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Teisco and vintage Japanese Lovers group.

99 members Latest Activity: Dec 1, 2018
For all things Teisco. AND those sweet vintage japanese guitars with those vintage pickups made by Teisco that no guitar on the planet can match.…
Curmudgeons of Cigar Box Nation

61 members Latest Activity: Jan 31
A place for all of us disgruntled old farts to gather and do curmudgeonly things. Stand up and flaunt your attitude! We've earned the right to be…

Home Made Guitar Amps

239 members Latest Activity: Mar 20
This is a group for home made guitar amps.
Radios turned Guitar Amps

282 members Latest Activity: Sep 17, 2018
This is the group for Lo-Watt Rock & Blues.

Here is the place to post photos and information on how to convert vintage electronics into…

How to Play a Cigar Box Guitar

859 members Latest Activity: Feb 17 Playing tips and secrets. Tunings. Primal music theory.
DULCIWORLD: Dulcimers & Strummers

382 members Latest Activity: Dec 4, 2018

This group is opened…

It Goes To 11

476 members Latest Activity: Apr 16 Amps, amplification, effects, hackwiring and general mayhem. Anarchists welcome
Cigar Box Ukulele

411 members Latest Activity: Feb 26 Does your cigar box contain a jumping flea?

C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply

251 members Latest Activity: Dec 28, 2018 C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply is your one-stop shop for the parts and accessories you need for building and playing Cigar Box Guitars and other…
CBG in New England

37 members Latest Activity: Mar 27 Looking for people in the New England states that love the explosive CBG movement. Both builders and players.

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Why twisted pair wires?

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Will sound hole reduce sustain?

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Electric string options for DAD tuning?

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First Time Building a 4 string Tenor Banjo Canjo

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Shaping Necks - what do you use.

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New Diddley Bow Canjo Builds. Not April fools joke I promise

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Using a valve headphone pre-amp

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Sunday canjo fun

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Finding Xanadu in Memphis

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Alan Lomax’s Massive Music Archive Is Online: Features 17,000 Historic Blues & Folk Recordings

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My first Blog Post - New Build

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