I built this box several months ago in anticipation of building my first LM386-based amp. Well, I built about a dozen and I tried to build about a half-dozen fuzz pedals and I am still in anticipation of my first LM386-based amp and fuzz pedal. Sooo
Read more…I searched through older threads. I found a couple that could be helpful but the links did not work. I have the guitar neck of my first ever guitar. Sentimental to me. I want to use it in the build. I have made ukuleles and guitar amps but I have nev
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Wow! Thanks for all the music and fun!
Uncle John is at 496. Thank you too, Unc!
Read more…I am going to make a 4 string next and just making some inquiries to pad out my brain a little. Does the Box size/dimensions affect the tone/volume of the end product? How do changes in shape of the box change the sound?. I am looking for a large
Read more…I'm thinking about building something a bit on the exotic side. I've been searching for information on the Turkish baglama (saz) and the Persian setar. The long narrow necks and 3 courses seem a natural for a cigar box build. It's been tough to fin
Read more…When using a Strat style hardtail bridge,is the string tension and tone different (better,worse or indifferent) when stringing through the box to the bottom of the box or stringing straight to the bridge backplate? I know there's more work involved i
Read more…Hi, I just got back to working on this fine old guitar, late 1950s. I started it 30 years ago.....can't rush these things. Haha.
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I have been playing with spinning my own resonator cones on my lathe. I have had good luck with paint can lids and have tried copper, with some success. Copper has a steeper learning curve. If you have a lathe and want to try it, I have a video I w
Read more…Hi, I'm really new at this but love the idea.
Anyway I've watched a ton of videos and I wonder why the fret board is always, it seems, a separate piece of would glued to the neck?
If the neck is hardwood and the fret board is hard wood why the layer
Read more…Made this for a newbie customer, so in case anyone else is looking:
Changing strings on a hard-tail bridge cigar box guitar
Read more…Hit on an idea today I wanted to share. I was finishing a build and was looking in my hardware drawer for something to make a bridge. Then it hit ne. I had a box of assorted wooden craft beads. I found a smooth steel rod opened up the holes in the be
Read more…Here's a link to my 5-part step-by-step series on YouTube. Hey, what can I say; I'm chatty. And thorough :-)
You can link to subsequent parts from the first one. Hope it's helpful!
Shaping CBG Necks By Hand - Part 1: Intro & Micro-planing
Read more…https://jerusalemmules.bandcamp.com/album/songs-found-in-a-dead-guys-attic
A free cd download of lofi music on a 2 string banjo. Enjoy
Read more…The Helen Songer Parlor guitar.
The Guitar
This guitar story has an unusual start and an incredibly sad ending. This guitar is called the Hellen Songer, at the request of the customer. The sides are New Guinee Rosewood, and the back is Walnut cut fro
Starting a new build. Will be a 3 string 25,5'' scale. Now the question is which wil be the best for playing slow blues?
I have to choose between:
1. doubble rail cheapo asian pickup
2.humbucker
3. single coil asian pick-up
4. imitation p90
Any advis
Read more…Cigar Box Nation member, Glenn Kaiser has been making music history for decades, first by practically inventing the Christian hard rock genre with the revolutionary The Resurrection Band (a.k.a. Rez Band) and later with his deep blues solo career. N
The Arkansas Tuning was originally created by cigar box guitarist, AJ Gaither and references his home state. Shane Speal says, "this tuning is pretty simple, but man, does it open some old passageways for me! "
The EADG tuning is identical to the
Read more…Hi All, Has anyone built a canjo using one of the C.B.Gitty "Spirits Cans" yet? I think they looked cool so I ordered a few of these cans for my Cub Scout Den. So I did not buy the pre-built ones. Instead I want the scouts to build them from scratc
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