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  Joe Johnson March 31, 2025 at 10:49pm

  hello all. My name is Joe. I am a 50-year hobbyist woodworker who recently left corporate America to start my retirement job doing woodworking full-time. In the midst of my transition a family friend bequeathed me 50+ cigar boxes that he has accumulated over the years. After much pondering as concerns what to do with them.... well.... here I am. So my journey begins. My woodworking skills range from primitive antique hand tools, to "modern" machines and power tools, and more recently CNC. My first few CBG's will be done with hand tools for for the intimate experience. But Ive got some cool ideas in my head that I will rely on the CNC to complete - down the road. To that end, does anyone know of a source for a CNC file for cutting fretboards?
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  kent robbins March 25, 2025 at 10:43am

  Hi,bkentr here from south coast Oregon. Have spent many years with banjos. New to CBGs. First build is 85 % done, and i'm going to try 3-strings.
  Have been recycling, fixing broken things for a long time. Those skills work well with CBGs,
  For build #1, i needed to build a box, will use a dog bowl res, and a trimmed down ele guitar neck.
  From the pictures here I can see that nearly anything I might do has been done.
  i do love the pics, are there sound bytes to go with them?
  kentr
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  Ramblin' Coone February 17, 2025 at 2:22pm

  

  Hi, Ramblin' Coone here, all the way from Belgium. Finished my first build on december 30 and on valentine's day I took her up to the stage. Already addicted and looking for the next builds, there will be a 3-string Quijaboard box guitar and maybe a 5 string
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    BrianQ. > Ramblin' Coone February 17, 2025 at 11:58pm

    

    Kool, haven’t seen a Ouija board build for quite awhile! 😎 Chocolate in Belgium is so good!!!
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    Ramblin' Coone > BrianQ. February 18, 2025 at 3:12am

    

    haha, and don't forget our beers ;-)
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  Frank Shelton January 8, 2025 at 4:42pm

  

  Hi I'm Frank from Ontario Canada . After seeing my neighbours CBG I decided I wanted one. He offered to give me one, but decided if I was to have one (or more) I would build it myself . This may seem strange as I don't play any instruments tho I'm not too bad playing a radio. I hope to start by building a 3 string with no frets and a removable neck and trying to learn a bit of playing. AT this point I would start on a fretted replacement neck. Probably going to drive a lot of you crazy with questions so thanks in advance.
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  Howard Craypool November 15, 2024 at 9:23pm

  

  Hi, iam Howard from Minnesota, I like building cbg as a new hobby, I also like working with most types of wood . I have a box of real Cuban cigars and when I get good at making guitars I have mahogany board for the neck for that box, ps, I don’t smoke tobacco, I’ll give them to my brother I guess..just wanted the box…iam glad there is a forum for this hobby, I love looking at others people work , so cool, well make love not war, see ya
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  Rich Butters November 4, 2024 at 12:16pm

  Hi may name is Rich and I live in Darlington, Co Durham, UK. I am in the process of building my workshop and will then start to build CBGs
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  dupont Philippe October 31, 2024 at 6:49pm

  Hi, I'm Philippe, I live in the north of France, I'm 55 years old and passionate about making cigar box guitars. Glad to have found a forum talking about this discipline, I wish you all hello. Using Google to translate my writings, I ask you to be lenient on approximate grammar or syntax.
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    BrianQ. > dupont Philippe October 31, 2024 at 9:10pm

    Bienvenue Philippe, hope to see more of you 😁