I'm Kirby from Harmony Pa.
I'm learning violin repair and bow rehairing.My family has a music shop. I grew up around music but don't play allot. A friend I went to violin repair school with told me about cbg's. I am now obsessed! I just finished m
Read more…Hi all! I recently found cigar box guitars on YouTube and fell in live with the sound. I've been a guitar player for almost 20 years and have never heard CBG's until recently. Jay Patton turned me on to this amazing site. All the info has been really
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My name is Ray Dawson and my best friend introduced me to the site as we both enjoy a good cigar. I am retiring from the U.S. Army after 23 years of service. It was a good time, but it's time to move on to other things.
Have a great
Read more…Hi! My name is Shawn.
I am from St. Louis, MO and happened upon this site after looking up plans for cigar box guitars.
I didn't even realy know what they were until last night. I was on a local forum, and saw someone post about them. I look
Read more…Hey, y'all! Name's Andrew, and I'm from Durham, NC. As far as CBGs go, I've purchased one, and built one, and have plans for so many more projects; including guitars, dulcimers, ukes, and maybe even a fiddle.
It's addictive, and I love it!
Read more…Hello all. I'm Igor, from the Philippines.
Been engrossed with cbg vids for some time and I was itching to build one. Decided against it until I had a model. Took the plunge and got a Saner. Looking forward to building one of my own.
Read more…My name is Duncan Lloyd and I live in Aberdeen Scotland, after seeing a Shane Speal video in guitar world I was more than a little impressed with the lovely noise he could make with a cigar box and a of bit wood. For the next two weekends me and my
Read more…Hi, my name is Paul Cardone, my friends call me " doc" ( just a nickname). Been playing guitar most of my life. During my first week of retirement, I came across this guy playing "Can't be Satisfied" on CBG and that did it for me. That was a year ago
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I just started making CBGs...in fact the first one was completely finished last night. I have several going at once as I had to pause for things to dry, tools to arrive, parts to arrive, etc etc etc.
Anyway, I am a professional
Read more…hi y'all my name is jeff i am from New Zealand and i am new to this so far i have met some nice people on here who are willing to help out i am just starting to build my first one . so when it is done i will get some pics up it will be 24 -25 '' sc
Read more…Hi everyone I've been hooked on cigar box guitars ever since I saw them on YouTube last summer. I even built them as Christmas gifts. Currently I'm working on one string canjos using soda pop cans as the resonater, but I'm having issues with the fret
Read more…I'm Rich Holmes, sometimes known online as Doctroid. I've been playing music all my life, and you'd think I'd be any good at it by now. Part of it is that I keep switching instruments. I took piano lessons, I played clarinet (soprano, bass, and alto)
Read more…Howdy, y'all. My name is Jeff and I'm sitting in the Missouri sticks about an hour drive from Kansas City, east and a little north. The post office thinks I live in Richmond, MO, but they're wrong. I don't live in any blasted city and I'm not fixi
Read more…Hi all, very new to CBG's after being given one by my uncle. Very much looking forward to learning about this amazing instrument.
One question - How do I start a group?
Many thanks,
Tom
Read more…My name is Jack. I'm a college student from the frozen tundra know as Minnesota! I have never made a CBG before, but recently discovered them and plan on making my first when I go home for the summer in a couple weeks. I have played guitar off and
Read more…Hello all. My name is Chris and I live in beautiful Southern California. I'm not sure where I first learned about CBG's, but there was a link to a vid of the great Shane Speal. My intrigue with CBG's grew and I eventually found this amazing site. I h
Read more…Hiya folks, I'm Jim and as far as I know I might be the only CBG builder in Bangkok or even Thailand?? I'm originally from the West Midlands Uk. If there are any Thai builders out there get in touch. I've built 2 3strings so far and me and my Pa go u
Read more…Hi, I'm Keith from western Pa in Mercer County. Left handed, so thought of making my own instruments to play. Have a neighbor, that wants me to make one for him too, which will be a righty. Not sure as to what I will make first, but have some tins, a
Read more…I'm total newbie when it comes to cigar box guitars... I've never built one, never played one, never even seen one up close in person. I didn't even know they existed before I stumbled across some videos on youtube. I was blown away by the sound -- I
Read more…Howdy Thought I'd introduce myself... I'm RL Rainwater a guitarhead ...and have been retired for 10 years now!! Whoa!! That long!!... been playin guitar since the mid 70's main interest are slide and lap steel styles plus acoustic gtr, Uke and Bass
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