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  • Rich Butters November 4, 2024 at 12:16pm
    Hi may name is Rich and I live in Darlington, Co Durham, UK. I am in the process of building my workshop and will then start to build CBGs
  • Jonathan Jay Brandstater November 4, 2024 at 11:32am
    Hi. Jonathan here. I live in South Florida and am back from a hiatus. I have been building my own instruments for over twenty-five years. I admit, cigar box guitars are definitely a fave. There are no rules for building and playing these instruments. How refreshing! Looking forward to connecting with likeminded others. Cheers!
  • dupont Philippe October 31, 2024 at 6:49pm
    Hi, I'm Philippe, I live in the north of France, I'm 55 years old and passionate about making cigar box guitars. Glad to have found a forum talking about this discipline, I wish you all hello. Using Google to translate my writings, I ask you to be lenient on approximate grammar or syntax.
    • BrianQ. > dupont Philippe October 31, 2024 at 9:10pm
      Bienvenue Philippe, hope to see more of you 😁
  • Darryl Tuttle October 22, 2024 at 10:04pm
    Okay,here goes.I was asked to make a one string bass guitar for someone with a severe head trauma that limits motor skills. Using the lowest string for a 5 String bass set.then tuned to a C. 34 in scale. 20 frets. Poplar base 2.5 inches wide, 38in long. ,then I glue a 24 in neck, with a 1/4in fingerboard with 20 frets. Any input would be appreciated as I am clueless when it comes to bass guitars
    • Darryl Tuttle > Darryl Tuttle October 22, 2024 at 10:05pm
      I will add pics as I progress
    • Darryl Tuttle > Darryl Tuttle October 28, 2024 at 10:32pm
      Trying to add pics..did ostvsome on my profile
  • Michael Lee Strickland October 8, 2024 at 6:35pm
    Mike, here from Hiram, Georgia, which is between Atlanta and the Alabama state line. I've been aware of cigar box guitars, but never had heard one until I was at the Foxfire Mountaineer Festival in the northeast corner of Georgia this past weekend. LEs Barnett had a booth at the festival and was playing a 3-string electric! Fantastic sound! Now I'm hooked!

    I built a Mountain Dulcimer and I've built a 5-string banjo using a hand drum as the pot. This was the first time I've done the fretting and it turned out pretty good! I figure the CBG will be an easier build!
  • Stan September 24, 2024 at 9:32pm
    Stan in Escondido. I tinkered with some banjo, violin and guitar repairs and setup details and found a nice cherry board in my rafters as I was recovering from a health adventure. In tribute to modern medicine, I'm in my shop with a scarfed neck and a new reason to re-enter my old cigar haunts. I bought an amp at Goodwill and anticipate loud noises. This replaces my Ducati addiction. I hope.
    • Ducati Scotty > Stan September 25, 2024 at 12:26am
      No one ever really recovers from a Ducati addiction ;)
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Better late than never...

After joining this forum in 2014, I finally have my 1st CBG which my wife bought for me at the weekend (a 4 string from Frethound Custom Guitars).  I was never going to get around to building one. Now to learn to use a slide.WhatsApp Image 2024-04-14 at 16.53.40.jpeg

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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 pyrograph. 2 x 12mm sound holes. As you might notice it's a corrie-fisted one (left handed to those non-Scots!) Got it tuned now, just got to learn how to play it!!IMG_20240116_153022.jpg

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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 butterfly: in addition to being a lifelong singer, I seem to collect instruments and play some, pretend to learn others, and "just gaze at the pretties" for still others.  I want to get back into playing fiddle, and money's tight, so here I am.  I plan…

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I Am Blaming All of You with YouTube Channels.

This is not so much of a reintroduction as a rebirth so to speak. I joined Cigar Box Nation many, many years ago when I initially developed an interest in more "primitive" instruments, CBGs, mountain dulcimers, diddly bows, canjos and "strumstick" type instruments. I am primarily a bass player but stringed instruments of all types hold a fascination for me. And then the injury happened. I sustained nerve damage in my left arm that would no longer allow me to fret anything. my had was useless. I…

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