Picked this tin up for $1 nice drum sound from the clear plastic lid... diameter is 200mm/8"
was thinking of a uke maybe not sure the lid would take the tension of 3 steel strings.
Read more…Hello everyone! first post here on Cigar Box Nation. Getting ready to order parts for my first build which I will be doing first week in August. I think I have almost everything figured out but the pickup? There are so many options. Is anyone aware o
Read more…Was messing around and wanted to see how many different open tunings I could get out of the gauge of strings i use. Went online and checked out different brands and gauges. Came up with this chart.
The top row is the open tuning for a standard six s
Read more…My CBG is still in its infancy stages and I've cut my neck down so it fits flush with the edge of the top of the cigar box. My perceived dilemma is my strings will set too low and hit my deltabucker pickups. I still have to set in all the above items
Read more…I just posted a few 12-bar blues jam tracks in the key of G. They are pretty simple arrangements just using Band in a Box. For the first pass I highlight the chord changes, but for the other choruses it's up to you to listsn and know where you are in
Read more…Heading down to Clarksdale, MS to the Sunflower Fest August 9-12. It's a great time, great food, music, and cold beer.
http://www.sunflowerfest.org/index.cfm?page=festivals&sub=2018
Anyone else going? Love to meet up with some of you.
Read more…Hi all, building a traveler style uke. Nearing the end, but the standard glue one uke bridge (rosewood and bone) I intended to use ends up about .25 inch / 6mm to low. Neck and fretboard are glued in place and not adjustable. Would a block of wood
Read more…Here's a version of Shake 'em On Down by my band, Ramblin' South
Played on my 6 string CBG.
Recorded for a french TV show.
Feel free to comment ;-)
Read more…I need another installment of electronics education. I have so far just used piezos, this is my first with a mag. pickup. I don't even know what it is, the guy at the music store, fished it out of a pile of old parts and gave it to me. I have also be
Read more…Thinking about getting the Justin Johnson video series on 3-string guitar as he was the one that got me into CBGs but I was curious what CBG tutorial series other people have bought from other teachers/artists and are happy with.
Read more…Anyone have advice as to the best finish to put on an oak fret board and how you go about it? Normally I use almond oil on rosewood fret boards but was not sure about oak. Thanks for any info.
Read more…Gas Can blues This was an interesting build, I re-purposed an old harmony guitar, new tuners and electronics. refinished the neck and leveled the frets. just a taste if some minor blues.
Read more…I posted this earlier in the wrong group I think I'm making my 3rd build it's a license plate resonator for my nephew he plays bass guitar I was thinking of doing it as a 4 string and tune it like a bass guitar with eadg to ease the playing curve any
Read more…I've already got the stuff for the Canjo but don't mind altering the plans. Can I just use a heavier string? Or can I extend it a fret or two?
Read more…Sometimes people slap their guitar body like snare when they are playing. I was thinking you could customize the sound of the hit with a little drawer you can fill with whatever various objects you have laying around... like pennies or rocks.
Hi, when recycling old pickups I sometimes have used a 6 string single coil under three strings, it works ok but does not look the best. So what I do is as in the photo below. I bought a bunch of pickup covers without the holes and fitted them instea
Read more…i have some pbass knockoffs that look like the type of wires in the pbass diagram. I’ve wired a 1 volume , 1 tone and jack humbucker but not a pbass pickup. Please which diagram is correct please.?thank you. Seems the cap is in a different place on
Read more…Dont have a drill press, just hand held. Most Tuner holes require a two sized hole for grommet.
what us the secret in not gouging hole lip when starting the larger hole over smaller?
Read more…I have recently bought a 25.5 scale 12 string bolt on neck and want to make what can safely be called a big ass canjo using it and a massive tin I have laying around and I have little to no clue on what do.
Need to know a few things:
1. what is the s
Read more…So I’m building a CB Gitty paint can guitar kit. I forgot to glue the candle ring hole covers in place, and didn’t realize it until I had the top of the box glued on. Oops! The candle rings have gobs of clearance in the sound holes, sooooo, I wound
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