There is a post on low budget land that you can use a speaker as a cbg pickup....kinda like a peizo.....is there someone here on the nation tha is doing this? And if so, could they post some pics. Thanks. Do they sound better the peizo's?
Read more…Hello all Inspired by Seasick Steve and then all the great Utube clips online, I wondered if anyone can give me any pointers on how/where to go about buying a 3 or 4 string CBG? thanks in advance for any help you can give! :) Itching to learn to p
Read more…Well, kinda.... I hope you will excuse the shameless self publicity, but Iv just about got my website up and running if anyones interested in having a look. Its my first go at web design so Im sure there are improvements to be made, but Im having to
Read more…i have read that mahogany needs to have its pores sealed before applying an oil finish...anybody know what i might use for that?thanks
Read more…Would appreciate a diagram showing correct wiring for input jack that has the three prongs around the ring, not the standard two. I know the inside ring is ground, but unsure of which of remaining two should be used as positive.
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Read more…Hello all, I am brand new to cigar box guitars and found the aesthetics of this one to my liking, but I don't know anything else about it. Does it look constructed well? Is the design geared toward one type of music over another? Hoping someone knowl
Read more…I usually make my necks without any fret locators at all. I mark out the 3-5-7- & 12 on the edge of the neck and use a slide. My question is can I just burn on the fret locations on the neck and not use actual fret wire. Will it play as if it did h
Read more…Now that I've working out the correct tuning another problem has reared its ugly head. Fretting! When playing one finger chords the large G string (.044) frets really well its those pesky D (.034) and G (.026) strings that won't lay down.
Sooooooo.
Read more…next Project is a 4 string cbg with short,(23 inch,) scale. Coudn't find a dove-tail sides box, so using a maduro. I play and like small,3/4 guitars so I thought a 23 inch scale made sense. I read somewhere that shorter scale can have a bad effec
Read more…Looking for ideas on how to cover the holes left when removing the press-in hinges on some boxes
Thanks
Read more…Got a build done with lots of help from George McLeod he showed me how to make a really nice neck and a whole bunch of other stuff. The head stock is shaped like a grenade with .303 shell casings added, gumwood with a maple veneer. The neck is stonew
Read more…Just built another 4 String and thought for the first time I would tune it D G B E ie the top four strings of a 6 string. Nearly there and Bang went the 3 rd string. The others felt a bit tight. si I Changed them from Medium Gauge to Light Gauge. Tu
Read more…Hi, I made the vise shown hear some years ago, made it out of an old coffee table top, mainly to hold guitar bodies for scraping or sanding the sides and other work.
As it would be ideal for holding boxes for the same jobs I thought it might be of in
Read more…Weather forecast for the next week in my part of the world - And I thought Xmas day was going to be hot.....
Read more…Hi everyone! I am thinking of building guitar in Wesseh style. While I can figure out most of things I don't yet know the fret placement. It looks a bit different in two videos: https://youtu.be/1dgsTWMV_iA and https://youtu.be/Mqbbv4rChNI Shane made
Read more…Shane Speal opened up for The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band and captured this video the blues legend live from the side of the stage. Rev performs the Charlie Patton song, Mississippi Boll Weevil with his unique Open G tuning for 3-string cigar b
Read more…Greetings all! I'm going to start building canjo's and I have been collecting cans for a while. I am handicapped so I need to use power tools because I don't have the strength oin my hands to dull the edges of the metal running around the top of a ca
Read more…I need some help from the brain trust. I have a rod piezo with a center lead for a violin and the ends are unterminated. One lead is white the other is unshielded. I want to solder the ends to a simple 1/4" mono jack. With a regular round piezo, I us
Read more…I have another question that I hope you can help me with? After cutting a scarf joint and gluing it together do you also have to notch the head stock? I hope my question made sense .
Read more…This has probably been covered, but I didn’t find it, so here goes.
When I built my first CBG, using a straight neck, I ran into the issue of the string with the tuner furthest from the nut not having enough drop angle to stay in place on the thread
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