So I assume this question will seem stupid but I’m gonna ask it anyway. Is there more to which type of strings you use than how are you want to play your cigarbox guitar? If you’re typically going to be playing it without an amp do you use acoustic a
Read more…Not sure what I would have done with myself without my CBG during lockdown. I’m too impatient to learn a full 6 string and too musically minded to not play anything. Perfect instruments.
Read more…If you have a hollow body guitar or hollow cigar box guitar, you can have unwanted noise from many reasons. Electrical wiring in your home can be an issue, fluorescent lighting, fans, window unit AC's, dimmer switches, computers/laptops, walwarts, ba
Read more…Hi, things have been a bit slow on here lately, so I thought I would post a couple of interesting [maybe?] topics.
Photos should tell the story.
Hi, well I just finished the fretless minstrel banjo today and its had more playing time so far than in the last 30 years.
As I said before its modeled loosely off of Minstrel banjos of the 1800's.
I love the feel and sound of the nylon strings [not
Read more…Had to skip Day 4 of the builds, 3 days straight ruined my back; could barely get out of bed on Day 4, but better now for the moment.
Todays builds are something new for me, both have small, but deep tin bodies, both have 2 strings and have a scale
Read more…Another thing that I would like to hear from everybody about is the difference between using a bolt bridge and a bone or other material bridge. I’m coming from the school that used bolts for the nuts and the bridges but the other day Taff suggested t
Read more…Some people using fishing string, to play on. So that means that some have probably tried various companies. What works? Fishing line goes by pounds, so what poundage are you using?
Lets also cover, if it is for a 3, 4, or 6 string, in the info.
Than
Read more…I recently Built this small Guitar using a tiny Macanudo box. I wondered what it would sound like. I was hoping it was going to rock even though it was tiny! Turns out the sound is pretty hollow It,s not very good. Wondering if anybody has any advice
Read more…I'm new to Cigar Box Nation. I've been playing the CBG for a few years now, but have never tried to build one myself. My question is this: Do you think it would be a good idea to order the parts for a cigar box guitar from C.B. Gitty, and then use th
Read more…This one is quite straight forward; 5 Elephant Tin Diddley Bow Canjo's. 3 of them are Baritone with a scale of 27 inches and the other 2 are short with 21.5 inch scales. Very simple builds, but I love them for there simplicity. Each tin is equipped w
Read more…Its not quite finished yet, but this is pretty much it. The body is an extra deep, teacup shaped Biscuit Tin, so once its strung up, its going to be very resonant.
Speaking from a left handed players view, the top neck is a 4 string slide neck. I'm g
Read more…I know that scale length on a guitar is measured from the Edge of the NUT to where the string crosses
the saddle. When using bolts at NUT and Bridge/Saddle I guess the measurement would be from the center of the bolts on both sides since that is whe
Read more…Another quarantine build (and another sunburn), I forget which number I'm on at this point, maybe 6.
Slightly different from my normal 6 String Canjo builds. instead of my normal Biscuit Tins, I used a top lid tin, like you'd find on old cereal stor
Read more…How would one go about creating and installing frets similar to that of a pipa? Also the material does not matter to me, so if there's something nontraditional that would work better and last longer, I am totally open to that.
Read more…
Daniel Carter Beard's "Uncle Enos" Banjo Plans, first published in 1884
Originally published as Christmas Eve with Uncle Enos in American newspapers. First book appearance in 1884, as printed in The Book Buyer 1884-1885. These plans would eventu
Read more…its really frustrating that my pictures wont load correctly.
And thanks to all who've liked my work!
Read more…i have been cutting fret slots then gluing fret board to neck then stain and frets last. Is this way ok? I haven't had any problems but to know if its better one way or the other.
Thanks
Mike
Read more…Starting yesterday, CBN is no longer displaying Thumbnails on videos. Also, I cannot like/unlike videos for a while now. The like button works on photos but not videos.
I logged out, deleted all cookies, logged back in, and there was no change. It is
Read more…