Copper Hardware
Does anyone know where to obtain copper or Rose Gold hardware?
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Just got a prefretted walnut neck, it does not have a lip to glue nut against, should i dado to set nut?
Read more…Are metal frets necessary?
Hey there fellow CBN plunkers, strummers and sliders,
I'm getting ready to construct a 3-string cigar box guitar with a humbucker pickup. I'm really fascenated with the fretless fingerboard and have heard upright bassists produce warm single note pas
Read more…AI Search Query - Curious Answer
I did a search query on a popular search engine, (Not Google), and got what I found to be a quite funny answer.
Search AI: "copper water pipe shielding a pickup?"
AI answer:
Copper water pipes are not typically used for shielding pickups in guit
Read more…Song lyrics for Steve's new song
Hey Cigar Boxers,
Just listened to Seasick Steve's new song, Internet Cowboys. Does anybody know where I could get the lyrics? I caught most of the words but didn't get all of them. It seems like Steve is delivering a timely message with the tune so
Read more…Busking Songs...
Does anyone have experience busking with cigar box guitars? What are your favourite songs to play? Not been playing CBG long but got the bug and started working out which songs I'd like to learn and go out to play. So far started with ....
Roadhouse
Read more…crossover guitar.
I will try to keep this short if i can.
many years ago when i was about 10 my step father was a telephone installer for the PMG. T his is an Australian thing but it stands for Post Master General. it was the government bodu for postal services and te
Read more…Flat bucker under box top. Any Success?
I searched "Ghost Pickup" and found a few entries from people who tried the Wicked Bucker under the box top. Apparently it was not particularly successful.
I'm just checking in to see if anyone has successfully installed a wicked bucker under the bo Read more…Has anyone tried this? Thoughts?
I tried this build in this fashion for two reasons. It's all the wood I had for the neck, it wasn't long enough for a stick-through and that's all I had available. Figured as the neck ended right below where I wanted the bridge to be... Turns out it
Read more…just came accross this pickup idea on youtube.
It is a concept and working pickup for a variable tuned pickup. It is quite technical in sections but the bottom line is this pickup can be tuned to sound like a vintage single coil fender pickup to an overwound Humbucker.
Read more…Tune up songs
So I just finished a new project, and as I did I started to play around with it. And I started to think, I have the same songs I try every time I bring an instrument in tune. I finger-pick the Star Wars main theme and “London bridge is falling down”
Read more…Duel output jacks
Hi all!
I'm in the planning stages of a baritone build, probably a fretless around 28", and I will probably use a PAF for the main pup, but might put a piezo in, too. So, my question is, has anyone used a separate output jack for each pup rather than
Read more…No Harmonics
I have a CBG I built using a neck I purchased. It sounds good but I can't get any harmonic notes. Any suggestions? I don't know if it's my technique, placement of the piezo or something else. The technique looks simple enough so I'm assuming it's so
Read more…Anyone used a violin-style tailpiece on a CBG?
Hi all!
Have any of you built a cbg with a violin-style tailpiece, one that is fixed by a cord to a tailpin and essentially floats rather than being hard to the body? How did it work out? I'm building a couple of baritone scale guitars and thought su
Read more…Guitar for the grandson
Hi all. Looking for information on how to scale down fret spacing to make a small guitar for my young grandson. I have built many with 25.5” scale but want to make the neck smaller and maintain the right sound. Would a ukulele scale work or would it
Read more…Building with vintage paper/pressed board cigar boxes.
I have a few cigar boxes of the pressed board/paper variety and would like tips on proper bracing, etc. when using these boxes.
I have built 2 in the past, a diddley bow and a chugger. All I did for bracing was to scrape the paper from the inside and
Read more…Do Measurements Matter?
My former coworker gave me a couple of cigar boxes with all of the hardware, because he never got around to putting them together. I'm decent with woodworking but I know next to nothing about musical instruments.
Do I need to have specific measuremen
Read more…There goes the property values...
Hello everyone,
I finally was able to get a working ISP here and I'm finally back. Sure have missed you guys and gals. I have a lot to catch up on here.
I had problems with ISP reliability and lost internet access just after we lost our wonderfu
Read more…Cigar Box Nation Christmas Album 2023???
Just wondering if there was going to a Cigar Box Nation Christmas album this year?
It seems that SlowPaw Steve has retired from organizing it.
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