Not really ready for a quick build, but when people ask you to make one for an auction on short notice as your first build to help our men and women in uniform, there's only one answer...YES.
A pretty basic layout. Standard 1x2 maple neck that I used
Read more…I've been given a challenge, to build a 4 string cbg for a lady with carpo-tunnel and a former Taylor owner/player. She wants a open "G" tuning for use with a slide. She also has a weight handling problem, which is also a part of the carpo thing. I s
Read more…What you see is just a mock up. I never cut my good wood first. I always make my mistakes on a junk piece of plywood from crates I can get at work. This is in response to a post from a guy building a resonator guitar and using copper for the cover
Read more…Please forgive me if this is not the proper place to ask this as it is amp related, not CBG related.
Our kids gave me a nice box which wasn't conducive for a good CBG so I decided to make an amp out of it. Never used a soldering iron before but it se
Read more…Thinking about getting an arbor press from Harbor Freight. Getting tired of hammering the frets in. Anyone have experience with a arbor press from Harbor Freight?
Read more…I picked up this wine box at an auction earlier tonight, and really want to build something with it, but it's, well, a wine box, not a cigar box. Is it possible to build a guitar out of this thing? I really wanna give it a shot. Thanks.
Read more…Am I losing it/have I remembered wrong? Maybe I'm losing my mind but I think I remember someone told me that a magnetic pickup can be placed INSIDE a box? Can I have the box's wooden lid between the pick up and the strings? I'd be careful to make sur
Read more…They say measure from nut to 12th Fret. OK, to the 1st Fret of 12 or next Fret or in the middle?
Read more…Hi all.
I am looking for a little guidance on finishing my fret ends. I have used both fret wire and 6D nails. They sit down fine and my spacing is good. But I am really struggling to file the ends down nicely.
I generally have two related challenges
Read more…Hi, I posted more detail about this with several pics in the Oil Can group, but hope it's okay to double post here in case anyone hasn't looked there and may be inspired!?
It's my first build, I learned heaps and had so much fun. The aim was to get a
Read more…I am getting close to a finish on 3 Corvette wheel cover resonators. I usually put a preamp in each git. I realize that isn't necessary as you can send output to a preamp,but I like the idea of a self contained unit with a digital tuner. All th
Read more…Hii there folks..... I've put a similar post on the forum "Cigar Box Guitar How-to Knowledge base" but thought more is better and decided to post my problem here. Even though the people here are suppose to be "new" to CBG building but it doesn't mea
Read more…hello CBGers,
I am just getting back into building after a long layoff and would like to "brand" my CBGs with a signature headstock design. Knowing that many heads are smarter than one (especially mine), I'm asking for your help.
Will you post to th
Read more…Finishing my 3rt cbg,but the bass strings buzzz to much,, yesterday put litter more tension and this go away, today is bach again,please someone help me,
Read more…We have a traitor in our midst...and it's me. I feel awful. I betrayed the whole movement and bought a factory made guitar. Worse still, I've been playing it almost exclusively for the past three days! The problem is that, in my opinion, it sounds be
Read more…So, I recently bought some slightly blemished resonator cones from Charles Atchison during a one-time fire sale he posted on Facebook. The cones came and look fine to me (may be just scuffed slightly, or maybe not at deep as they should be). Regardle
Read more…Mo-ning.
Other than decorating and finishing off the bridge I'm nearly done with my build. I'm now struggling to figure out what tuning would be best for me and what strings to use for it. It's a small 18-inch scale length, and hopefully more or less
Read more…I'm in the middle, roughly, of building a guitar from parts salvaged from an electric guitar I bought. On the original guitar the pickup is at the bridge but after really helpful discussions with folks from here I think I'd like my new build to have
Read more…I'm doing something new to me, and I really don't want to screw this one up as the box was a present from my better half, so I figure the better I make it, the more onside she'll be!!
It's a through neck and I'm using a screw down hard-tail bridge si
Read more…Hello everyone, I'm new to this hobby/industry and have a few questions. I used to play guitar until I had ulnar nerve transposition surgery on my left elbow, they moved my funny bone nerve because my left ring and pinky finger were constantly numb.
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