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  BrianQ. May 21, 2024 at 12:04am

  Welcome, check out the Resources tab for build/play info and join some groups located in the Posts tab? 😁
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    Jonathan Jay Brandstater > BrianQ. May 21, 2024 at 8:49am

    Thanks, Brian. Okay, will do.
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  Jonathan Jay Brandstater May 20, 2024 at 11:13pm

  HI. Jonathan here. I am originally from Connecticut and now live in South Florida. I I have been making and building simple folk instruments for over twenty five years. I built my first cigar box guitar something like twenty years ago when I discovered cigarboxguitar.com. The how to instructions there really helped. Fast forward to last year when I got hooked on DIY kits, especially those produced (if that's the word) by C.B. Gitty. The easiest and fastest build was, appropriately enough, the "Big Easy" cigar box guitar. In general: I have a whole collection of instruments in my house. Most are those i have made myself. Great to know this website is available to I can connect with like-minded others. Cheers!
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  Brandon Wells May 12, 2024 at 2:21pm

  

  Hi, I'm Brandon from Michigan. I'm a musical instrument enthusiast, especially DIY instruments made from recycled or inexpensive parts. I've been looking through the site as a spectator for ideas and inspiration for instruments for some time before joining. The instruments I've built include a cardboard box upright bass decorated with duct tape. I've also built tin can two string cello or spike fiddle inspired instrument, and a one-string weedwacker line piezoelectric boat paddle bass guitar (a hybrid of the one string diddley bow and the washtub gutbucket type bass).
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  Cigar Box Scott January 20, 2024 at 8:15pm

  Hi, This is Cigar Box Scott from Dayton, Ohio. I'm a gigging musician, building my act on my Shane Speal electro-resonator 4-string. I play neo-folk music, new versions of old songs.

  I'm looking for opportunities to play across the country. Send me your recommendations! Thanks! www.cigarboxscott.com
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  Ted Duncan January 18, 2024 at 3:15pm

  Hey Y'all,

  I signed on because of the stuff I read about piezos over at the Cigar Box Guitar store.  I bought a bunch of stuff there for a Lap Steel build I've been working on.

  I have been doing some building over the years, a couple 5 string Canjo's, and a big ol' upright but not uptight gut bucket bass.  Also built and restored some regular old guitars, banjos and mandolins.

  This time out, I want to build one of them Fender Telecaster Acoustasonic acoustic/electrickle guitar starting with one of them cheap Tele clones off Ebay.

  I got a TON of questions about piezo which I'll be asking after I do a bunch of searching for what you already know ... and when I find out where it's best for me to ask some non-cigarbox-but-somewhat-closely-related piezo questions ... like just come rod piezos (using obne of them pre-amp thingies) sound better then the disc type.

  
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  Paul Craig November 17, 2022 at 5:04pm

  Welcome to all the newbies!
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  Ian November 16, 2022 at 5:25am

  Hi all! Just joined the Nation and having a great time looking around the web site. I have posted a few pics already of my builds. I am based in Dorchester in the County of Dorset in the UK where there are a number of CGB builders. I have been building CBGs for about 6 months and thoroughly enjoying the experience. As a science engineer I love working with wood and metal and designing new CGBs is fun as well as sometimes being challenging. 
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  Murray Wall November 12, 2022 at 12:31am

  Hi,

  I'm new here. Been doing wood work for 18 months now and have made a good number of Cajon's. 

  Now interested in making  something with strings, so a CBG looks like a very good place to start.  Looking forward to reading the on-line resources and getting a few questions answered.

  First project will be a simple 3 string CBG with a plywood box and a piezo.  Looking at a 25" scale and a Diatonic fret board.  If 6 strings are 3 strings too many, then 24 frets are 12 too many for a beginner.
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  Glenn Rogers July 27, 2022 at 6:56pm

  Worked on the mockup of my 4 string CBG, today.  I think I have the placement of everything good to go. Now I am ready to start building the box and attaching the Fully Fretted Maple Neck and other cool stuff I received from Gitty's.  Can't wait to start jammin'.  Hope everyone's having a great day!  Glenn