Hi from Derbyshire.
After a few years of trying to coax a half-decent tune out of conventional guitars, a friend introduced me to the wonders of the Strumstick. Three strings in open G tuning, diatonic frets, and no worries about "wrong" notes.
Had t
Read more…Looking forward to learning loads from this great site. I have just been on a Chickenbone John CBG building workshop which was great.
Read more…Hi everyone, I'm new here do thought I would introduce myself :) I'm Glenn abd I'm 41 from Dorset, England. Im now medically retired and have just purchased my first guitar.. A Jaxville Custom -Union Jack which I bought recently as I've always want
Read more…Hi everyone, I'm Freddy and just joined to say hello and thanks for all the good info and photos of cbg's, already started to build my first one taking a lot of hints from all the great designs over here, let's see how it goes.
Cheers!
Read more…Hi guys, Just joined up yesterday. My name's Darren, but everyone calls me Dash, (dunno why, I'm certainly not fast!). Been playing guitar for a number of years, but never very well, and just got into playing the ukulele about three months ago. I
Read more…Just joined this site. I don't have a Cigar Box Guitar, but have a 4 string tenor banjo that I'm starting to play Blues on. I stumbled across this site and Keni Lee Burgess' video on playing the 4 string CBG while searching the internet. The 4 str
Read more…If you've read a version of this already I apologise for wasting your time.
I've just built my first cigar box guitar - out of a jewellery box bought for a couple of quid on ebay. I was inspired when we saw some on a stall at the MG Live! car show -
Read more…I posted a "Hello from Herts" introductory message yesterday - and another member, Jess, saw it - but now it doesn't seem to be here! Did anyone else see it? Can anyone explain where it's gone?
Read more…hi all. I am Pascal. 40 year old and i come from the Netherlands. i am married, two kids and have no knowledge whatsoever about building/playing a CBG. expect alot of newbee questions :)
Always wanted to play guitar, but limitation of movement in my
Read more…New to the CBG world but delighted to have found it! Nearly finished my first acoustic CBG, unsure whether or not to fret it or wait until my next CBG which will be electric
Read more…Hey guys just wanted to say hi. I am back after a long while away and am getting back in the swing of building cool things that make noise lol.
Read more…Hi, I'm in London England, waiting for the games to start so I can watch English folk winning sitting down events again and losing graciously at everything else.
I'm desperately trying to get over a very bad case of G.A.S*. I tried pepto, no luck. My
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just joined the group. i am completely new to CBG's... just started my first project.
trying to push through the need to be "perfect" and just roll with the learning experience.
look forward to advice and inspiration from the community....
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Hey everyone!
I found this site a few weeks ago and have spent a lot of time since reading, looking at pics, and watching videos. I'm a young guy from Canada: guitar player but never any slide or CBG. Just finished my first CBG and love playing it! A
Read more…Hello everybody. My name's Ron from Calvert county Maryland. I always wanted to learn how to play guitar but it just seemed too tough for me. I was at a local cigar store this past weekend and saw this odd looking instrument on the wall. Turns out t
Read more…I've just discovered the world of Cigar Box Nation so here's my introduction. My name is Ian and I'm an expat Brit living in Minnesota, USA. I've always loved the Blues and have played delta (sort of) blues off and on for a long time. Though the past
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My name is Letha Allen and it's nice to meet you all. I am from Michigan. I love cigar box guitar and started playing them about 8 years ago when a friend named Roy saw Richard Johnson live. He started looking at cigar box forums and built a numb
Read more…As an introduction, I'm a techy from the Vancouver area with some DIY skills who hacks on some guitar, bass, and banjo. Definitely more of a player than a builder.
My first exposure to the CBG world was catching Sea Sick Steve on the BBC late one nig
Read more…I'm "mrbeck" in Houston Tx. Been building and playing for a litter over a year now. Still have a long way to go ;0) ! I've been trying to find other Builders and Players in Houston to get together with and learn form. We're all looking for each o
Read more…hey all this is nathan(my freinds call me nemo) from desoto missouri. been checking out this site for a while now and just joined the other day after i built my first junk drawer guitar with the insperation i found on this site... too my surprise it
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