I'm think this has been a common topic before, but I'm curious if there are any new ideas.
I'm looking for a good alternative to factory fret wire. I've seen various ideas, but none of them seem to work well. Brads and straightened wire are difficult
Read more…I'm really curious about the idea of using a bow to play a cigar box. The thing is, I've never played with a bow before, and I don't know anything about bows (except the didley ones, of course). I've seen cigar box fiddles and bowed dulcimers, so I a
Read more…I'm looking for a cigar box, preferably square, about 10 3/8" or 11". I've been looking around and can't quite find one. I want to use it to set a 10"x10" circle pie pan down into.
Does anybody have, or know where I can find a box like this?
Thank
Read more…Has anybody ever tried to put an amp (perhaps homemade, like a tape deck) directly into the body of a guitar? You'd have to use something a little larger than cigar box, but it would be awesome not to have to drag a chord around. Thoughts?
Read more…I recently built a sweet guitar out of a 1950ish Handy Andy Tool Box. I wired it to a piezo I took from a broken radio, so I guess I shouldn't have been too surprised then when I began hearing radio signals coming through my amp when the guitar was p
Read more…I have a simple Propel Keyboard sustain pedal. Is there any way I can hook it up to my amp?
Read more…Hello Cigar Box Nationites,
I finished what I'm considering my first three-string banjo today. I'm a high schooler and have built lots of small canjo-type instruments before and a box ukulele, but nothing quite like this little crude craft.
It's b
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