What a wonderful site, a real Aladdin's cave for anything and anyone concerned with Cigar Box Guitars.
I am a retired engineer and enjoy making things in wood - games, toys, novelties and puzzles. I read an article recently about making a Cigar Box G
Read more…Does anyone have any printable headstock templates they would be willing to upload and share???
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I'm planning my first build of a guitar,and I have a newby question.
Do you have to cut the end of the neck where the tuning pegs go?
My poblem is I live in a apatment and really can't do a lot of sawing. Plus I want to make this guitar as
Read more…I bought a guitar from a kid in CA.
The neck is a square one and is fitted in the top of the box and screwed in the back.
How did he do this? I don't want to tear this apart to find out. But I like the design.
Thanks.
Looking for ideas on simple but effective wall hangers. Post a pic and show us what you've come up with ☺
Read more…I am interested in a project of converting an old boom box to an amp. I can see how to easily wire into the volume pot on a twist knob control. How would you do it on a slider?
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Still chasing the best method for getting the perfect scarf joint cut. Looking at miter saws online this morning and seeing "angle stop at 15 degrees" so i thought oohh perfect!
But then i thought about it.. that would be a short 15 d
Read more…Hey all. I hope you're having a good week! I've got a few quick questions if someone could help me? Do bass guitars use the same potentiometers as electric guitars? Would I still use a 250k pot for a single coil and a 500k with a humbucker? Could
Read more…Hey guys, got the humbuckers (cream/black and white/black.) Not sure about the wiring. There's red-black and white coming out. I'm just installing one, not the matching pair. Anyone has an schematic?
Read more…I have purchased a few 3 string single coil pickups,pre-wired W vol/tone and jack. 2 of them have an extra ground wire,the other 2 do not? What is the extra ground used for?
Read more…Ok, I know this isn't a CBG, but I couldn't find a place to post this (even though I thought there was once a Stompbox Forum/Group). I have been working on this Stompbox off and on for far too long. It works, but isn't deep sounding at all (more lik
Read more…Just finished my first build..a 4 string fretted cbg.bit of a hassle i had was when i cut away some of the neck so i could close the lid it weakened the neck and caused it to bow when i stringed it.had to bolt a piece of wood onto it to strenghten it
Read more…Is there a general rule of thumb for choosing strings? How do you know what maximum gauge your guitar will take? If it doesn't have a magnetic pickup should I be using acoustic guitar strings exclusively?
Case in point (apologies now because this isn
Read more…I made a git for the Plumbers Challenge and decided to post the build here.
Awhile back, I had thought about building a guitar that was made out of PVC for a "Tubulum" acoustic effect. So the build challenge was the excuse I needed.
The body was made
Read more…I like the look of the fret board overlaying the cigar box where the neck joins the box (like on a six string guitar) rather than having the board stopping at the point where the neck connects to the box. It presents some challenges in the build tho
Read more…After building a dozen CB Ukes, I came across a beautiful 48" long piece of Redheart lumber that I couldn't bear to cut down for a uke. So I found a bigger cigar box on vacation in NOLA (a "Cuban Spliff"; only a crazy CBGer brings home an empty cigar
Read more…I have tin can about 4" diameter and about 12" length, it seems fairly sturdy, and I fancy having a go at building a canjo, but really have not much idea about how to. Any ideas, suggestions etc would be most welcome. thanks in advance
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