I've been searching for a while now for a good item to use for frets (besides fret wire...duh) I've used toothpicks and copper wire, both of which worked ok. The problem was making a groove to seat the fret in, my miter saw makes a groove that was sm
Read more…I thought I should post this since we lost her yesterday. Peter, Paul & Mary were one of the founders of the Folk movement after Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger. We lost too many GOOD people this summer, too many. A moment of silence for them too. God
Read more…My first CBG? Not so great......#2 if you were a ape with huge hands, you might find it nice to play, but still...I think even a ape would give up on it after a few mins.....needless to say...those to cbg's are in peices now...I had to make room any
Read more…A neighbour of mine has an old upright piano which she's planning to break up and dump at a rubbish tip (because it has deteriorated to a condition where it's no longer playable and it's not worth restoring). I'm wondering which parts might be worth
Read more…Here is a little something I have been working on. It is a black Monte Cristo Reserva Negra box. The neck is poplar with multiple coats of sanding sealer to smooth out the grain. I then painted the back of the neck with gloss black, and then added se
Read more…I stumbled onto something new tonight. I was going to use an iron on transfer to put a name on my guitar headstock using 'Paintworks T-Shirt Transfers". I have used these in the past by designing my transfer, printing it on the computer printer, then
Read more…I am looking to purchase a band saw. Before I just jump into it I thought I would ask some of the good people here their suggestions. I have seen plenty of cheap 9" band saws. I was wondering if these saws are even worth purchasing? Would have enough
Read more…Hi is it possible for anyone to offer a lift for Blues beaten Redshaw ? he would like to come join us down at the Birmingham CBG Fest but has no means of getting there He lives in the York Area . if a lift is possible please Mail Blues Beaten Redshaw
Read more…Here are just a few quistions on some basic stuff What is a good fret board wood...something that is good, cheap and easy to find at a local hard ware store maybe Also,,,,what does everyone use for bridges and nuts. I just normally uses boltss or s
Read more…What are the best materials for my first build? Ahhhh that word best,,, it's in every forum from growing flowers to building home built airplanes. For most first builds of anything, we want to use the "best" of materials to do our worst first build.
Read more…hi guys, I am currently in the "cigar box fever", but I have one last question before building one: how does it look under the lid? I have seen that tutorial where you have one complete neck going through, on the complete surface under the lid, the o
Read more…Alright....I've been eying up this whole notion of a CBG for a while now. At first I was thinking of buying one from Daddy Mojo or the like, but then I said to myself "You have better than rudimentary woodworking skills and can do decent wiring, buil
Read more…I'm in the process of building my very first cigar box guitar and I decided to build a 3 string cbg as my first build, hopefully if I get the 3 string right on my next build I would like to try my hand at building a 4 string. What is a good size box
Read more…Hey folks. Any other Ontarians out here? I'm having a really hard time finding any cigar boxes in London, Ontario. I was recently in Kingston and saw a huge pile of empties in a smoke shop so I assumed that I could find them just as easily when I got
Read more…I play old time blues and originals in the same vein in my one man band configuration which includes CBGS, harp, foot drums and vocals. I've been making and selling cbg's since 2004, now approaching 1000 sold. I also make cb amps, ukes, banjos and m
Read more…I seem to be having some difficulty matching the string I use to the key I tune in. I appear to be picking strings that can't be tuned to a particular key without breaking For example, I have been using .046, .036, .026 for my three stringers. Is th
Read more…Can anyone make suggestions about the gauges of strings that I should use on a cigar box uke? I've read posts in other parts of CBG Nation to the effect that nylon strings aren't great on cigar boxes so I'm thinking about using strings from a guitar
Read more…What happens if you mix piezo output with pickup output. I am making a bass, was going to use bass pups like in this schematic: http://www.guitarpartsshop.co.uk/acatalog/JazzBassSchematic.jpg , and have piezo output and a two way switch to switch bet
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