Hi guys I have just taken delivery or two guitars from chicken bone john,I would like to say a big thank you to this guy for making me two fantastick guitars,one a reguler three string and a great c.b strum stick .If I don't learn with these I won't
Read more…Anyone in the UK near to Cardiff?
There's a story on BBC Science today about an instrument scanner at Cardiff university, would be interestend to drop a CBG into them and ask them to run it through their machine.
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In no way is this intended as an endorsement for the products these things are promoting, they're just items that I thought might be of interest to members who dabble in building their own mini amps.
First up is current promo from Pringles - send off
Read more…Morning guys I have recently bought for my self of e bay a really nice strum stick and was wondering if any of you guys are learning to play one, not being very musical I am struggling.I have tried to find simple tutorials on you tube to match my mu
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Down here on the English Riviera there are quite a few music pubs but I have yet to see a Cigar Box player in the spotlight (apart from when I braved it playing in the town square a while back with the ukulele club!) despite the esteeme
Read more…Hi guys My latest build is nearly finished I am fitting a custom made fret board to it though next week that dogfinger steve has made for me.What do you all think Mal
Read more…Does anyone know of a source of boxes here in Blighty.I've seen some on Ebay but the prices seem rather salty.
Read more…I was wondering if any of you guys can help me please,where will I find finger picking patterns for 3 string cbg Mal
Read more…I am waiting to take delivery of this fret board it is inlaid do you think it will be safe to cut it to put frets on Mal
Morning guys, recently I have been looking at some really good beginners lessons on you tube ( three sting cigar box guitar for beginners) At the moment I am using the thinnest 3 strings from a light set in gdg I am alright till I slide down to the 1
Read more…Hey all you slide players out there. I recently got into geocaching (www.geocaching.com) and thought it would be cool to have a copper slide travel the world playing as many CBGs as possible. So i created one called Slide and Seek (TB40859) and place
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I'm wanting to make a resonator cone and i have a few questions:
Is there specific size/shape/curvature needed?
What is the best afforable material?
How do you put them into a CBG?
And most importantly - how do you actually make the things?
If a
Read more…I have just been looking on e bay and found different parts from adjustable bridges of normal electric guitars.My question is as anyone made a adjustable bridge for there cbg using theses parts and how.Mal
Read more…I know this is a little early, but are there any members who live in Sheffield or nearby who plan to go to boxstock, and I could get a lift with? I can't drive, so I either need to get the trains, which means I'll need somewhere to crash overnight
Read more…Hi guys second build finished today,with the help of you guys on here and my son Steve who cut the holes out in the box for me, hope you like it.I have included a picture of it against a piece of my scroll saw art which I hope to swap for a practice
Hi guys ,I have really enjoyed making my first cbg but as a rank beginners I am finding it difficult to find lessons for people who have never played an instrument before,mind you it's not stopping me cbg no 2 started..any ideas for a real beginner t
Read more… Morning guys is it possible to use one of theses pick ups as a bridge as I have cut the hole for it at the wrong end where the bridge should be Mal the wrong end
What do you think the best slides are made from for playing the blues and has anyone tried making one from bone and how Mal
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