Can tap tuning be effectively applied to a CBG? The only thing I can see that might be done to effect the tuning of the soundboard is adding bracing. Does anyone have any thoughts or experience in applying this technique to a CBG?
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Read more…Howdy Everybody!
I haven't been around in a lonnnnng time. Missed ya'll.
So, to get beck into building, I thought I'd start with a easy canjo. Which I quickly complicated by wanting two strings instead of one, trying a diatonic fret setup instead of
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I'm not handy or crafty at all, and I know even less about guitars. So naturally I decided to build a cbg for my daughter. Mistakes were made and corrected and now I have a lovely guitar. The specs: 3 strings, 30 inch scale, the neck is
Read more…I got my new CBG done last night and I got to playing it, and man am I rusty!
Anyhow, I was going to tune to open G, but I could not get the top string to tune into G, I felt like I was going to snap it. So I went to my old, open D, so I tuned it D
Read more…Shane Speal has been championing the 3-string "EEB" tuning for years and has written several songs with it. In this lesson, he shows how you can start playing your own lush ballads by simply using two fingers for a moveable chord. It also includes
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I am a complete beginner in music and guitar playing. I got a Loog guitar for my kids but liked it so much that I will build a CBG from the kits sold by CB Gitty. The problem is that I don't know how to play the guitar and I know very l
Read more…I'm hoping to do a cigar box uke project. I have some guitar tuning machines lying around in great shape. Can you use guitar tuning machines on a ukulele?
Read more…I've built several two and the string guitars now. They are all electric. Some use a rod piezo and some a disc piezo asunder the bridge as a pickup. For some reason, the low E string on all of them is touchy to tune with an electronic tuner (I have t
Read more…What's your favorite 3-string tuning? I hope to produce a bunch more lessons and want them to be useful for as many people as possible. The ones on my website now use EBE, but I'm thinking most people are using GDG.
Thanks for your input.
Rick
Read more…couple of very basic questions related to first tuning of my CBG…
Howdy Ya'll...
I thought to make a 4 string, fretted CBG for my first build. I thought if I could build this one then any 3 string I did subsequently would be a cinch. Well, I think I bit off more than I could chew.
The build turned out pretty go
Read more…Hi all, I am a newbie. Just finished my first. Pics later. Even though the action seems a little high, I am having trouble getting the low string to G. Broke the first one. The second string tuned right in good to D and the third perfect g. Am I miss
Read more…hi everyone I'm new to building (on my 3rd right now) and I want to build a cigar box guitar in every tuning. I have my first 2 tuned to G5 and was wondering wether scale length had anything to do with tuning to all keys?? is it better to change str
Read more…Another question.....has anyone ever used violin/cello tuning pegs on a cbg? I kinda want to have that look for my next build.....do they stay in tune etc? thanx
Read more…I'm working on a ukulele and I've cut the headstock in a classical style but now the tuners have come in and I've realized I can't get them. I've seen others do this, like the pics below:
I've got the same pegs but cannot figure out how to get them
Read more…Can't figure out how to see my posts on the resonator box group, so I'm reposting here.
I've been testing my hand built box with a tuning fork, looking for bridge placement sites. I have found a few areas that vibrate very well with nice tone. Nex
Hello all in the CBNation!
Okay, admittedly I am a noob, with all that the term entails. I tried to learn guitar as a kid and never got much beyond remembering how to do a G chord or picking a song or two by ear. This past year I stumbled upon the
Read more…Where can I find some form of template for where to drill my tuning peg holes? I have 3 seperate tuners, not the ones that are attached. I looked for about 20 pages on here, but I couldn't find something answering my question. I've seen guides on how
Read more…OK...so maybe it can't be considered a "great" quake. I know its a bit morbid, but an earthquake was on my "life list" of things to experience. Just so we can keep it music-related...your random 3.6 earthquake is a great reason to keep you guitars i
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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
