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Advanced Cigar Box Guitar Building
534 Members
Latest Activity: Mar 22, 2020
Take your cigar box guitar designs to the next level.
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Cigar Box Basses
406 Members
Latest Activity: Jun 21, 2021
Here's where you find the bottom end! Building cigar box basses, washtub basses and other rumblings.…
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Cigar Box Ukulele
424 Members
Latest Activity: Feb 2, 2021
Does your cigar box contain a jumping flea?
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How to Play Cigar Box Guitar
882 Members
Latest Activity: Jul 4
Playing tips, tabs, tunings and more.
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Pickups, Wiring & Electronics.
751 Members
Latest Activity: Jun 15, 2021
Here's a place to share ideas about magnetic and piezo pickups. Discuss wiring in volume and tone controls, the best options in output jacks, and more!
Remember that…
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Fretting Secrets
3 Members
Latest Activity: May 15
Show us your fretting stations! What tools are you using? Got secrets for installing frets, leveling and polishing?
This is also the place to ask questions about fretwork.
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Build a Cigar Box Guitar 101
1774 Members
Latest Activity: Nov 4
This group is for discussing the basics of CBG building for newer builders - where to start, what to do, common pitfalls, tips and techniques.
Keep in mind that new builders can find…
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Diddley Bows
342 Members
Latest Activity: Jun 21, 2021
A place to discuss one-string diddley bows, washtub basses, washboards and any other primitive instrument that may fall outside the Cigar Box realm.
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Guitar Amps: Making & Modding
481 Members
Latest Activity: Aug 16, 2020
Amps, amplification, effects, hackwiring and general mayhem.
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For Sale or Swap
336 Members
Latest Activity: Dec 20, 2019
A place to buy, sell, trade cigar box guitars and other related gear.
Keep in mind that you can find most everything you need (and then some!) over at…
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Homemade Tools, & Jigs
277 Members
Latest Activity: Jul 2
Every cigar box guitar builder eventually makes their own unique setup in order to make things easier or make the guitars better. Let's see your favorite tools and jigs, whether homemade or store bought.…