My 78 year old father tried to take up playing guitar for the first time last year. His work worn fingers are too stiff for a 6 stringer so a few months ago I built him a Ukulele from a Stew Mac kit. He loves it. Something to pick at while sitting on
Read more…Is there an administrator or moderator for this site? If so who is it? I sent a request over a month ago and no reply! Some duffus starts crap with another member, nothing! It should have been nipped in the bud! If they are too busy let someone else
Read more…Hi All. I’m building my first CBG and need to know the best location and attachment method for my rod piezo. I have no experience with rod piezos and have no idea how they react to different mounting options.
Shane shows it hot glued in a groove i
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Hey, all you out there,
I'm new here and thought I share with you my view on the cigar box guitar and show you my latest build along the way. I have seen the cigar box guitar in tv and fell in love with it. I loved the history t
Read more…Over the years I have had dozens of these old Banjo Mandolins through my repair shop. Well if the truth be told not all go through, abut stay stashed on a shelf as the customer does not see the value in the cost of the repair. They just want it repai
Read more…I know I've probably came across this somewhere but was in information overload and wasn't paying attention. What are these string of numbers referring to tuning the instrument. For example 135 145. Do I need to purchase an enigma decoder or is it as
Read more…Hi All,
i come with a question to you about the principle of a biscuit cone resonator:
What is the interaction of string tension versus sound? I assume a aluminium cone needs a certain pressure on the biscuit to perform best? Exists a value for best
Read more…Any other methods or tools recommended besides the cbgitty 35' angle beveling tool for clean edges?
Read more…I have a few questions about piezo pickups with an active (9V battery) preamp. In a large body cbg, I’m thinking of installing a system with 2 piezo discs (or perhaps one under saddle piezo rod and one disc) wired in parallel to a blend pot (either m
Read more…Do you like the round feel on the neck ?or the squair feel?
The most common you see passing by on the nation is 2x4 !
Neck shaping do we do it ? or do we leave it?
Will be installing a combination jack and strap plate, cant tell which is negative and positive on the soldering for jack, the two pins are only different by length
Any guidance appreciated
Read more…Has anyone ever heard of or seen a CBG or similar 3-string guitar set up with paired strings, like a 12-string regular guitar? Seems like that could be pretty fun...
Read more…For all us vertically challenged people( you couldn't drill a 90° hole if your life depended on it) I found an old craftsman drill guide in really rough shape(ok, ok it was thrown in a box and buried in storage) anyway, a good overnight soak in vinag
Read more…I'm selling one or two of my resos (trying to raise funds to buy a side bending machine),
The details, photo, and video, are below, but this guy is an extremely fast player and very loud even unamped (but it does include internal pickup and volume co
Read more…I acquired a Yamaha yg15 amp. The power transformer is toast. I'm looking for a schematic for it. I've been all over the internet without any luck. What I'm mainly looking for is the output voltage on the rectifier circuit. Thinking about battery op
Read more…I have been exploring this tuning (bass-to-treble, and ceiling-to-floor):
Gb--B--D, also expressed as b1--3--5 .
Is this a known/established tuning? If not, I will share the rationale and examples of chord types below .
Read more…I've been going through my stash of cigar boxes, trying to decide what my next build is going to be.
I've got a couple of boxes that are quite thin - clearly meant for just one layer of cigars.
Are these worth using for CBGs? It seems like there may
Read more…hi everyone, I have build some more CBG guitar, and used both scalelenght and fretboard calculator to get it right. Tune to GDG, I using youtube to learn the how to play, but my CGB sounds like S...! it sounds oki with a slide but when i´m trying to
Read more…Is anyone using bolt on necks? Any problems or recommendations. I know it may require some bracing depending on the type of box you are using.
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