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BO Diddly Tribute Guitar I got a silverware box from Goodwill for 50 cents because the young people running the store didn't know what it was. LOL I bought one awhi… Started by Paul Craig	14	Dec 15, 2018 Reply by Paul Craig
Headless Travel Guitar I like to take along a guitar when we travel, but I worry about banging up a full sized acoustic. After looking over the available Travel g… Started by Tom T	5	Dec 10, 2018 Reply by Mike Simpson
My second build. This is the second CBG I've built. Used red oak from a big box store for the neck. (It's what I can find and afford). Wired in a humbucke… Started by Dave Streeb	3	Sep 13, 2018 Reply by Paul Craig
New Build: Metal Body Resonator Here is a photo of my latest project. It is a metal bodied resonator. The body is constructed from 26 gauge sheet metal (Home Depot special… Started by Tom T	16	Jul 12, 2017 Reply by Paul Craig
New to CBG Building I just attended my first CBG festival in Albert, Texas a few weeks ago. I've started buying some parts from CB Gitty but they don't have n… Started by Ken Frederick	3	Nov 2, 2016 Reply by Ken Frederick
Started out to build a neck. I got my hands on some 1x6 hard maple and couldn't resist building a couple of nice CBG necks. As is usually the case, once I completed th… Started by Tom T	9	Sep 4, 2016 Reply by Tom T
Hello guys looking for advice Hi guys, new to this section, I'm building CBG,s, it's fairly new to me, but I have been playing 6 string guitar mainly blues for over 50ye… Started by Philip Hale	5	Sep 4, 2016 Reply by J.D.
My First Six-String Build......... Not sure if I shared this before, but based on the information I came across here and other sites, I took the dive and designed and built m… Started by Tom T	8	Jul 8, 2016 Reply by Tom T
Smoked Salmon Gift Box 6-String Up here in the northwest, (Washington State) they make nicely decorated gift boxes for smoked salmon. This top is from the Quinault Indian… Started by Dan Vines	6	May 20, 2016 Reply by Dan Vines
Neck sources Having built all manner of things, I now have a rather crazy notion to build a Godin guitar. Well, not REALLY... But a nylon-string sem… Started by Mark Werner	2	Apr 19, 2016 Reply by J.D.

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BO Diddly Tribute Guitar

Started by Paul Craig. Last reply by Paul Craig Dec 15, 2018. 14 Replies 0 Likes

Headless Travel Guitar

Started by Tom T. Last reply by Mike Simpson Dec 10, 2018. 5 Replies 1 Like

My second build.

Started by Dave Streeb. Last reply by Paul Craig Sep 13, 2018. 3 Replies 1 Like

New Build: Metal Body Resonator

Started by Tom T. Last reply by Paul Craig Jul 12, 2017. 16 Replies 2 Likes

New to CBG Building

Started by Ken Frederick. Last reply by Ken Frederick Nov 2, 2016. 3 Replies 1 Like

Started out to build a neck.

Started by Tom T. Last reply by Tom T Sep 4, 2016. 9 Replies 3 Likes

Hello guys looking for advice

Started by Philip Hale. Last reply by J.D. Sep 4, 2016. 5 Replies 0 Likes

My First Six-String Build.........

Started by Tom T. Last reply by Tom T Jul 8, 2016. 8 Replies 4 Likes

Smoked Salmon Gift Box 6-String

Started by Dan Vines. Last reply by Dan Vines May 20, 2016. 6 Replies 0 Likes

Neck sources

Started by Mark Werner. Last reply by J.D. Apr 19, 2016. 2 Replies 0 Likes

My first playable 6 string

Started by Nick Johnson. Last reply by Nick Johnson Mar 14, 2016. 3 Replies 0 Likes

6 String License Plate Build

Started by Paul Craig. Last reply by Paul Craig Jan 25, 2016. 25 Replies 1 Like

Which Box.............

Started by Tom T. Last reply by doggylv . Oct 8, 2015. 3 Replies 0 Likes

6 String Boxes

Started by Tom Gilreath. Last reply by Bob Marioni Apr 30, 2015. 6 Replies 0 Likes

Distance Between the Bridge and the Nut?

Started by 5ofus. Last reply by 5ofus Mar 25, 2015. 2 Replies 0 Likes

How to mount a 6 string acoustic neck to a cigar box

Started by Mike Huber. Last reply by Dan Vines Feb 3, 2015. 7 Replies 0 Likes

6 String bridge?

Started by Alex Barrett. Last reply by Dan Vines Feb 3, 2015. 3 Replies 0 Likes

First timer. Wine box resonator: electric possible or not?

Started by George Everet Thompson. Last reply by George Everet Thompson Nov 22, 2014. 5 Replies 0 Likes

reasonably six string

Started by Mal Chilvers. Last reply by Randy S. Bretz Oct 25, 2014. 1 Reply 0 Likes

time to build another 6-string,,,

Started by GARAGE HERMIT. Last reply by GARAGE HERMIT May 26, 2014. 6 Replies 0 Likes

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