Hi all,
This will be my first CBG, but not my first string instrument that I built. I am building a 3 string that I plan on adding electric pickups to and not sure if it will get frets yet.
Here is what I have got done so far.
Let me know what you
I've made a few guitars and stick dulcimers and I'm having a problem. It seems the lowest (thickest) string sounds fine unfretted, but when I fret it, it sounds dead. As I fret towards the neck it gets worse. What have I done wrong and how do I corre
Read more…I am looking to build a couple cigar box guitars for the first time. I am looking to build a simple base (standard) acoustic guitar first, then I would like to try to build a resonator model. Is this too much for a first timer. I have become obse
Read more…where is this book?
I can't find and it is not listed in gitty shop unless its under a different name.
d sutton and mike orr. but no gitty?
Read more…Hullo one and all.I'm going to decoupage a box for a CBG and I would like some advice on whether to decoupage the box first and then cut out the necessary holes,etc or cut out the holes first and then paper it.....Any thoughts would be appreciated...
Read more…Okay, so I started my first build a little over a year ago. It was a solid wood Tabak cigar box. I thought, "For my first one I will go all out so that subsequent builds will just be a sinch!". I went for a fretted, 4-stringer.
I used red oak fo
Read more…Hi all
I purchased Gitty Man manual - What a great place to start (apart from here) .It is written in a Step By Step approach - and is very easy to follow.Highly recommended to any body that wants to get into this contagious past time
I have also pu
Read more…I posted this article up as a blog, here is the link as it is the building process of a simple guitar from start to finish and of interest to beginners just starting out or those researching different building techniques...
Read more…Hey All, Great to part of the CBG group. I just started my 1st attempt at a CBG- it's going to be a resonator type with one of Old Lowe's cones. Have been doing a lot of reading on designs,etc. I have a question for you guys- do I make it a soli
Read more…Hi there,
Thought I might post something up just to show that I am trying.
I joined about 2 or 3 months ago and have been reading and snooping in here learning what I can.
I started building my first CBG about a month ago and progress is, well, progress
Hi All, almost finished my first build ,a very interesting process ,I have a few bugs to iron out like a humming thru the amp and the height of the strings ,so any imput from you guy's would be great!!
Cheers Kev
My first build is complete and just wanted to share a pic or two. I enjoyed the process building in my kitchen, living room backyard, wherever I could find a place in my small apartment. I found it to be fun sourcing parts from around the country and
Read more…Howdy y'all!
I was contact my a customer indicatin’ that he had not received his GittyMan Manual, which he bought 3 weeks ago. We got it all taken care of for him now.
The process is after payment is made through Paypal, the book is electronically s
Read more…i have built several wood cigar box guitars, i have a tin cigar box i need some instructions on how to build it
Read more…Ive nearly finished my first cigar box...was great fun...even fretting...I used a Pyrograph to decorate and various bits from Habdashery and tips from the web...I have a Ju Ju 3 string pickup on order...this one is 25 inches from nut to bridge..i thi
Read more…can someone tell me about wher i should put my strings ( spacing from edge to edge ) im using a i.5 in neck
HELP
and thanks
Read more…Hi, I'd like to put a vibrato, a home made one to one of my CBG but, I have never made one or seen any so if someone could tell me how to build it, nothing complicated...Or show me some photos of CBGs equiped with home made vibratos, it would be grea
Read more…Yesterday I sold my 2nd and 3rd CBGs and took 2 more orders. I must be doing it too cheap :-)
No.1 Looked like this:
with built in pre-amp and tuner, plus XLR-out plug for a sound board
No. 2 - first with a bone nut.
With pre-amp and
Read more…I'm building my first CBG and its a 3-string CBG I was winding my pickup and the wire broke , My question is, Can magnet wire be spliced and the pickup still work right? I have around 1200 turns on the pickup. Dang%$&^!! NEED HELP PLEASE, and Than
Read more…My second build - "Wicker Man"
So this is my 2nd build, but neck is a fixed mistake from my first build. Glued up the fret board to the neck and brought from cold garage to my warm (more humid) basement to finish and it really bowed. Thanks to so
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