whilst my 12 string build is on hold as I search for the right parts, I built this 2 beauties from what I had laying around.
1. Just an old Chocolate tin I got from work (the chocs were very nice), an old Nevada neck and a Tele bridge and bridge pick
Read more…I am just starting with CBG`s. And I never played a fretted CBG.
Regular Guitars, yes but not 3-Stringed CBG`s.
I am going to built my first 2 CBG`s and one will be fretless and one fretted.
On the fretted I want to play chords AND with Slide, too.
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Read more…My "CBG`S" will not have “Cigar” Boxes but everything else one can imagine. Self built boxes, bought boxes, Tin boxes, Cardboard boxes, Wooden Boxes with Plates, … whatever.
I think i will try out many things.
BUT if you have made Experiences with di
When in need of info go to the nation.
Need info on building a 4 string cigar box bass.
I'm thinking a uke size with 20" scale and am going to use ubass strings. I need to know what kind of pickups to use. I don't think a round pizeo will work because
Can tap tuning be effectively applied to a CBG? The only thing I can see that might be done to effect the tuning of the soundboard is adding bracing. Does anyone have any thoughts or experience in applying this technique to a CBG?
A web page discu
Read more…Get that ol' Son House tone! Here's some ideas for creating your own DIY Dobro... whether using a mailbox, inserting paint lids in your cigar box or even using actual resonator cones.
I show you several instruments from my own collection in the
Read more…I’m starting a build for my brother in law and could use some help. He is ex Army Calvary and a Purple Heart recipient from injuries sustained in Afghanistan. I’m using an expired Purple Heart license plate of his to build a guitar and I wanted to in
Read more…I posted this on facebook as well, but I'm just curious. Do any of you just leave the wood completely untreated and be done? I'm thinking playing and finger and hand oils will add a "natural petine" after awhile?
Read more…Does any have any feedback on the use of the C B Getty fret slotting saw and miter box? I would like to fret a neck and was wondering if this works nicely are not. Thanks for any info.If not I may have to try something else. Definitely not going to S
Read more…One of the wildest concepts I've ever created in cigar box guitar design has to be the Peep Show windows. The idea started when I took a wooden humbucker pickup ring from C. B. Gitty and decided to use it as a sound hole. I've written about these
Read more…Hi All,
I'm going to build a cigar box bass and my plan is to reinforce the neck with carbon fiber rods.
Does anybody have experience with carbon fiber rods? What kind of glue do you use to glue them into the neck? Epoxy? Titebond? Something else?
Th
Read more…After 15-20 piezo pickup builds I think I am ready to graduate to magnetic pickups, thought as a first would try the 4-pole Foundry from Gitty.Appears simple enough with a hard bridge. Where is correct positioning for it on box? Looks like most are w
Read more…I have noticed people building CBGs with two set ups. One is where the fretboard is flush with the box lid and the other is like Mike Snowden's with the fret-board and part of the neck a distance above the box top. It looks like the fret board top m
Read more…VIEWER REQUEST!
Tune your three string cigar box guitar to G7 (GDF), grab a stubby slide...and take that stick outta yer butt!
G7 tuning is easy to set up. Start with your normal Open G (GDG) and drop the high string one step down to F. It's a fun
Read more…Miss Samantha Fish, totally BRINGIN' IT in an outdoor concert on Sunday night, July 29, 2018 in Wiley Park, Galva, Illinois. I had seen many vids on YouTube of her, but never before in person. I'm an even bigger fan now than before! And her band
Read more…If the description of an amp circuit says "output: .5W - 10W", depending on what?
Read more…So here's the thing, I have this cool idea with the neck of my guitar not running down the middle of the box. Instead, if you're looking at it from a birds eye view, the neck of the CBG will run down the box way more pushed over to the left side. The
Read more…Dan Sleep used many tools for building the CBGs he sold at https://HumidorGuitars.com
They have been in storage since his passing last summer. They are now available for sale for his wife with the help of his friend and coworker Gary Foote.
You can
