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Pickups, pickups, pickups! Skeesix CBG pickups, magnetic, piezo, magnets, wire, bobbins, winding, winders, installation, single coils, humbuckers,…

Cigar Box Fiddles - Plans, ideas, tips & more

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Idea trading post for bowed instruments. Share photos and tips of fiddles and whatnot that you've built, acquired or seen.
Smokehouse Guitars

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The complete guide to advanced cigar box guitar making is now available:

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Super Advanced Cigar Box Guitar Building

532 members Latest Activity: Mar 5, 2022 Here's where the freaks hang out. Get the inside scoop on wild cigar box guitar designs, advancements and experiments. Not for the timid builder!
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341 members Latest Activity: Sep 13, 2022 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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95 members Latest Activity: Aug 17, 2020 Its time to organise the brothers in The Pacific Northwest. Lets get this network goin so's we can have festivals and such like our southern bros.…

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