Heres one of my latest creations, Ritz casino habana box with a pitchpine neck, oak headstock & walnut fingerboard. Boxwood bridge & horn nut.Tailpiece is a beer pump badge with bracket riveted on underneath. Rod piezo pickup. Im a southpaw so most o
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I'm in the process of acquiring bits for my first build and am struggling to find local suppliers of PSE hardwood timber for a neck.
pine is plentiful and cheap, but I dont know if I trust it.
a local yard can supply a length of Brazilian Redwood,
Read more…Okay, time to show a little bit of my work. Two of my most recent CBGs. I've been doing a lot of messing around with designs, and I think I am nearing the stage where I am happy.
hope you like
Alex
Hello all
I am after some brass eyelets for sound holes, no problem finding them in the 0.5 - 0.75 inch sort of range.
I am trying to find some in the 1.5 - 2.0 inch range, but not really having any luck.
Where do you folks get yours?
Thanks in ad
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Can anyone point me in the direction of where I can get a good hand saw for cutting fret slots please? Also am I right in thinking that a flush saw/ pull saw/ gentlemans saw/ japanese saw are all the same thing?
Is it like most tools and an
Read more…Hi all, got my hands on a lovely vintage hubcap that I want to use for a guitar.
It is made of steel, and this has got me wondering about potential issues mounting electric components on it (pickup, sockets and maybe tone/ volume knobs.
Is there anyt
Read more…Haven't built anything in the past year but got the bug last month and have now built two :-)
This is the latest one Día de Muertos CBG, Single piezo pickup, beer bottle cap volume
control, EBE tuning, Día de Muertos pick, and a lego skeleton pluckin
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I have some sycamore coming my way, I have never used it. I am considering using it for CBG necks.
Does anybody have any experience of sycamore for this purpose?
I have heard it is very similar to maple (which I have been using recently,
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The nature of my problem..........
I generally make my CBGs with a GDG tuning, I have a scale length 24.5 inches and use the A, D and G strings.
I have tried tuning this to EBE using the same set of strings, it works but the strings end up
Read more…The Cambridge Cigar Box Guitar Festival is back for the fourth consecutive year and will once again be held at The Earl Of Beaconfield, in Mill Rd, Cambridge on Saturday 12th September, all day, free entry!
Once again we will have my PA and the exc
Read more…Yes, it's back!!! 3rd & 4th July, at The Green Room Cafe Bar in Birmingham..and it's FREE!
The two nights are during Birmingham International Jazz and Blues Festival - Friday night will be an open mic, and Saturday night will be headlined by the one
Read more…Up until now I've never been that happy with ceramic slides, as I've found them to be rather clunky and uneven in texture, that's why I've stuck with my "Diamond" bottleneck slides. However, I've just started stocking these wonderful slides...handma
Read more…I've just had a consignment of lovely Nicaraguan and Honduran cigar boxes - over 70 in stock and ready for dispatch.
http://chickenbonejohn.myshopify.com/collections/cigar-boxes
I've also got limited stocks of very nice (brand new in box) map
Read more…I've got a few workshops lined up for this year. If you are new to playing cigar box guitar, these sessions are an ideal way to get you playing off to a flying start. I've pitched one workshop for beginners, and another for intermediate players, and
Read more…Hi all, I am dead chuffed to find that there are other Brits out there into CBGs. I feel I have been existing in some kind of isolated vacuum.
Just a little about myself. I have been into CBGs for about 2 years now, making and playing. I have made 5
Read more…is there any guys from the the north east east of England on here?
me I'm in Stockton on tees.
I know there's one guy on here from Durham.
Read more…Okay so I have a cigar box ordered and on its way to me but I now seem to have stumbled at the next hurdle which is trying to find a timber merchant that I can buy pieces of american oak or maple from which to make a neck. Strangely enough I have a
Read more…H from Bournemouth
I'm new to the CBG scene, having been hooked in by my brother in law. I've built 3 CBGs - a 3 string, 2 string and 1 string. (next a stomp box?).
Anyhow I'm finding that getting materials is far from easy. Cigar boxes are scarce an
Read more…If the wife and I were to plan a trip to the UK, and I wanted to meet the greatest number of CBG'ers, when would I want to go, and where should I plan to stay?
I don't have any definite plans yet, just kind of sniffing around this idea, maybe for ne
Read more…I am thinking of buying a Record Power BS12 12in Standard Bandsaw, 1ho, this is based on limited space and cost.
Has any one got one, or advice on a similar machine would be appreciated. I like the BS300e but it is larger and more expensive.
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