Ben

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Watsonville, CA

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March 25

How did you learn about Cigar Box Nation?

Cb gitty

How many instruments have you built so far?

None

What do you find most interesting about cigar box guitars? (If you do not enter at least one meaningful sentence, your membership may be rejected as a spam/bot fake account).

I’m like to build things

Ben replied to Ben's discussion Making a canjo for first time seeking wisdom.

"Thank you for the tips that a really big help."

BrianQ. replied to Ben's discussion Making a canjo for first time seeking wisdom.

"Ben, Gitty has quite a few instructional books on building & playing, well worth a look? There's a Build a Canjo book that's pretty informative, they have a printed version as well as an ebook version that costs half price of the hardcopy…"

BrianQ. replied to Ben's discussion Making a canjo for first time seeking wisdom.

"Yes, there is two, the neck sits in it like a cradle? The best way is to cut a piece of wood same size as the interior diameter of the can, then cut that in half, leaving you with two half rounds. Cut a notch in the center of each & screw the neck…"

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Making a canjo for first time seeking wisdom.

Hey Big Ben here so planning on making a bass canjo,1 or 2 strings.so I got bass tuners, bass string, a big peanut can, and c.b.gittey canjo neck.so on you tube video from c.b gittey canjo essential they showed on there bass canjo had a brace in the…

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