three "3 foot, 1x2
Read more…Hi folks, got some cash to spend and wanting some kind of drum and bass rhythm machine that I can jam/practice guitar with and looking for your suggestions. Basically I only play guitar/CBG at home and want something that is fairly easy to use. I don
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