I'm please to announce that I am making available to the public real wood veneer that you can print on using a standard laser printer! I've been using this for years and many of you have seen the results on some of the diddley bow guitars I have buil
Read more…Hello Guys...I'm Bob Cianci, guitarist, drummer and music journalist. I write for Premier Guitar magazine, and am going to be doing a story on CBG's for an upcoming issue, perhaps as early as July. I have spoken extensively to Shane and Ted Crocker,
Read more…I have sent emails to the public television stations in Orlando, Miami, Tampa, Jacksonville, and Tallahassee encouraging them to air the Songs Inside The Box documentary. Maybe we can get some interest generated. Here is what I said: **************
Read more…It would take a helluva box for this baby... http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090507/ts_afp/lifestylehealthcubatobacco
Read more…I had found several sites that had schematics for building small preamps that would work with a piezo transducer. I thought I understood them, so I went ahead and ordered some parts, then found that the parts I ordered did not look anything like wha
Read more…I'm a CBG virgin and I'm not sure what is the best way to place this disc under the soundboard...I know it's supposed to go under the bridge....but is it best to a)just attach with a small piece of double stick tape the whole back surface of the piez
Read more…I've built my first cbg and am useing Ernie Ball Earthwood 80/20 bronze guitar strings 42 gague, 30 gauge and 17 plain string. I can't play it a lick but it sounds nasty. Useing glass slide on the wound strings doesn't give me the pure sound. When I
Read more…I'm no woodworker... ok, so I'm building a CBG... Anyhow, I need some advice on straightening a lid making it flat again. I've laid a wet paper towed on the inside curve (concave) to which it did bend the lid the opposite direction, and I did weight
Read more…HELP I.m building a resonater CBG and have bought a 6"ulk cone bisket type but not shure how it will be installed do I need to make a ring for it to set in can it be made from alum. are wood and how should I install pickup and what type works best lo
Read more…hi chaps, just trying to work out how wide i should cut my neck for my first cbg. Trying to work it out by how far i should space my strings apart. my bass guitar has about 11ishmm ( just shy of half inch ) and my les paul strings are spaced 6mm (1/4
Read more…I finished up my La Aurora CBG, which I think is Number 4. I need to get the piezo for it and give it a whirl with the amp and see how she sounds. I may have some string rattle at the nut to resolve. This was my first go at using a bolt for the nut
Read more…"Songs Inside The Box," the cigar box guitar documentary has been selected for screening in the Macon Film and Video Festival which runs from February 19-22, 2009. The film will be shown on Saturday, February 21st at 10:00 a.m. in the Douglass Theatr
Read more…I've got two microphones that I think might work for mounting in a CBG. One I took out of a disgarded cordless microphone, and the other is from an old computer headset/microphone. I wired the cordless number to a cable with test leads and it's defi
Read more…Hi Cigar Box Friends, I'm in the process of planning an exhibition of Homemade Musical Instruments. Washtub bass, Washboard, Singing Saw and of course, Cigar Box Instruments. I'm very interested to hear from anyone that is knowledgeable about the His
Read more…Hey All, Looking for really and I mean really simple mini-amp plans. I want to build an amp into the body of my next CBG using something like a 3" speaker. The more detail on exactly how to wire everything up the better. Thank you in advance Stefan
Read more…Does anyone have a recommendation for which size nail to use for frets?
Read more…Has any body played with different colored stains for fret markings and or cool designs on diddley bows and CBG's? I am looking for a good technique for doing this without the stain seeping out under neath my masking tape.
Read more…I am looking to get a weekend gig going here out west. If anyone is insterested let me know. we'll see if we can pull it off.
Read more…I just finished my first CBG. A 3 string Thompson Miraflor box, Fretless job. I can't play for a lick. Wife will be kicking me out to the garage shortly. I have one sound hole (upper right corner) about 1.25" diameter. Should I add another one? I'm u
Read more…Looking for some guidance in choosing a cigar box for building my first CBG. I have 2 padron 7000 boxes, a padron diplomatico, a Punch No.6T and a Holy Lance box. The 2 padron7000's don't have a latch on them. Will this be a problem when building? Is
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