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How to Play a Cigar Box Guitar

882 members Latest Activity: Feb 26 Playing tips and secrets. Tunings. Primal music theory.
The Brits are coming

640 members Latest Activity: Feb 26 A gathering of the UK cbg clan.

Four String Cigar Box Guitars

213 members Latest Activity: Dec 9, 2023 Group for those who are interested to find out more and swap ideas for builds, chords and tunings for these versatile instruments!
The Beginners Club

318 members Latest Activity: Feb 26 A club for beginners who are building for the first time and need some support from each other as well as experienced builders who are…

Chinese/English CBG Cultural Interest Group

12 members Latest Activity: Mar 25, 2017 A CBN group designed to promote cultural exchanges between China and the West, especially as they relate to cigar box guitars and both guitars and…
Cigar box tunings

162 members Latest Activity: Jul 16, 2014
Cigar box tunings open to 2'3'4'5'6' stringers uke's bass's what ever you got. and how you creativly use these tuning's

SOAPBOX - Rants & Raves

94 members Latest Activity: May 19, 2018 A sounding board for the CBG Revolutionary
Keystone State CBG

74 members Latest Activity: Jun 11, 2016 members of cigar box nation from the state of Pa.

CBG Tabs

603 members Latest Activity: Feb 18 So you built your CBG and now you need something to play on it, right? Well, if you're not completely musically inclined or can't read traditional…
Good Wood

134 members Latest Activity: Mar 19, 2017 For everyone who gets excited by rare timbers, turned on by a good burr, or maybe you just have a technical query about working something new? Feel…

New York Cigar Box Guitars

41 members Latest Activity: Feb 26 The Cigar Box Guitar group for builders and musicians in the New York area.
Record Store

40 members Latest Activity: Nov 18, 2019 Record and release your own CBG album? Post about it here. Give us links to where we can buy it. Also post reviews of your favorite cigar box…

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Building with vintage paper/pressed board cigar boxes.

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