Hello my name is Matt and I have a cbg problem. my website is www.kandjguitars.com just getting started on this site. look forward to meeting and networking with you all. I have been around craftsmen my whole life so working with the materials is fu
Read more…Hello, my name is Caleb and my friends and I will be running an instrument making workshop and pod art installation at Bonnaroo Music Festival this year.
Hi, I'm Matt, joining from the UK and I just wanted to say hi and let you know that I have uploaded a video of me playing my first CBG. It's a six-stringer and is built from an Elm storage box, some Strat style parts and a P90 Dogear pickup.
It really
I just bought a three string cigar box guitar from my dad, who makes great instruments. I just really loved playing it as soon as I picked it up. Happy to get to know other folks who are enthusiastic about cbg as well. I don't have a background in
Read more…Howdy all, I am neanderpaul. I'm a live looping artist. I play bass, guitar, a wurlitzer 200a electric piano, and a 3 piece stand up drum kit like this......
Hello everyone I hope you are all well. I play guitar all the time but have never played a cigar box guitar. I must say I am quite impressed with some of the guitars shown here (I had no idea). Anyway I am a husband, father, civil engineer, invent
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I am Tim from Pfafftown, NC, outside of Winston-Salem. I just recently discovered the world of CBG's and in the course of the last week, I gathered parts and info to build my first one.
I am an electronics tech for the local school system, a
Hi everyone,
My name is Marie Hynden and I live in South Central Iowa. I'm originaly from The Netherlands (Holland) born and raised there. I have been in the U.S.A. now today for exactly 25 years and I just love it over here. This is truly a great co
Read more…Hi all you crazy cigar box lovin' son of a guns, just thought I'd pop in here and say hello. I discovered the beauty of cigar box guitars from youtube a short while ago and have since started getting ready to build my very own CBG, I ordered a pretty
Read more…Hi my name is Rex, yes like your dog's name... I am from the boondocks of of the Ozark Foothills here in Missouri. My great-grand dad was a luthier and made everything from hand tools no power tools in his shop. I have always been fascinated by his w
Read more…Someone told me I belong here. Last November a guy brought a Cigar Box Guitar to my regular Blues Jam. (The Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation Saturday Barber Shop Jam.) Anyhow I was hooked before I heard a note. The simplicity, the gadgetr
Read more…Hi y'all, I just got my first cbg this weekend from Roger Martin in Gatlinburg, TN and joined up to learn more about how to play, and eventually, perhaps build. Who am I kidding, I'd love to build. I'm already eying a cookie tin, i just need to wra
Read more…Hi folks. I have been building CBGs for about 4 years and recently found Cigar Box Nation. I like Delta and Piedmont Blues and play intermediate level guitar, mandolin and straight harp. Although I like the Piedmont style, I am not much good at fi
Read more…Hi guys. I'm Phil and as the title suggests I'm from England. I'm relatively new to this cigar box guitar stuff although I can feel myself becoming slightly addicted to it. My first guitar was a 3 stringer and I have since progressed to a four string
Read more…Hello all my name is kirstin (dont laugh)
Seasick steve set the spark, shanes rag fuelled the fire,and cigar box nation kept it burning (THANKS GUYS).
im currently about to start my third build from a 7" tubed punch box.
my first effort was made out of
well, i live in Japan now but I'm from Memphis, TN. I love the blues, jazz, and really all kinds of music. about three weeks ago i decided i wanted to make a slide guitar and happened upon this site and the whole cigar box building phenom.
well,
Read more…Hey folks! My name is Chris, and I am out in AZ! I have been a huge CBG fan for many years. I am almost finished building my first very own 3 stringer! Cant wait to get started. It will be great to meet you all, and if there is anyone here from AZ be
Read more…Hi,.My name is Johnny Penk,.but friends call me (((Pineee Johnny))). I'm from Tuckerton,.NJ and been building CBG's for about 4 years now. Great site and I'm happy to be a member and part of it!
Pineee Johnny
hey ya'all,
my name is Myke.
i'm from Memphis,Tn.
i found this site through a link at VS Planet,
which is a recording forum for Roland VS users.
such a wonderful place ya'all got here. i'm looking
forward to making some new friends here,and to
lear
Read more…Hey all, I just finished my first of many CBG builds and I'm hooked. I don't play at all (yet), and to tell you the truth I'm not as interested in playing them as I am building them. I mean I want to learn how to play, but mostly it's because I think
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