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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…
How to Play a Cigar Box Guitar

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

Cigar Box Basses

408 members Latest Activity: Apr 2 Where the lords of the lower frequencies dwell!!!
Banjo Players Unite!

100 members Latest Activity: Jul 6, 2020 Just a place for all things banjo, 5 String, Tenor, Plectrum...and of course DIY creations.

Smokin' Mandolins

115 members Latest Activity: Dec 30, 2021 Cigar Box Mandolins
CBG News

209 members Latest Activity: Sep 13, 2023 A home for news articles, interviews, press releases and anything that's out there spreading the word, or what you want out there spreading the…

The Women's Group

63 members Latest Activity: Nov 23, 2015 This is THE place for woman and girls to connect with each other on the CB Nation. We've got nothin' against the guys, but sometimes it is nice to…
Build Your Own Lap Steel Guitar

153 members Latest Activity: Jan 22, 2021

Build Your Own Lap Steel Guitar!

Start by downloading these vintage plans for making…

Piezo pickups

202 members Latest Activity: Mar 13, 2022
All ideas to make piezoelectric

sound good and stable.
DULCIWORLD: Dulcimers & Strummers

387 members Latest Activity: Dec 12, 2022

This group is opened…

Scale Lengths, etc.

250 members Latest Activity: Feb 7, 2022 This group is designed as a resource for all things related to scale lengths, string gauges, etc.
Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

1746 members Latest Activity: Mar 20
This group is for discussing the basics of CBG building for newer builders - where to start, what to do, common pitfalls, tips and techniques.…

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Free PDF Download: Vintage Guitar Effects Plans - 1967 Fuzzbox and 1969 Treble Boost

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Tune up songs

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CBG site issues, continued.

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Anyone used a violin-style tailpiece on a CBG?

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Guitar for the grandson

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Building with vintage paper/pressed board cigar boxes.

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