Plan to make an 8x12x2 cherry box. 1/4” thick sides and 1/8” sound board and back. My question is will the 1/8” thick solid pieces split or crack over time? If so, can it be prevented?
Read more…Can anyone help me with where to find a tutorial of weed eater cord for strings bass?
Read more…Hi, I can't believe that I posted about this project back in 2019, and it's still not finished. It's been twenty years or so since I started this build. I could not work out the wiring for the active pickup set I had, so I replaced them with regular
Read more…A friend and I are building a matching pair of steel string tenor ukes while he's in town (so they need to come together pretty quickly).
General plan:
Hi, this story stems from one cigar box guitar four years ago, a bit long but I’ll post it anyway…
Well, this last one was the best Christmas that I can remember in many a year. We spent it with my son and his family, they live on the other side of A
Read more…I am going to order a truss rod for my guitar project. If you have used a truss rod, what length did you use?
Read more…While waiting for my CBG parts I was browsing CBG videos and I saw this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gWign-qR-o
How can it be so loud even thou the neck is dampening the whole soundboard? What mechanics are working there? It goes against all
Read more…While experimenting with my guitar I could not find a plectrum, so I grabbed whatever I could find at that moment and it was a knitter's stitch marker as in this picture:
I grabbed the stitch marker by the more narrow end (where it can open) and use
Read more…Hi, this guitar was also left with me as it was too expensive for the customer to have the considerable amount of work done that was needed to make the guitar stable and playable. My aim was not to fully restore, but just do what was needed while sti
Read more…Here’s a link to the Christmas concert Gitty & friends Live streams on Facebook & YouTube every year. Enjoy & Merry Christmas everyone!!! :)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfmx_gwUCyo&t=918s
Read more…For any of the new folks here on the Nation every Christmas we compile a
FREE DOWNLOAD ALBUM
https://www.cigarboxguitar.com/2022-cigar-box-nation-christmas-album/
Seasonal songs played, composed and sung by our members, we have been doing thi
Read more…If you build a CBG without a tailpiece and with the strings attached to the saddle, how do you get the intonation right? I mean, without a tailpiece you can not move the bridge around until the intonation is good and you can not just put the bridge s
Read more…Most seem to tune their CBG to 1-5-1 (for example GDG, EBE, DAD). As I have understood this tuning fits well for blues and slide.
I am not really into blues, slides, rock, pop nor any rhythmic strumming, I would mostly play the melody of folk songs a
Read more…At a geezerly 77, I have arthritic hands and a punk shoulder, thus requiring a short instrument neck to compress frets and a short reach on my fretting hand's arm. My instrument of choice is a ukulele, but my favored sound is from a full-sized guitar
Read more…The CBG I am going to build will mainly be played acoustically without any amp. It might even be that I will never ever use any amp at all. Still I am considering to add a pickup just in case I would end up playing somewhere were the acoustic sound i
Read more…Hi all! Any info on boxes with no tax stamps or cautions. Thanx in advance! Dan
Read more…All "normal" guitars have the strings attached at the saddle, right behind the bridge while most CBG seems to have a similar attachment as the violin (where the attachment point is behind the soundboard as a normal saddle attachment would rip off the
Read more…If you have ever added a truss rod to your CBG, what were the circumstances and why did you add it? Does some strings require a truss rod?
Read more…Hi All. I'm busy trying my hand out at building a 3-pole single coil pickup for my next CBG (probably a Steampunk). I have started the construction of the bobbin and am using 3 Alnico 5 pole pieces. I have built a jig for putting on the 42AWG copper
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I build three string fretless slide guitars with a 25.5 scale length (pictured). My questions is that I have a request for a 30" scale baritone version and was wondering what strings to use and what tuning you all might recommend?
I curren
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