Is this a cigar box guitar???
Could this be considered a cigar box guitar? Look carefully! ;)
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Looking to add another string...
I've been playing a 3 string for three plus years now. Looking to add that elusive and mesmerizing fourth string. Anything to look for in a 4 string CBG. I'm a player, not a builder.
Advice good, bad, or otherwise?
Read more…Neck install
Hello all, I picked up a neck from a 6 string solid body. Any ideas or pictures of the best way to install it into a cigar box? I never used a pre made neck in any of my builds. Any help will be appreciated, thanks.
Read more…Mark of the Beast on my box- what would you do?
I found this signed cigar box with the mark of beast! What would you do with it?!? Use it? Bury it at the Crossroads at midnight?
New instruction book from Justin Johnson
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Complete Roadmap for 3-String & 4-String Guitar
I remember sitting in my room as a child, listening to the guitar solo from “Comfortably Numb” and wondering how someone turns
Read more…Chords on 4 string open E
Hi all
Anyone got source of chord charts for this open tuning??
Rob
Read more…4 strings tuned GDAd
We all have our favorite tunings. I think for a beginner, no guitar playing experience, just learning, that the 4 string tuned GDAd is excellent. It gives the ability to play the 3 higher strings in DAd for example. You can also use mandolin or other
Read more…Online lesson resources?
So, first CBG is done and tuned--thanks to some folks from this group on the forum. Before I started I noted that there were a lot of "lessons" online for the 3 string, but many of them also seemed to also have some for 4 stringers. Now that I'm loo
Read more…Where to place 4-String Single Coil Pickup?
In viewing pics I notice some builders place the pickup just in front of the bridge; other place it forward near the end of the finger board. Is one "better" i.e. more effective than the other. I am in process of building six 4-stringers and have b
Read more…GDG
So after watching many different tutorials on how to play a cbg online and realizing that they were mostly 3 stringers tuned GDG, I'm left wondering what to do. Should I keep going ahead with my plan to make a 4 string, or make it a 3 instead. Is the
Read more…2nd Four String
Guys, I am close to finishing my second 4 stringer. My first is tuned GDgb which I like but my playing style seems to better fit a GDG tuned 3 stringer. I can't decide between DGBD or GDgd for this one. I mainly play blues usually with a slide. Any s
Read more…Reentrant tuning gCEA
Hi guys I'm planning a four string build (actually several), and wanted to tune one to standard reentrant ukulele tuning, as I already play the uke, so would be able to play the CBG instantly! Can anyone tell me first, if this is possible, and seco
Read more…New 4-string Cigar Box Guitar "The Wine Box"
Hey folks,
Today I recieved my CBG. Well it is not really a CBG because it is made of a wine Box.
The guitar is build by Jos Maesen. He owns a little company called "Smoking Strings Box Guitars" in Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium.
Read more…Some Observations on String Gauges
Most strings can be bought in sets (9-11-16-24-32-42), leaving us two or three unused strings lying around - i found one or two sellers on Ebay who sell strings individually or in packs of six, so no more unused string gauges in my spares box!
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New to foiur string
I have mostly Played ukulele and have nearly finished a four string cbg, can anyone tell me where I can find four string chord charts please Mal (UK)
Read more…4 string box
Hey,anybody!! I just built a 4 string box. I'm going to put a single coil in it.
This is the first one I've made. Did'nt come out to bad. Anybody got any tips on tuneing?
I tried to tune in tenor guitar tuneing but, that E string just don't want to
Read more…Tunings and chords - post them here (-:
I did some investigating on one or two of the the web's interactive tuning/chord sites but will report if i find anything else that's interesting, one interactive thingy here for Ukes, Mandolins and Banjos could be useful...
"All chords are calculate
Read more…Why four strings...?
I found I moved to four strings from three quite quickly, I use three strings for one or two songs but found four strings suited my playing style better, though the four string leans more towards traditional 6 string guitar territory more than a thre
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