Zeppelin "Houses Of The Holy" Lesson Video
As promised - the first from the Medley video! Open G tuning (GDGB)
Sorry it's too big to post directly - hope it's worth the jump to YT.
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A brand new question: 25 1/2 inches the only/best length of a fret board?
Here I am, just finishing my first CBG and even getting it strung out/tuned up! Will wonders never end?
But now I have enough timber suitable for a second instrument... even have a very thin cigar box. The length of suitable wood for the fret board w
Read more…SCRAPPING old Guitars for useble PARTS?
a OLD Munchen Beer crate for a body, a Japanese fake strat(Diamond)neck for a neck, a Texas Licence plate for a rezzonator, a beer flipper for a stringholder, just to name a fjew! Scrapp-yard your next build?
The Hunt is more fun then the Kill?
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Read more…One Finger Lesson: REO Speedwagon's "Take It On the Run" Video
We heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend that Glenn Watt of C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply has taken the great singalong rocker, Take It On the Run by REO Speedwagon and arranged it for one-finger playing! You'll need a 3-string cigar box gu
How to Get the "Fake Snare Drum" Like Johnny Cash on Cigar Box Guitar
Shane Speal shows the simple paper-thru-strings percussion technique that Johnny Cash made popular in songs like "I Walk the Line." This is a lesson that needs to be taught!
Thanks to C. B. Gitty for buying us this nifty new video camera with all
Read more…Brushy One-String Gets His Guitar Fixed
Internet viral sensation, Brushy One-String is known for flogging an old acoustic guitar graced with a single bass string. After playing that guitar worldwide for several years, it was finally in need of some repairs. Pablo Lojo, a luthier in Buen
Read more…Cigar Box Guitars in the Schools
Classrooms to be filled with music as C. B. Gitty introduces new Cigar Box Guitars in Schools program.
Aug 18, 2015 [Rochester NH]
C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply has just launched a new Cigar Box Guitars in School program and named Shane Speal as Direc
Read more…Cigar Box Guitars & the Making of "Little Boxes" by Walk Off the Earth
This video has amassed more than 10 Million hits. You've probably seen it. Now hear Shane Speal's interesting backstory to the entire project.
Shane Speal says:
In early 2012, I received a panicked call from a advertising company in England. The
Read more…Alain Johannes: Queens of the Stone Age sideman is a master of Cigar Box Guitar
At Cigar Box Nation, we tend to profile the blues players who are wielding cigar box guitars in concert such as Seasick Steve and Samantha Fish. However, one of the most prolific cigar box guitarists in the world today isn't blues, but a soulful alt
Where do you get a fret scale ruller from in the UK?
Hi
Does anyone know where to get a fret scale ruler in the UK from
and which is the best and typical scale to use.
Thanks for any help
BUG
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Bolt nut starting point for fret lay out
HI ,On my 2nd cbg build.Have not use a bolt for the nut .So iam think the center point of the bolt would be the fret line to start with to bring your scale down the neck.Can anyone tell me if this i the correct or not (cutting in fret so i want to ma
Read more…tin box, attaching the neck to the tin
i found 2 examples of how tin boxes are attached to the necks.
the first has some kind of frame inside the box and the second
has a support piece under the neck. does anyone know if the second
is done by using screws to attach it to the back side of
Read more…'Jesus of Malibu'
MALTESE PRODUCTIONS is producing the documentary
"The Film that Changed the World."
Directed by Michael Kirk, this is the story of the making of 'Jesus of Malibu' 2005-2012.
You can find more about the film here:
THE KANSAS CITY CIGAR BOX GUITAR FESTIVAL 2010. WILL YOU BE THERE?????
Hello Peeps!
To those of you, WHETHER PERFORMERS OR ENTHUSIASTS, who think you would attend the
Kansas City Cigar Box Festival I am organizing for the year, would you
let me know here with a short message? I'll be meeting the Board thins
weekend and y
My first three string CBG ...
My first attempt to a three string CBG . I used a EDGE box , I don't think it is the best box to use as far as sound . It sounds a little different. Oak neck and fret board ,medium/high #0141 fretwire , 3/4" door pullers to dress the holes . The fini
Harmonica substitute?
Help!!! I'm pretty much a one man show. Every once in a while there is a song that I want to play that just sounds better with a harmonica solo. (such as She Caught the KATY) Anyway, I don't play harmonica and don't plan on learning anytime soon.
Read more…It's all about the music
A forum to talk about live or recorded music that you've been digging on lately - any new finds or old faves that you want to share with the nation.
Read more…to glue or to screw the neck to the top?
Hi folks, ran into some mumbojumbo with my first build. I added a picture to help me explain the situation. http://www.upload.ee/image/102106/neck.jpg That's the part of the neck where I'm going to fix the top to. I cut it 5mm thinner from both sides
Read more…"Songs Inside The Box" in Treasure Coast International Film Festival
"Songs Inside The Box," the cigar box guitar documentary has been selected for screening at the Treasure Coast International Film Festival in Florida. The festival opens Thursday, January 29 and runs through Saturday, February 1. They will be showing
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