Woke up this morning with “ Suicide is Painless” , theme song to MASH tv series, on the radio ... Does anyone have a 3 string tab for this ?.... It’s stuck in my head now and I have to play it !!
Read more…I just did my ninth fret board and I noticed that the frets weren't being cut all the way through. The previous fret board had super jumbo stainless steel frets so I suspect that may have dulled my cutter. Is there any reason not to sharpen the cutte
Read more…Hi, in the current thread "making your own picks" there was some discussion regarding the cutting of thin strips of timber, and some of the concerns some members had.
I don't want to highjack that thread by adding to that topic there, so ill expand o
Read more…This has been niggling at me for months, and now is the time to raise this in the community. I’m guessing that many of you have, in response to some question or another, replied “I build guitars. Well, actually, when I say guitars I mean cigar box gu
Read more…If you are looking for a cheap source for shielded wire for your CBG go to "Dollar Tree" and buy cell phone charging cables with the big and mini usb connectors. It's 2 conductor with a wrapped sheild. I couldn't tell you how it's grounded, just foun
Read more…I'm trying to work up a very short scale (prob. 19.5") CBG that should be able to fly on most airlines without them batting an eye at the case as a carry-on. In my quest to reduce length while maintaining sound, it occurred to me that I could use a s
Read more…Hey y'all, I'm about to take my gitaniddle out and about. What would you wanna hear on a 3 string down on the corner?
Read more…I’m a pretty primitive builder as far as it goes. Frets made of super glued toothpicks, string of several gauges of fishing line. I don’t do it because I’m good at it, I do it because it is fun. I work with hand tools for the occasional evening when
Read more…I bought by mail a couple of twin piezo pickups. On inspection I found the cables connecting the discs to the pots to be so long that I couldn't install them into the narrow profile cigar box. As I had a spare unit to use as a pattern at I decided
Read more…Here I am, just finishing my first CBG and even getting it strung out/tuned up! Will wonders never end?
But now I have enough timber suitable for a second instrument... even have a very thin cigar box. The length of suitable wood for the fret board w
Read more…saw this on Craigslist and thought I'd share. Super easy to make from pretty much any pallet. Just take one board off, notch it and put it on the top.
I've always admired the Les Paul Standard, but it is way too heavy and has three strings too many. I was wandering around the shop and found a nice piece of 1 x 4 pine with only a few knots and wondered how hard it would be to carve that beautifully
Read more…I know nothing about guitar electronics. As in zero.
I have put an amp kit and psycho box together, but pickups...especially humbuckers...seem to be something quite different.
Resources, please? I'm much more interested in basic/simple, rather than 25
I picked up another Strat at the pawnshop for 79 bucks. Squier Bullet Strat by Fender. At that price, I couldn't resist. Problem is they had 2 other nice guitars that were beckoning to me and marked at the same price. Maybe another time. LOL
The gui
Read more…Hi guys and gals, I was thinking - can music wire be used as fret alternative? I mean I have used it to make springs for my CBGs - for awesome reverb/echo effect and I must say - the greater gauge is pain to bend - I have to use improvised bender wit
Read more…I give up.
Have a dual piezo based three string with bone nut and bridge. Has a hum when plugged in, strongest when I touch input, so I replaced potentiometer, input jack, grounded pot to itself and to jack and still has slight hum. Compared it to se
Read more…I've been kicking around the idea for the past 2-3 years of having a store front in a tourist town instead just selling online, craft shows and through Facebook. Places like Branson, MO, Eureka Springs, AR, , Hot Springs, AR, Gatlinburg, TN, Nashvi
Read more…a OLD Munchen Beer crate for a body, a Japanese fake strat(Diamond)neck for a neck, a Texas Licence plate for a rezzonator, a beer flipper for a stringholder, just to name a fjew! Scrapp-yard your next build?
The Hunt is more fun then the Kill?
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Read more…Hi,
I've got my first cigar box guitar I built. I bought the neck and completed the rest myself including drilling holes to install the tuning pegs.
I don't play much yet, but after tuning it up I strummed it. I get a vibration from the cigar box be
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