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My 1st CGB

Just finished my 1st freeless acoustic CBG, based on the #Glenn Watt design. 31inch neck, 25inch scale, 42/32/24 gauge strings. Sycamore neck and a 200mm x 180mm x 45mm box made from 7mm ply. Neck finished with Osmo oil wax with fret marked on using

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Hi, y'all.

Hi, I'm HazelFyrebird, and I'm a wannabe luthier (I feel like I'm standing up at a Builder's Anonymous meeting...) in Virginia.  I'm a bit of a lurker, as I've been reading and reading for a while, and this is my first post.  I'm a musical social but

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New CBG Builder

Hello...I'm new to the forums and new to cigar box guitar building. In the last month, I've completed two guitars and really enjoyed the process. I'm not sure I'm going to enjoy learning to play them, though. I've been playing six string acoustic gui

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Ciao from Siena Italy

Hello to all

great place for great way of music and play it.

I am new in the cbg world. i just bought it one from italian liuter Matteaccis.

And i have other one near to be ready from other liuter, Fusillo. Premiatissima Liuteria Fusillo

i am a guita

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New guy… sort of.

Hello everyone. 

i joined CBN almost a decade ago but never really got involved with the site. Now that I’m building CBGs and other cigar based crafts again I figured it was time to learn from this community of experts.

Looking forward to being a bit

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I am back from long ago

I have not built or played CBG in a long, long, long time and I am looking to get back into it. I have some new tools and have been collection boxes over the past few months and I am looking to dive back into it again. Hope to have some new builds do

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I am back from long ago

I have not built or played CBG in a long, long, long time and I am looking to get back into it. I have some new tools and have been collection boxes over the past few months and I am looking to dive back into it again. Hope to have some new builds do

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New kinda Old Boy from Scotland

Hi All, learning all the time already. Just posted an intro already but no idea where to.

Anyway, about halfway through my first box build and already thinking what I’m gonna change for build 2 then I’ll probably think on tweaks for 3 then 4 etc, etc

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New guy with muffler guitar build

Hi all. Over the years I've built a cigar box, an acoustic uke, and many electric guitars. Recently I saw a video of a band (Homemade Jamz Blues Band) that uses muffler guitars built by their Dad, so I figured I had to try making one.

It turned out p

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Hello From Idaho

Greeting!

Very new to the CBG craze. It started when my youngest (she's 30) saw a vid of someone playing a one string canjo. She mentioned she that thought it would be fun to build and play. I have built instruments before, Dulcimers and Ukulele. I l

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Eh, From Canada

So,

I am new to the world of cigar box guitars, I got myself one of the mass produced "Electric Blues Box Slide Guitar"s by Hinkler Publishing, and I am really enjoying it, especially for the price it's a great value, especially for a beginner like me

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First Build (almost) complete

Grizzly from VIC, Australia

It's been a long time coming but I've finally attempted my first build and it's probably turned out, and sounds better than expected, (although i wasn't expecting too much to start with!)

Necks too thick, actions too high,

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Cigar box mandolin

Greetings from hilly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  I’ve been building mandolin kits and want to begin building one where I make design decisions.  A cigar box mando seems like a good way to do this.  I have a cigar box that I think is cedar and an old H

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