Overthinking a Diddley Bow?

Okay so this is what I've come up with. The diagram may be hard to comprehend--Beats me I think I understand it. Basically its for a broomstick neck that I've been thinking about.  This drawing uses an eye bolt for a saddle with a stopper placed on t

Wooden liners?

I initially felt sure the extra wood that lines some of the boxes should be pulled out and eliminated,  but I wonder what most of you guys do with it,  seems if it was glued in place that it wouldn't affect the sound that much either way, and would a

having trouble with action

I have just recently (in the last week) started building cbgs and both of them have really bad action. Either it is really low and flapping against the box, which happened on my first one, or way to high which is what happened on my 2nd one.

Wiring coil pickup with tone & volume

Right, so I have a single coil pickup, 2 250k log pots, a .22 capacitor and a jack.  I think I need to wire them up along the lines of this.  Problem is that I don't really understand the diagram.

Glass cigar tubes for slides?

Guys,

I got about 20 glass cigar tubes (el Producto) with one of the boxes I bought on eBay, and was wondering if I could make functional slides out of them.  They're obviously too long & will need to be shortened, but do any of you have any suggesti

Warped cigar box

Hi all , Well I finally finished my first neck, went to grab my cigar box and found that it is severely warped ! I had prepped it about a month ago and have looked at it several times since and never saw any warpage. We have had some very hot weather

Next Newby Question - Piezos

Stopped at Radio Shack on my way home today to grab a Piezo buzzer.   I think I may have grabbed the wrong one.  Part number is 273-0060, and when I cracked open the lid, in addition to the piezo disc, there is a small circuit board (same size as the

Break angle to machine heads not great enough

For some reason the machine heads I bought seem to have long shafts on them so they stick up above the headstock by about 15mm or so to the eye where the strings are threaded through.

My strings are too short!

Was just getting all ready to string my 3-string CBG up tonight only to find that the middle string going to the upper-most machine head is too short!  The other two to the nearer machine heads are fine, just.

Fret Template

Hey folks..

 I am looking for a site that has cigar box guitar fret board templates.. An y suggestions?

I want to build a 6 string CBG

I have a 3 and 4 string CBG and I really want to play a 6 string.  I can't afford to buy one, so I want to make one.  Problem is I have a nice box that I feel will work great, but I can't find plans with dimensions for the neck width and length.  I k

strings and tuneing

there are a million answers to the question what strings do I use and what do I tune them to? I'v been useing strings # 2,3,4 but was wondering if anyone else uses diferent ones,and what to tune them too.

Padron 4000 box - first build questions

Howdy!

All input is appreciated.

The top and the bottom are exactly the same width and length. The box uses an inner liner (four thin pieces of wood against each side which are the depth of the box).

Do I glue these strips in, or pull them out?

Brass Pop Rivets?

Looking for brass rivets, but can't find them? 

Instead... Go to the araea to get parts for your ice maker (Prumbling section)" and look for "Brass Insert and Delrin Sleeve (1/4" OD w/insert)."

About $1.65 for a packet of two.

Dave

Decorative features.

Just a few questions. I have found some of the decorative corners used on the edges of the boxes in the back of an old hardware store, but he says that the part is obsolete, so where should I look to get more?

Also, what are (and where do I find) tho

getting a warbaly sound

Hello I'am new at the whole cbg thing just finished building my first one and everything went fine but now all of a sudden im starting to get a warbaly sound out of it  for some reason can anyone offer any suggestions please thanks.

cbg #2

Hey everyone,

Box help

Hey guys another newb here. I just discovered cbg's and want to build one. I've been to the local tobacco shops with no luck and was wondering where a good place to get few boxes might be? Thanks for any help you can give me and I really appreciate i

new way to build CBG

The problem when building a CBG is that you have to run the neck through the box for structural strength. As the boxes are already small, this eats up a lot of the available volume for producing good sound.  My latest build I glued a threaded rod int

my first build

 I am deffinetly hooked . This was very enjoyable making two more for my daughters then a resonator for myself . Thanks for all the info guys

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