Hi,
We have about 500-550 empty cigar boxes of all kind (wood, other, collectible, etc)... you can send email to inquire or call us...
Many of our customers have made guitars and lamps... pretty neat stuff..
CIGAR CAVE LOUNGE
37748 US Highway 19 N
Read more…I just realized I sent a message to all the members of this group instead of posting. so sorry, now I can't hide the true depth of my incompetence. Oh well, you would all have learned sooner or later.
I am living in Japan, finishing two 3stringers t
Read more…Hi everybuddy here, I'm living in the deep south of France where the weather is always shiny ,and after so many years playing furiously on my red Stratocaster, i want now to play for my soul (nicely said, isn't it ?) on my brand new CBG tuned in GDG
Read more…Hi everyone. Glad to be here. I am Phil Thomas from Penarth, near Cardiff in South Wales, UK. Approaching 60 years of age of which 45 have been as a musician, singer and storyteller performing all over the world. Now in semi retirement I work part ti
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I've been lurking here for awhile now and thought it was time to say hi.
I've built 7 instruments in the past 3 years. Not prolific I know, but thoughtful...
They were mostly for family but I've sold two and have another going up on eb
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my name is Peter and I live in the northeastern region of germany.
When I accidentally found a youtube- video of a cigar box guitar, I was instantly infected and I spent nearly the whole rest of the night watching videos of these fa
Read more…Hey Everyone, Great to be here!! Ive been reading off the forum for a few weeks now...what great info!!! I built my first CBG from the ideas from the forum and it turned out FANTASTIC!!!! LOOKS GREAT and sounds WAY better then I could have imagined!
Read more…Hey yawl...Hope I can learn a few things here without being too much of a pest. Been lurking a few days
and figured i better join and give her a go. Started collecting up some parts for a geetar. I'm real good with wood. Been distroying it in some fa
Greetings to all you fellow CBG fans. I recently saw a report on TV about a guy who started building CBGs as therapy following a heart attack. Since I've been wanting to build a guitar, that struck me as a cool way to get up to speed. Also, I play
Read more…Howdy, I love stringed instruments and have built many, I've given most of my CBG's away & I've been contemplating my next one and have a couple ideas that I haven't seen and wanted to take a look around and get some more ideas before I get started-l
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I have been a member here for a while and thought I would finally say hello.
First of all I have never made or even thought of making a musical instrument.
I stumbled across this site while looking to buy a couple of nice wood cigar boxes
to use
Hey Gang,
I'm Alan (my friends call me Bumpy) a sign making, truck lettering, harmonica playing, truck driver from north Jersey. Like most, if not all of you, blues is one of my passions.
Stumbled across this site on the web looking for machine heads
Read more…Hello there to all my newfound friends! I am a Canadian blues harp player who recently took up guitar and then stumbled upon CBG's and can't imagine how i have lived so long without having one to play. I am in the midst of my first build and can't wa
Read more…Hello folks. I'm Charlie in Eagle Idaho. I've been a long time lurker, short time builder, (3) and no time musician. I'm still leaqrning to play, so won't post any vid's. Don't want to drive anyone away. A friend at work introduced me to CBG's, an
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I just finished my 3rd build and it would not have been possible without all the great information & inspiration on this site, so after lurking on here for many months I thought I would finally join and share my builds.
I’ve been playing
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I was inspired to make my first CBG after seeing a cake pan ukulele on Boing Boing in May of this year. It probably won't come as much of a surprise that I am now hooked! Currently on build number 5...
I've been playing guitar for 14 year
Read more…My wife gave me a copy (on request) of Mike Orr's "Handmade Music Factory" for Christmas in 2011, and I've been hooked ever since. My first build was an ironing board "lap" steel, and I've since completed (well, I'm still tweaking a bit) a cookie ti
Read more…My name is Ryan, I started making CBG's and Cookie Tinjo's for about a year now. I never knew such a fantastic group of folks existed! I have always tried to "build a better mousetrap" but this is a whole new world of possibilities and seems that the
Read more…Hi everyone my name is Rex.
I live in Shetland.
I have built a couple of prototype instruments, a 21 key balafon a 12 string donso
n'goni and 2 partially built koras. An akonting is what I am working on now
and I have discovered how little I know.
Nec
I'm John from Industry, IL. I went to a CBG workshop last summer and started buildning them this year. I was warned at the workshop that this is addictive. It's been a year now and I'm hooked and I hope I never recover from my addiction. My wife love
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