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Please I need one cigar box
Alo, I need a cigar box empty,for making a cigar box guitar, In Portugal is not as habit of cigar smoking , and is very hard to find these boxes. If someone could send me a box I would appreciate greatly My data Antonio Revez Street on August 9, 1990
Read more…New to Cigar Box Nation, preamp needed?
Hey ive been playing electric violin for years and have just recently discovered these amazing instruments and i am looking to make my first cigar box from the plan provided on this site to make it electric but i had a question, If i intend to be run
Read more…I tried my hand at a stomp box a few weeks ago and hadnt had time to figure out,,,,,
how to make it STOMP! It does thump but its subdued. Maybe some pics of a few insides of a few boxes would give me and a few others an idea of what we're doing wrong so we can get more bang from a box?
Read more…ATTN VENDORS: Cigar Box Guitar Extravaganza 5/30 in Huntsville, AL
Just in: The Cigar Box Guitar Extravaganza taking place at the Flying Monkey in Huntsville, AL on May 30th has announced the following arrangements for vendors: 1) Vendors will not be charged for a space. 2) Event is indoors this year, so no tent is
Read more…24 1/2" Scale in PDF
I added my printable on a 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper my 24 1/2" scale in a PDF so there shouldn't be any problem with printing it out - Here's the page link http://www.dbrooker.com/diddly.html - Just scroll down and you'll find the link to the PDF f
Read more…All seven church modes
I have made a xls doc that you input the open string frequency and it gives the frequencies for all seven church modes ("equal tempered scale"). I used the twelfth root of two in my calculations. I will find it useful if I decide to make CBG in a pa
Read more…How homemade can the amplifier get?...
So I've been into making little 9v amps built in to cigar boxes (with the lm386) and i've started to wonder about these pricey components that I'm getting at Radio Shack... What if...I could make them myself? http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/02
Read more…Australian CBG Makers
Hi, I know you are out there! Please any makers in Australia contact me and lets start our own reveolution
Read more…Pup Winding
So I've been experimenting with some different styles of wrapping pickups and have a question I'd like to throw out to the group. I am not using ideal materials (all purchased at Radio Shack or Craft Stores). I guess maybe I should start by telling y
Read more…Cigar Box Amp
I just finished a CBG amp made from a La Aurora box. I used the plans from Make-Digital.Com http://www.make-digital.com/make/vol09/?pg=107 It works just fine, I just need to cut down the length of the shaft on the pot, and put some decent knobs on
Read more…4-string resources
Just completed my 1st cbg, a 4-stringer with great sound both acoustic and plugged in. Now, I just need to learn how to play it... I think that's putting the cart before the horse. I was wondering if any you cbg enablers have 4-string playing resour
Read more…soundboard/sounding board alternatives
In the DIY spirit I was wondering what soundboard/sounding board alternatives people have come up with and what results. I was brainstorming what cheap material I could use. My first thought (this shows my mental state) was to take posterboard and pu
Read more…Simpleton's tunes on CBG?
I've built a grand total of 4 CBG's, all 3 stringers in open G. My first I kept for myself though I can't play a lick. Thanks to Kenni Lee Burgess, I can stumble my way through "Nobody's Fault but Mine" and I'm teaching my fingers to do new tricks. M
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NECKS,NECKS,NECKS!
Well the weekend is here.How are them blasted Necks comming? I know I'm having one heck of a time! Terry
Read more…Ben Prestage on BB Kings's Bluesville
Sitting here doing some "research" on my next CBG project and my ears here Ben Prestage's 213 (or 219?) coming from my Sirius Radio BB King's Blueville ..... small world.
Read more…Using the cool leftovers...
Often, when you buy a box of cigars, there is some kind of fancy ribbon or cloth that is tied around the bundles of cigars inside the box. Sometimes, they are pretty cool looking and it seems a shame to throw them away. I found a nice cloth tie insi
Read more…Guitar for my CBG building class Monday
So here's the CBG I'll be teaching folks to build after my show Monday (5/25/09). I can build this design from scratch in about 10 minutes.
Everything except the box came from a hardware store. The bridge doubles as the tuner and is an eye screw.
