YORK CBG FESTIVAL AUGUST 25 th.
IF I AM CORRECT THE IS A CBG FESTIVAL IN YORK Pa. AUGUST 25 th. LOOKING FOR DETAILS, SPACE, PRICE REQUIREMENTS. CAN' T FIND ANY THING. THANKS ALLEN
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Fret board finishing
Hey y'all. Has anyone ever used Howard's Feed-N-Wax on the fretboard and liked it?
Read more…HTF did you get the CBG addiction.
If you like please post a SHORT explanation of how you got the CBG building, playing addiction.
I had many guitar parts, maybe enough to build 5 or 6 guitars. While in a smoke shop that had a walk in humidor and I saw my first cohiba red dot box and
Read more…Back bow, how much is too much?
- I just received a nice scarf jointed maple neck blank, but it has what to me looks like a scary amount of back bow. I laid the factory fret board, confirmed as straight, on edge atop the neck, held firmly near the nut end, as a nice, hard straight e
Suspicious scale length
I picked up a fretboard that was supposedly a 24.50 scale but after assembly discovered it to be 12.125 at 12th fret which doubled would create a 24.25 actual scale length
Any other way to measure and verify before moving bridge?
thanks
Read more…Fret board Length
I am getting ready for my second build and have a question. I have the fret board templates from CBGitty and used the 25-1/2" for my first build. What does changing the length do if I was to try a 24" or 24-1/2"?
Thanks
Read more…Pass the biscuits, Mirandy
Here's an old tune by Spike Jones. About a minute into the song, watch what the guy and the end of the table is playing... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgn_aNCBXKw
Read more…I’m Selling Out
Hi, I selling out everything, i’m trying to place values on everything. If you want to help an old fella out and buy something, just let me know? I have a few resonator pieces done by Mr Holman. Most of the other came from C.B.Gitty and I have some c
Read more…Posting pictures
Is there something new I need to do in order to post pictures? I cant get them to load with an error.
Read more…Replying to comments
Hey guys, I'm only slightly better at woodworking (and that's lucky guesses half the time) as I am at using blog sites. Can you tell me if there's anybway to reply directly to comments or do we just add them to the general comments section? Had a cou
Read more…Building a Mini router table
Hi over on the What's On Your Workbench thread ILL Green posted a neat idea as a quick solution for using your router to route a rod channel in a neck.
The one I've been using for many years was updated some time ago so I thought I would show my more
Read more…Newby Piezo Rod Question
Greetings, all!
I am running an after-school/summer program (tinyurl/com/r3atmase), and we are attempting to make cigar box guitars. This is my question. I have ordered Rod piezos.
Why doesn't this work?
I have connected the rod piezo to a female
Read more…CBG from Wine Box?
Hello, Newbee here... I would like to build a CBG from a wine box. A close friend died recently, quite suddenly and way too young. He was part of my local music group. Played guitar himself. This wine box was a gift from him, and I thought making a
Read more…Weird buzzing sound
Hello! new member here and i have not posted yet so i think it's time! Sadly not for a good reason.
I have just finished my first Cigar box guitar and strung it up. When tuned to GDG i get a buzz on the thickest string when not fretted and it goes aw
Read more…personal videos
I haven't logged on for some time due to personal circumstanced but now that I have,i can't seem to be able to see the video clips that people have uploaded.I can see the pictures but not the videos.I disabled and then enabled Adobe flash player but
Read more…Free Christmas TAB Music for Cigar Box Guitar
In the last several years, the folks at C. B. Gitty have spent hours and hours creating sheet music for cigar box guitar. Many of their works have been compiled into the books and hymnals they offer. However, they have also posted many of the song
Read more…Reducing Box thickness for a build
Ever come across that unique box that envisions a creative CBG but too much (4") Box depth to make it work?
Is it possible to slice down a box by removing 1-2" across the length and rejoin?
Read more…hELP! am I going crazy?
Hi guy's, something strange happened in my workshop today, can some please explain it?
Whilst reaching for a file on its shadow board I must have knocked the one next to it, I filed a metal rod and drilled four holes in the rod, changing drills and p
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