From Colorado by way of Afghanistan.
I am a simple guy that likes simple thngs, home brewed beer, cigars, and live music. Hope to learn a lot about the CBG, as it seems to fit in well with my ideal speed of life.
Again, hello and thank yu for such
Read more…Hello CBG fans! Not much to do here in Canada in the winter other than freeze my ass off. Luckily I love playing music and made a CBG recently. Looking forward to hearing some tunes on this site. Check out a few on mine on my page!
Read more…Joined CB Nation a couple of days ago after discovering Cigar Box Guitars whilst wandering around the Internet..
I have a Fretted 4 string Electric but am looking to get an Unfretted one as I have found in my experience (all of 2 days) that the fret
Just wanted to take a minute to introduce myself! My names Dano Collins. I've been a professional tattooer for 39 years now. I own Bluz Tattooz (yes, pronounced blues) just outside of Detroit, as well as the Motor City Tattoo Museum. I also own "Old
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First post here from me. My name is Midge and I live in the city of Lincoln here in England.
I am nearer to 60 than 16 and have just started out learning to play guitar. I am a huge
Blues fan and it was while web browsing Blues sites that I
Read more…I'm Luc from Belgium. I'm software engineer. I like Blues and start to learn guitar 2 months ago. Doing some search about blues and guitar, i discovered the CBG and immediately fall in love.
I'll learn a lot in this community and maybe I'll meet o
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My name is John (most call me JT) and I came across CBG's when a friend took me to an open stage not too long ago.
They seemed a bit kooky to me until I decided to build a cake pan banjo and then I discovered just how much fun these thing
Read more…Hey, all! My name's Lisa, and I live in the White Mountains of Arizona, where we just got about half a foot of snow!
I have builds 4 & 5 in progress, both basses. 6 if you count the rebuild I had to do of my first one, when my husband knocked it o
Read more…I'm Halle, from Columbus, Ohio. I found CBN while searching for helpful info about my Wildwood (Stick) Dulcimer. I am also learning to play the lute, and we have a house full of guitars, My husband plays ukelele, and garana (which he plays like
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Building a CBG as my first instrument ever. My next instrument is in the planning stage, which will be a lap steel guitar. What fun this is!!!
James
Read more…Hi folks! I just joined up here recently. I'm retired and a blues lover musically. I kinda lean toward 6-stringers but have made 3 and 4-string versions. I have played guitar since I was 11, but an injury several years back to my left hand has ca
Read more…Hi all, My name is Joe. I have been a lurker and reader for quite some time now. Very impressed with the site! I have been getting empty cigar boxes from a local Tobacco Club for a while (for my daughters to make jewelry boxes) and the manager ask
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Greetings from the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville, NC. I'm a newbie interested in building a Cigar Box Fiddle. My Mama told me recently that my Great-Grandfather made and played a homemade fiddle, back in the day, barn dance
Read more…Hi Im Timothy D. I live in Massachusetts and was inspired to build after meeting Richard Johnston on Beale st Memphis Tenn. I Started building copper and CB guitars to try to stay afloat in the struggling economy. Being a slide player its the only
Read more…I recently stumbled upon cigar box guitars and it really interested me and have started my first cigar box guitar. The way I found my way into it was because my father fixes up old, vintage radios; I thought it would be cool if you could convert some
Read more…Hi all, names David from Kent in England i recently joined the growing CBG family.I've completed 2 three string model builds which both turned quitegood 1 of witch i just sold. my problem now, is i need to learn how to play! ive managed to learn 1 ri
Read more…Hello. I am 60 and live in Moline Illinois.
I have been a member of Cigarbox Nation for a while now but never introduced myself. I play guitar, mando, bass and other stringed stuff since 64, I was raised on bluegrass, country, folk and classical musi
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I have built 5 cbg's and have a few more in process. I have been playing the electric bass for about 30 years and I am really stoked to get into the CBG's. There may be better guitars, but none are more fun!
I am 50 years old and been mar
Read more…Hello new to playing the CBG, but long time fan of BB King playing on one. Silent Jim has been a great friend and mentor to encourage me to starting out and has said I can learn much from the great Yoda masters found here.
Read more…My name is Graeme and I`m a 63 year old living in Cheshire, England. I retired in 2011 after 38 years teaching. My diverse musical tastes are Synester Gates, Zakk Wilde, BB King and Bessie Smith.
Its Dec. 18th and as a newcomer I`
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