OK! I pulled myself up by my boot straps and have resurrected the show. It turns out my files were still on the server but I still have to rebuild the site content of each show which will take a little while to do. I revamped the site and gave it a n
Read more…I have seen some on the web....they are made by some company and I have seen some make them from scratch. Anyhow, they are a guitar amp that is stuffed into a shell that looks like a floor heater, they light up like one too. Welll I have a old stage
Read more…I'm wondering what happens if you stray from the recommended 42 gauge wire for winding pickups, anyone know?
Read more…I just built my first CBG and I haven't decided on the bridge. I am using a bolt, and I have notched it to space the strings (they were moving around). Can anyone tell me what the effect on the sound quality of gluing the bolt to the top vs. leaving
Read more…This is a video of a guy that converted an old cheap-o 3/4 scale to a resonator (and did an awesome job, I might add). Enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkuCVTscMqM&feature=related
Read more…Maybe I'm missing the obvious answer, I've never played and intend to learn on the cbg I'm building and you guys on the forums have been helping me with. But it seems like any time the dulci scale is talked about its said that you cant play wrong not
Read more…There are some pics, and even a video of a cigar box guitar, but not made from a cigar box. It was a stained box that someone made and the sound holes were the front of the box where the planks did not touch. Very cool build. I am thinking of doing s
Read more…Someone tossed a pair of computer speakers away in the recycle bin the other day at work....so I took them. I was wanting to know any good ideas for a cbg amp..if they work)...I was thinkikng just taking all of the guts out of the speakers and just p
Read more…Anyone know of a good way fix this problem? Thanks
Read more…I know many of us are building CBGs as Christmas gifts. If you will send me pics or just post them on this thread, I'll build a photo album and send it to all those who submitted pics and anyone else who asks (heck, probably just post a link at the e
Read more…I'm nearing the end of my first build and trying to decide on fret scale. First, I'm interested in ducimer scale because I've never played guitar and from what I understand its easier. But my main interest is learning to play slide.....so can you pla
Read more…I am gearing up to work on my new build, it will be a broom stick neck set up with some home made pick ups.....but here is the thing. Where can I fit the pickups with a broom stick neck that goes all the way through?, and also, I am thinking of a two
Read more…Hey! I finally got my new website up and running (at least the basic framework of it). Kinda made it to feature my "hobo harps". Dang, it's a lotta work putting these together!
Read more…I am not fond of the job of putting in fret wire. Yesterday I got pretty flusterated with using the bottle of brush on super glue so I quit for a while. On the way home tonight I stopped a ACE Hardware and picked up a little bottle of Loctite Super G
Read more…Hello Folks, I am a newbie and I am getting ready to build mi 1st cigarbox guitar and have a question on how to make the groove in the neck so it will fit well into the top of the cigar box. I bought the Bill Jehle's DVD "how to Build a Guitar" and h
Read more…I am setting up my first 3 sting cbg and have 2 questions. what height on the action is good for playing and sliding? what size on spacing between the strings? I have gone for half inch gap between strings and looks like a high action. It just feels
Read more…Looking at violins, I see that the f-holes are usually around the saddle, but on CBGs, they tend to be more toward the neck. Any ideas about how it might affect the sound to place f-holes kinda on either side of the saddle more like on a violin? Seem
Read more…Ive seen the diagram for tone and volume pots on a single pickup that's been posted here a few times, and I'm wondering would it be as simple as just removing the volume pot from the schematic to have just a single tone control on the guitar? Or does
Read more…Can you wire two piezo pickups in series like you can single coil pickups? If so would it work to simply wire the ground of one to the jack/switch/knob/etc. then wire that hot from that pickup to the ground of the other pickup's ground wire, and wire
Read more…Where can I find some good lessons or anyone in KY who gives lessons on the CBG? I can't read or understand a lick of music but bought a CBG in Gatlinburg Tn this past weekend and really want to learn to play an have no clue how and where to start. T
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