So, I have been building Cigar Box Guitars, Canjos, Dulcijos,and Diddley Bows for a few years now. I wanted to try my hand at a Ukulele. I found a tenor uke maple neck with a pre-fretted rosewood fretboard for cheap. I bought an actual bone nut and
Read more…Ok, I know this isn't a CBG, but I couldn't find a place to post this (even though I thought there was once a Stompbox Forum/Group). I have been working on this Stompbox off and on for far too long. It works, but isn't deep sounding at all (more lik
Read more…So... I have been building handmade musical instruments for about 2½ years, or so, now. I primarily build Cigar Box Guitars ( 2, 3, and 4 stringers), as well as some Diddley Bows (up to around 50+ instruments). I have build a few dulcimer scale cook
Read more…So... I have been building handmade musical instruments for about 2½ years, or so, now. I primarily build Cigar Box Guitars ( 2, 3, and 4 stringers), as well as some Diddley Bows (up to around 50+ instruments). I have build a few dulcimer scale cook
Read more…I know this has been covered somewhere, but can't find exactly what I am looking for. I am a newbie maker. I am currently making a 4-string CBG from a Tabak wooden box. I am doing a neck-thru and wanting to mix a piezo buzzer with a homemade picku
Read more…I was thinking I had already posted about this issue before, but can't find the post to add to it. Sorry if this is a bit of a duplicate post. I might have also thought to post something and never did.
Basically I am following a combination of these
Hello All,
This may not be a CBG for this group, but I didn't get much from the other appropriate group. I came across a circuit board and speaker from a Fender Mini Amp. I thought I could just wire up a 9 volt batter clip, connect the speaker and aw
Hey Guys,
I know there hasn't been a lot happening in this group, but hopefully someone will chime in to answer my question...
I have this old phone receiver and want to make a couple of harmonica mics. In the research I have done it says either side
Hello All,
This may not be a Radio Amp, but I came across a circuit board and speaker from a Fender Mini Amp. I thought I could just wire up a 9 volt batter clip, connect the speaker and away we go... But I am at a loss as to where things connect to
Check this out...
There was a big, square, green resistor on the tone pot. Everything looked correct. I will take pics of the inside of the box later if need be...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
So I am in the middle of my fanciest build yet. I am following Ted's diagram for two pickups (in my case a telecaster pup and a piezo disc), a 3 way toggle switch, a volume pot, and a jack. I see in his diagram that I need to wire all the negatives t
Read more…So, I recently bought some slightly blemished resonator cones from Charles Atchison during a one-time fire sale he posted on Facebook. The cones came and look fine to me (may be just scuffed slightly, or maybe not at deep as they should be). Regardle
Read more…Ok, so I am onto #27... on its way to being the fanciest build I have done to date (gold Tele pickup, 3 way toggle switch for pup and piezo, scarf joint headstock, fretted fretboard with gold fretwire and pearloid fretdots, etc...). It's a bolt on ne
Read more…I am almost done with my first License Plate build for a Christmas gift. I have two piezo discs wired in series to a volume pot and jack. It all worked great before mounting the jack and pot to the aluminum plate. Now, nothing works. I proceeded
Read more…I am not sure what my problem is... according to most videos and articles I have read or seen fretting isn't supposed to be all that bad. I have the PDF from Josh G (forget how to spell his last name), I bought and watched Red Dog's DVD (watched it
Read more…Ok, so I am getting away from just doing a stick in a box and thought to make more of an actual guitar neck (based off what I seeing this may be for just the next two builds).
I finally went back to one of my first builds that did not turn out so wel
Read more…Ok, so this is not the first time I have done this and I am not sure why it's not working now. I have two piezo discs wired in parallel. Both hot leads are together and going to post 1 on my 250K volume pot. The negative leads are together and sol
Read more…Hello Everyone, I've been around here just over two years. I have a few builds under my belt, continually getting better. I also continue to branch out and put my own twist on things (as some of ya'll have seen with my Star Wars Lightsaber Lunch B
Read more…I started making CBGs about a year and a half ago and it's sparked a lot of what I was into when in a couple of bands over 10 years ago (building speaker cabinets, wiring up amps, and modifying guitars). Sadly, I got busy starting a family and my gui
Read more…Here's an interesting question... I am not much of a Bass player, play more electric/acoustic guitar than anything, but I do enjoy playing the Bass. I am going to eventually build a bolt-on neck CBG Bass. I have all the parts from a old Rogue Bass
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