- a Maple neck with zero fret and brass nut.
- Artec preamp
- DR Neon Yellow Strings
- Brass and wood bridge with embedded rod piezo and individual string brass tailpiece.
For more inspiration, check out the Cigar Box Nation group, Cigar Box Basses.
Refugee Camp Guitar Builders - There's been many discussions about the best tools to use when making cigar box guitars, but this video is guaranteed to humble any builder. Filmed in 2012, the video, Guitar Maker at Dzalaka Refugee Camp, Malawi shows refugees making great, playable guitars out of chunks of discarded wood and the most basic tools available. >>See the amazing video.
Nikki D Is the wildest Sacred Steel player I've ever seen! One of the ways I get better as a cigar box guitar player is to study other slide guitarists. I first saw this video pop up on my Facebook timeline a couple months ago and my mind was blown. Appearing here is Nicolle Brown, a.k.a. Nikki D of Nikki D and the Browns, a Toledo, OH based gospel quartet in the Sacred Steel tradition...
Wichita Sam Injured - Cigar Box Nation members gather to help. One of our community, Pastor Sam Wood (aka Wichita Sam), was seriously injured during a freak accident and was badly burned over a large percentage of his body. Sam has been a member of CBN for a long time, creating the CBN Chapel group where members of faith could post and share faith related stories, and prayer requests, etc. He has also donated some of his instruments... >>Read more
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