Was on Nothing-But-the-Blues-Podcast #643
Next to the last song...
https://cliff.libsyn.com/nothing-but-the-blues-643
Has anyone used non metallic strings in their CBGs? If so were they satisfied with results?
Read more…I have a 3pole delta blues pick up from cbgitty. Comes wired with a plug in. Do I need to ground this unit?
Read more…Well, it's about time I did this, my FIRST official cbg release.
For BANDCAMP FRIDAY.
What would you do with this 'vanilla' gallon can? Paint it? Leave it as is? Add a mod-podge image[s]?
I want to make a 3-string git but no inspiration as yet as to what it should look like...
Well, now I gone and done it. I missed the mark on my zero fret by somewhere between .030 and .040 of an inch. Everything must've slipped on me. The cut is square and pretty, but way off.
I spent quite some time searching for options here, and on
Read more…I'm new to the box guitar building world, I do have woodworking experience.
Just started designing and planning the guitar.
Can someone run through the plans to check if I'm overlooking stuff or done my research wrong. :)
Please inform me, I'm here
This wild instrument was created by Cigar Box Nation member, Miku and was submitted in the Musical Mutant Build-Off Contest. He describes it as a "Human powered, 24 tone polyphony, 16th notes electric kalimba mechanical sequencer plus electric hu
Read more…Hello! I saw the video (C.B. Getty channel) of Glen soldering in a tone capacitor in the tone pot in order to lessen the amount of high end “quack” from a piezo. Is it possible to do that with just a straight input to piezo (with no vol or tone pots)
Read more…I made a spreadsheet to calculate frets offline.
Features
The spreadsheet is in an open document format so should be able to be opened with all the usual sprea
Read more…Here is another tale about the building of another special guitar.
Tommy. A Special Guitar.
The timber for this guitar [back and sides] was given to me by a long-time friend and fellow woodworker
He had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer and
Just want to say hello to all. Getting materials together to build my first cigar box guitar.
Read more…I am 1st time poster. Been a member for years. I have started a 3 string and would like to make a bass out of it. It has a really long neck and a small body. The neck has been scored but I don't remember what I was thinking at the time I started whet
Read more…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.
Read more…Hi,
I thought I had better post something before I forget how to do it. I hope the members I don't see here much anymore are well and just busy.
I haven’t posted for a while so I thought I would show a selection of the different Resonator style guita
Discover a wild instrument from Africa and make your own using a tin can! Then keep scrolling to discover other Cigar Box Nation members who have created cigar box versions, too.
Nicolas Bras is a Youtube star who makes instruments out of junk. In
Read more…As some of you may know, I do not build unless the weather is good. I haven't had a good day of weather since September, long time to go without a build on the go. yesterday was good, did some spraying and prep work on a Strat and Tele, today I built
Read more…I've been looking to try some aniline wood dye on some purpose-built git boxes..LPG's, reso's and the like. I usually stain or paint, then clear 'em, but the examples of dyed wooden items, including guitars, can look quite stunning, far more color an
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