Hi, so I'm a college student from rural Oklahoma. I go to the University of Oklahoma during the school year, but I've been home for the summer. Been kinda lounging around for most of the summer, doing some work in our garden for farmers market to g
Read more…Just wanted to let everybody know that the Amplifier kit from CBGITTY is great. I built one ,brought it to a local Blues Bar here in Pawleys Island and sold 4 more right away!!
Read more…Hi! I'm from Indiana and have been playing guitar for several years. Unfortunately, do to the demands of work (I'm an IT manager for a major defense contractor) and also going to school (finishing up my BS in August, then beginning my MBA), I find
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i have not built any yet although the prospect seems quite exciting. i have been playing bass for the past 13 years, initially right handed but seeing as i am left handed i got myself a leftie last year and i really regret not doing so from th
Read more…Hey there, new here. I'm a builder from Montana. Grew up doing woodworking with my dad. Door, funiture etc. Just finnished a WBG (Wine Box Guitar). I found it at a garage sale. I'm currently making a case for my new CBG out of 2 wine boxes. A
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...I'm Simon Pearce, an Englishman now living in sunny Florida. When my old dad retired this year I bought him a CBGitty kit so he could sit on his back porch out in wild Florida. Well I guess that got me think
Read more…Hey, my name's Alex, I'm from Alabama and I just recently got into the CBG craze. I was looking up info on bulding guitars and stumbled over a video talking about CBG's. One look was all it took to do me in, haha. I've been cruising this site for abo
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Im new to the whole Cigar Box Revolution! Just wondering if anyone from my part of the world is about?
Just getting all my parts together to make my first CBG... and i cant wait! Think im gonna be hooked.
Changed my 6-string to a 3-str
Read more…Ok so im new to the cigar box guitar world but Crow built me my own and im learning so here i am. lol I live in davenport Fl. Its great to be here. I am usally musically challenged lol but so far so good with the cigar boxes. Thanks for reading this
Read more…Hi, my name is Brooke and I'm Nox's girlfriend. Been watching the Nation over his shoulder for ages, but figure since I've become Uncle Crow's official drummer I should join for myself. That's right, I got upgraded from groupie! I get to stomp on two
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I just joined the Nation a few days ago, after building my first CBG "Uncle Crow" style. I'm amazed at how popular CBGs are becoming - a Google search for cigar box guitar just brought up 183,000 results! I love being able to build and p
Read more…My name is Max. I play guitar, bass guitar, mandolin, piano, trumpet, and a bit of drums. I joined the Nation for help on my summer project. I hope I can contribute some to the Nation! Thanks to you all, especially bone-ified, who has given me plenty
Read more…Hey there. i'm one half to one third of a party of two. Livin easy down to the lake of the ohhhzarks
i've had nerve damage that feeds my left hand. its pretty useless
you guys are instrumental in teaching me to play with a slide.
I'll try to hunt up
Read more…Hello all my name is Ryan Newsome and I am a home made instrument addict! I hale from oregon but am in washington at the moment and am a tattoo artist by trade and I love to make my own instruments and play them. I'm glad to have found this site an
Read more…Hey! Another addict here! I'm still trying to figure out what it was that I saw and where that got me wanting to build a cbg, but whatever it was, I'm glad it bit me. About a month and a half ago I got the bug somehow or another and decided I was gon
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My name is John, hailing from middle Tennessee. Been watching and learning for a while now. Here are some pictures of my first build. The box is red cedar, with 1/8 top and bottom and the sides are 1/4. The neck is white oak and the fret
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I don't actually have experience playing an instrument at all. But I think the idea of building your own instrument and learning to play it is amazing. So I've decided I want to try my hand at making a cigar box guitar. I love the way t
Read more…I’ve wanted to try a cigar box guitar for a while but didn’t really know where to find one. Well, this week the LA Times ran an article about these beauties and gave a nice shout-out to Cigar Box Nation. I figured I’d give it a look and before I kn
Read more…Howdy y'all. I'm Cory and got turned onto this site last week by a couple friends. I built my first cbg this past week with mostly stuff from a hobby store. Its just a one stringer but was real fun to put together and even more fun to plunk around wi
Read more…Hi I'm Wolf from Central Ma.. Found this site a while ago but Joined when I found the LapSteel section... I have been a mediocre guitar player.. and a bass (Upright and Electrophonic) Player... Recently got interested in Ukes and Steels ... Rec
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