Cigar Box Nation2024-03-29T09:55:17ZPaul Craighttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/PaulCraighttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/364739110?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/6stringcigarboxguitars/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=2qba1f03fbr5n&feed=yes&xn_auth=noMy second build.tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2018-09-08:2592684:Topic:31981282018-09-08T16:22:59.288ZPaul Craighttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/PaulCraig
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">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 humbucker and a parallel wired pair of piezo disks to aftermarket tele-style controls. I call it "Old School".…<a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1080290527?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1080290527?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"></img></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">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 humbucker and a parallel wired pair of piezo disks to aftermarket tele-style controls. I call it "Old School".<a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1080290527?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1080290527?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></span></p> BO Diddly Tribute Guitartag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2017-09-02:2592684:Topic:29360502017-09-02T19:00:25.099ZPaul Craighttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/PaulCraig
<p>I got a silverware box from Goodwill for 50 cents because the young people running the store didn't know what it was. LOL</p>
<p>I bought one awhile back and gave it to my wife to use as a jewelry box, but I decided to use this one to make a 6 string Bo Diddly style guitar.</p>
<p>I got a silverware box from Goodwill for 50 cents because the young people running the store didn't know what it was. LOL</p>
<p>I bought one awhile back and gave it to my wife to use as a jewelry box, but I decided to use this one to make a 6 string Bo Diddly style guitar.</p> Headless Travel Guitartag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2017-08-05:2592684:Topic:29178302017-08-05T19:00:22.842ZPaul Craighttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/PaulCraig
<p>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 guitars, I decided to build my own.</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1080145157?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1080145157?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"></img></a> The neck and body are constructed from Mahogany. There is no head stock. Instead, the strings are hung at the end of the neck, then run down over the bridge to a set of V-pulleys and into the…</p>
<p>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 guitars, I decided to build my own.</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1080145157?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1080145157?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" class="align-full" width="750"/></a>The neck and body are constructed from Mahogany. There is no head stock. Instead, the strings are hung at the end of the neck, then run down over the bridge to a set of V-pulleys and into the guitar body where they feed into the tuners.</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1080145969?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1080145969?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" class="align-full" width="750"/></a>The V bearings are 11.1 mm wide which is the exact string spacing of my other guitars. The tuners are three-on-a-plate that I picked up on sale from StewMac. The audio jack exits the back of the body using a Strat jack bracket.</p>
<p>The pickup is a humbucker in a single wound configuration. It is wax potted, hot and sounds very good.</p>
<p>The scale length is a full 24" and the overall length of the guitar is only 26 3/4". Definitely portable.</p>
<p>I think I can fit it into a pool cue bag for travel.</p>
<p></p> New Build: Metal Body Resonatortag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2016-12-20:2592684:Topic:27517842016-12-20T23:35:32.232ZPaul Craighttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/PaulCraig
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1080052511?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1080052511?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"></img></a> 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). The neck is hard Maple with a Walnut fret board.</p>
<p>This is my second resonator project and my first metal body. Learned a lot about shaping and connecting sheet metal.</p>
<p>How does it sound? Exactly how you would expect a metal…</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1080052511?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1080052511?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" class="align-full" width="750"/></a>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). The neck is hard Maple with a Walnut fret board.</p>
<p>This is my second resonator project and my first metal body. Learned a lot about shaping and connecting sheet metal.</p>
<p>How does it sound? Exactly how you would expect a metal bodied biscuit resonator to sound. Slightly metallic and very loud.</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1080052820?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1080052820?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" class="align-full" width="750"/></a>Fun project.</p>
<p></p> New to CBG Buildingtag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2016-11-02:2592684:Topic:27208902016-11-02T16:34:45.905ZPaul Craighttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/PaulCraig
<p>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 necks wide enough for six-string CBGs.</p>
<p>Anyone have a source for that? I've Googled it and found fretboards, but not complete necks. I'd like to find something 1 3/4" wide on the tuner end to maybe 2" wide at the body, similar to a Yamaha acoustic steel string that I have.</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Ken</p>
<p>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 necks wide enough for six-string CBGs.</p>
<p>Anyone have a source for that? I've Googled it and found fretboards, but not complete necks. I'd like to find something 1 3/4" wide on the tuner end to maybe 2" wide at the body, similar to a Yamaha acoustic steel string that I have.</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Ken</p> Smoked Salmon Gift Box 6-Stringtag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2016-05-20:2592684:Topic:26042962016-05-20T01:57:14.969ZPaul Craighttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/PaulCraig
<p>Up here in the northwest, (Washington State) they make nicely decorated gift boxes for smoked salmon. This top is from the Quinault Indian Nation for their smoked salmon. I made a larger cedar box to put under it using box joints, then made a maple neck. I do bolt on necks similar to solid body guitars but I sink nuts into the neck under the fretboard and use bolts rather than screws. This has two piezo pickups under the bridge and a volume control. The box is 3" deep and 14" long so it has…</p>
<p>Up here in the northwest, (Washington State) they make nicely decorated gift boxes for smoked salmon. This top is from the Quinault Indian Nation for their smoked salmon. I made a larger cedar box to put under it using box joints, then made a maple neck. I do bolt on necks similar to solid body guitars but I sink nuts into the neck under the fretboard and use bolts rather than screws. This has two piezo pickups under the bridge and a volume control. The box is 3" deep and 14" long so it has a nice acoustic sound.</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1079927712?profile=original" target="_self">IMG_2978.jpg</a></p> Started out to build a neck.tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2016-05-19:2592684:Topic:26042012016-05-19T22:37:23.334ZPaul Craighttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/PaulCraig
<p>I got my hands on some 1x6 hard maple and couldn't resist building a couple of nice CBG necks.</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1079926685?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1079926685?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"></img></a></p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1079925591?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1079925591?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"></img></a> As is usually the case, once I completed the neck, I wanted to put it onto something. I had a nice large wooden cigar box, so I said "what the…</p>
<p>I got my hands on some 1x6 hard maple and couldn't resist building a couple of nice CBG necks.</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1079926685?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1079926685?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a></p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1079925591?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1079925591?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>As is usually the case, once I completed the neck, I wanted to put it onto something. I had a nice large wooden cigar box, so I said "what the heck"</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1079927775?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1079927775?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>I cut the F holes in the box, added a 27 mm piezo with a passive tone control. The fret board is a mahogany piece with some jumbo frets. The bridge is a 1/4 - 20 brass screw three inches long.</p>
<p>Since it was a six stringer and I thinned and rounded the neck, I decided to add a truss rod. A 1/4" router bit did the job of making the slot for the truss rod and I found it worked well when I did the final set up on the guitar.</p>
<p>It is a nice player with all 19 frets clear of the box. That makes sliding up to 15 or even 17 a snap.</p>
<p>Overall it turned out as a nice daily player. Now I just have to explain to the wife why I needed one more CBG.</p>
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<p></p> Hello guys looking for advicetag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2016-05-04:2592684:Topic:25877572016-05-04T08:43:40.397ZPaul Craighttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/PaulCraig
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 50years.<br />
Recently I was talking to a pal who I went through school with, and gigged with for many years, and was telling him about looking for parts for my builds. He then came over with a donor guitar, which he found in a skip, and it's thrown me a curved ball, in that it's a seven string BCRich, I thought the headstock and the bridge looked a little busy.<br />
I've…
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 50years.<br />
Recently I was talking to a pal who I went through school with, and gigged with for many years, and was telling him about looking for parts for my builds. He then came over with a donor guitar, which he found in a skip, and it's thrown me a curved ball, in that it's a seven string BCRich, I thought the headstock and the bridge looked a little busy.<br />
I've never laid eyes on one before, didn't know these beasts exsisted.<br />
I,m guessing that it could be a drone string for heavy metal, because the body is apparently a warlock.<br />
Lovely neck but the body,s not my cup of tea, so I,m looking at cigar boxing it, as a possibility.<br />
Can anyone tell me if there are alternate drone notes of tunings that the 7 string has.<br />
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I would be grateful for any or all information.<br />
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Regards Philyaboots Neck sourcestag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2016-03-29:2592684:Topic:25567142016-03-29T18:10:56.762ZPaul Craighttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/PaulCraig
<p>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 semi-hollow 6-stringer with primarily electronic sound.</p>
<p>But I really don't want to build and carve a neck this time. Did that for my last deluxe 4-stringer and it was a lot of work.</p>
<p>What I want to do is take a conventional electric guitar neck with a three-tuner-per-side headstock.... Add a bit of thickness, hog out the existing tuner holes…</p>
<p>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 semi-hollow 6-stringer with primarily electronic sound.</p>
<p>But I really don't want to build and carve a neck this time. Did that for my last deluxe 4-stringer and it was a lot of work.</p>
<p>What I want to do is take a conventional electric guitar neck with a three-tuner-per-side headstock.... Add a bit of thickness, hog out the existing tuner holes and install conventional nylon-string tuners.</p>
<p>The body I plan to be fairly straightforward with a baltic birch top and likely a couple of piezo pickups, though I might research a microphone.</p>
<p>I just looked on ebay and didn't find much.... Well, I found a lot but all in the much-too-expensive range. Old Gibson necks for 100 dollars and northwards.. that sort of thing.</p>
<p>Guess I'll be haunting the guitar shops locally... </p> My first playable 6 stringtag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2016-03-13:2592684:Topic:25427252016-03-13T20:28:28.763ZPaul Craighttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/PaulCraig
<p>Hey everyone. </p>
<p>I've been on CBN for a few months but this is only my 2nd post. </p>
<p>I came across CBN after buying a cheap nylon acoustic before christmas to learn on and decided I could build one better myself. I haven't yet made a cigar box guitar but I have made a playable custom guitar thats suits what I need at the minute. Something I can put in my rusksack when I'm on my motorbike that I don't have to worry to much about. It had to be made mostly from materials I had…</p>
<p>Hey everyone. </p>
<p>I've been on CBN for a few months but this is only my 2nd post. </p>
<p>I came across CBN after buying a cheap nylon acoustic before christmas to learn on and decided I could build one better myself. I haven't yet made a cigar box guitar but I have made a playable custom guitar thats suits what I need at the minute. Something I can put in my rusksack when I'm on my motorbike that I don't have to worry to much about. It had to be made mostly from materials I had already. </p>
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<p>I've ended up with a travel style electric guitar made from a piece of 2x4 joisting timber. It is a headless guitar with classical style tuners with slots. The finger board it made from a piece of marine ply with nails for frets. The pickup is a handwound "Flat humbucker" style pick up.This is one area I cheated with materials to hand as I bought magnet wire and magnets. The bridge is wooden dowel that has been halved and sectioned so I can adjust the intonation of each string. I'm using small personal stereo jack plugs as I already had a nice length of wire already. It runs through a transistor pre-amp in a touch-light casing. Through to "The Boss" amp which uses a 2.5w LM380 amp chip. The coffee can is a speaker box with a computer speaker in. There is also a big stereo speaker in the back which has a jack plug to use instead of the coffee can speaker if I want a bigger sound. </p>
<p>The coffee can does me when I'm out and about but It sounds great through the old hifi speaker. </p>
<p>This is my first electric guitar so for me it sounds great. I'm as new to playing guitar as I am building them so I'm just happy I have a usable and playable guitar to practice on. </p>
<p>I have used a wider "Nut/Zero Fret" spacing which I'm finding really easy to learn with. The strings have a slightly wider spacing when compared to my girlfriends acoustic. </p>
<p>Although as expected it is bowing a little bit since I took more wood off the neck to make it more playable so I thing I may be stripping it down and installing a t-bar truss to counter act the string tension as I said as long as I have something playable I'm happy with this.</p>
<p>I'm already planning my next build. So many options. I just have to make sure I leave time to learn to play as well :-)</p>
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