I went to a CBG Facebook page. Hoo boy.
I saw a lot of posts saying basically, "This is my X hundredth build and it's for sale!" Then they name a price. A price for which I can go pick up a very, very nice "real" guitar. My questions.
At what poi
Read more…I want to make a cigar box guitar tuned to dgd, can a 25" scale length be tuned to dgd.
Read more…Hello there!
Yesterday i discovered cigar box guitars and i was hooked immediately :). I started today with my build (a nice Free Cuba box i found years ago) and due to my inexperience and the difference between the box in the tutorials and my box, i
Read more…In our most recent feature, we explored the use of C. B. Gitty "Toaster Bucker" mini humbucking pickups for cigar box guitars. Soon after, Jason Mills of Highwood Guitars sent us the following video clip of a resonator bass he created for Larry McC
Read more…On the What's On Your Workbench tread there is a discussion on truss rods. Although not normally required on a 3-4 string CBG [if the neck material and dimensions are suitable] there are times when one could be of benefit. As Tom says in the discussi
Read more…If you aren't installing a truss rod, is there any reason to glue a fretboard onto the neck? I've seen quite a few people doing this and it surprised me. Just for aesthetic reasons?
I was planning on simply installing frets directly onto the main bo
Read more…HDecided to let her go. It’s going on Reverb, eBay etc soon but thought you folks should know first. It ain’t gonna be cheap.
Here’s the “blurb”...
The “Stratowing” Diesel / Deco Punk 4-string guitar.
Hand built by a professional special effects a
Read more…http://www.espn.com/jayski/cup/2019/story/_/id/25727438/woodstock-festival-held-watkins-glen
Thought some would like to know about this.
Read more…Cigar Box Nation member (and consummate ukulele inventor), Daniel Hulbert recently completed this double neck ukulele he built that features a High G tuning on top and a Low G tuning on bottom. He documented the entire process in this fascinating v
Read more…The New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival has updated the Thursday schedule with a special presentation by John McCusker of the New Orleans Cradle of Jazz Tours. Note: The original Thursday night symposium with Shane Speal was cancelled due to ill
Read more…I can not make the finger stretch required to do some of the chords on my 3 string cbg tuned GDg
The scale length I have is 23 3/4" for example the c chord with it's 5th to 2nd fret stretch is just not possible for me.
What is a reasonable scale le
Read more…Lots of videos and attention on building back angle into your Guitars.
What success have you had and is the extra effort worth it? I have been struggling with trying to incorporate it into two recent builds and just go back to a level neck. Also, whe
Read more…Hello I am not here to bother anyone but need a little help and this is my last resort. In 2011 my father passed and I ended up with a two bottle wine box that my father used for his boot polish it is 13and a half inches by 7inches by 3 and a half in
Read more…I made a video yesterday covering a Chuck Berry song. Posted it here and also on YouTube. Went to my YouTube channel today and the video has been deleted. I didn't get any notification as to why it was deleted, but I assume it was due to copyright
Read more…Adding a screaming humbucker pickup to a traditional neck-through cigar box guitar is as easy as glueing on a piece of scrap wood and notching out for the pickup! In this newly edited video featuring classic footage (below), Shane Speal shows the e
Read more…ok well i made the job harder than it needed to be. i didnt quite cut straight and the joint was twisted.
so i double sided taped the two parts together and spent a lot of time sanding it square and even. dry run anf the neck looks square and all goo
Read more…Thanks. Cool article. The old artwork with the woman with the trapezoidal instrument reminded me of the Hungarian cimbalom.
Dul-cim-mer and cim-bal-lom. I missed the similarity initially, but they are cousins with ancient history...for anyone interes
Read more…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoUBgOaCQD4
quite a few episodes but was fun to watch.
Read more…Looking for pics on alternative ways for placement of volume/tone knobs, rather than lid face.
Have a smaller box with hard bridge that will be congested with knobs on face.
Thanks
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