My supervisor has asked me to build him a CBG, which I'm only too happy to do. Thing is, my first two I used metal frets which were a royal PIA, so I was thinking of making his with toothpicks. My questions are: how well will they really hold up,
Read more…I'm currently working on 4 "paddle box" style guitars/strummers/whatever. I'm at the stage of shaping the tops and trying to decide on sound hole size and design. I've looked online at a lot of technical discussions on Helmholtz resonation and such
Read more…Would like to clue everyone in to a great live streaming musicians site called www.streetjelly.com . You can listen to or sign up to play, they have a calendar and schedule, tip box, all different genres, etc.
Check it out!
Read more…I've started a small production run of strum-stick style instruments to sell at craft fairs along with my turned items such as bottle stoppers, ice cream scoops, magnifying glasses, etc. I'm fretting most of them with a diatonic scale, including the
Read more…A while back I built a cajon for my grandson with a built-in snare. It came out great and the snare added a whole different dimension to the sound.
I'm currently working on a reso CBG using an Old Lowe cone with a rod piezo in the biscuit bridge.
Has
Read more…So I did my first CGB with a 20mm (3/4") piezo from C.B. Gitty. I see that they also have a 27mm (1") size available. I went into a local electronics shop today to get a 500k pot and while there I found a monster 50mm (2") disc piezo! Wondering if
Read more…I'm beginning a new build where I will be using a single coil mag pickup in a special box. I don't want to cut a hole in the top ruining the beautiful graphic. If I mount the pickup under the lid (it's a bit more than 1/4" thick) will I lose any sen
Read more…Friday, August 14th and Saturday August 15th at the GRIMES COUNTY EXPO CENTER
(Formerly Grimes County Fairgrounds) 5336 FM 3455,NAVASOTA, TEXAS 77868
http://www.navasotabluesfest.org/
Justin Johnson will also hold a FREE cigar box guitar workshop @ B
Read more…Hello all! I have a question regarding shielding electronics in a CBG.
In a solid body guitar (like a Strat), each routed cavity is normally wrapped with copper foil to reduce or eliminate hum and feedback. Typically, our CBGs are just a hollow box
Read more…While doing a search on Blind Willie Johnson, I found this:
Posted by Patrick Scullin
Any blues aficionado knows the legendary names of “Blind Boy” Fuller and “Blind”Willie Johnson. But even hard-core blues fans know litt
Read more…A hiker is walking through the woods when he realizes he is lost. Deep within the forest primeval, he has no idea where he is or how to get back home. Running down an old, overgrown path in a blind panic, he suddenly trips over something and crashe
Read more…Most cigar boxes available to us have various labels glued to them - a tax stamp, bar code, pricing label, or the dreaded "Smoking Kills". When I want to remove these on a wooden box, I usually just peel 'em away and finish the job by rubbing the st
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Anyone doing this? I just got some plexi to make a bunch of jigs and want to make one to slot fretboards on my bandsaw. Biggest problem I have is kerf slot - my blades cut a .025 slot which is just a bit too wide to hold the frets secure. Anyone k
Read more…Had a great time and learned a lot. I've already posted some photos, a video, and general comments and wanted to decompress a bit from the entire weekend.
Friday night was the concert with Arlo Guthrie (http://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/introducey
Read more…As I understand it, a scarf joint is used to angle the strings to prevent them from jumping out of the nut: this is why Fender and other manufacturers use string guides on straight headstocks.
I did a scarf joint on my first CBG and have done straigh
Read more…Just wondering what everyone likes to listen to. We have a local station here in Ft. Lauderdale that has a three-hour blues show every Sunday and is available on-line all week at: http://www.blueatheart.com/podcast/showc.m3u
Anyone have other local
Read more…My current build will have a 4-pole mag pickup with ~4k resistance. I want to wire it like a Fender Esquire so I will have volume and a tone control with three positions. The classic wiring diagram is this:
My questions are: With a 4k ohm resis
Read more…I just got hold of my Holy Grail of boxes - an Artdesanos de Obelisco - and want to build something very special with it. I don't want to spoil the top with a mag pup, so I'm planning to use a rod piezo under the bridge. I've read mixed comments ab
Read more…Help! Need a piece of white pearloid material at least 3" x 3" for a new project. MOP, Acrylic, Formica, any type of substrate will work. Thanks!
Material looks like this (without hardware), single ply is fine:
