This is my first build and I think I have messed it up already. I am using a Romeo & Juliet box and have just cut the slots to fit the neck, used a razor saw and needle file and it fits really snug, so far so good.
I then closed the lid and realised
Read more…Discovered today just how difficult it is to do a long (36") cut in a piece of hardwood.
Started off with a piece 2.5 " wide to cut for a CBG. A long cut with a hand saw or/and a powered Jigsaw.
Going to take some time sanding to get the line straig
Read more…I have just got together most of what I need for my first build, I have only basic tools and little to no woodwork experience. I have a Dremel tool which I used to use for model making and I would like to know if it is possible to get hole cutting d
Read more…I have finished my second CBG and it just does not have as good of sound as my first. One of the problems is I hear some string vibration at the nut. Im concerned that I do not have as much back angle on the strings to the tuning pegs. How would I fi
Read more…I've done alot of reading on here but have not seen this answered. When using a paper covered box....can I spray or wipe anything on it to protect the paper from getting scratched up? If so...what do I use?
Read more…Is there a good tutorial or video that shows how to attach the strings to the tuning pegs? Rotate to the right... left...wind up....wind down.....how many winds....how to keep them tight? I broke two strings on my first build trying to figure this ou
Read more…I have two builds - no matter how I try I cant get the first string to tune (open G) Tried switching strings out - Monkeyed with it - wiggled it- and twisted it - all to no avail. any help.
Read more…Howdy folks,
Some time back, I read on CigarBoxNation about 'grounding' the strings....and I can't find the conversation anywhere on here.
So I thought I'd just go ahead and ask:
(1) Is it necessary to ground the strings, and if so what is the intent
Read more…I see so many photos of guitars on here that have sound holes with what look like simple brass rings over them. What are you all using for these brass rings?
Read more…Greetings, has anyone ever made a nut and bridge out of deer antler? How does it work?
Hi:
I've got a piece of red oak that I plan to use as a fingerboard on my latest build. Thing has a slight bend to it: not pronounced, but you can see daylight between it and the neck if you put them together. Should I go through the trouble of st
Read more…I will be leaving Oz for a 2-6 month trip to France and later for about the same time in the USA. I want to take a CBG with me. I am still a newbie and want to know if there is a CBG which can be easily dismantled and then reassembled . If not what i
Read more…Just about to build a guitar neck to add to a brass ukulele body. As I'll have 4 medium/heavy strings, do you think I'll need a truss road? Im using a piece of sapele/mahogany.
Read more…I am sure this has been discussed to death, but I was wondering what the best materials to use for CBG necks are.
I have used in the past, to good success, the 1" x 2" poplar boards you can get at Lowe's pretty cheap.
But is that really the best?
Read more…Hi All!
Found CBG's one day on youtube and built two so far...never played a tune in my life! Learning more about it every day though.
The two that I have built have developed a ring over time. One is fretless, high action and the other has frets w
Read more…Howdy folks,
Y'all might want to jump on this offer.
Go take a look at the new manual being offered on how to make a CBG.
It has an "Introductory" price of only $8 for friends here at CigarBoxNation.
(In a few month, it'll be at th
Read more…I have a 6-pole pickup that I bought from ebay and am intending on using on my first 3-string CBG project.
I built my first CBG, but it sounds funky, a little too funky. I dunno how but with a slide it doesn't sound too bad, but fretting it it sounds out of tune. So far only acoustic, but there is a weird sitar sound mostly from the middle string, lots of
Read more…Hi Guys,
I have been watching and reading all the neat tips on here and decided it was time for me to contribute something. If this subject has been done before, please excuse my ignorance. On my first guitar I had some trouble holding the scarf jo
Read more…Hopefully many of you have a few days off around the holiday to build another git, practice your playing, or just relax. Merry Christmas to all of you folks and thanks for all of your help and advice - I'm hoping to finish one up for my son over the
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