I have a CBG I built using a neck I purchased. It sounds good but I can't get any harmonic notes. Any suggestions? I don't know if it's my technique, placement of the piezo or something else. The technique looks simple enough so I'm assuming it's so
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I've got my first cigar box guitar I built. I bought the neck and completed the rest myself including drilling holes to install the tuning pegs.
I don't play much yet, but after tuning it up I strummed it. I get a vibration from the cigar box be
Read more…Can tap tuning be effectively applied to a CBG? The only thing I can see that might be done to effect the tuning of the soundboard is adding bracing. Does anyone have any thoughts or experience in applying this technique to a CBG?
A web page discu
Read more…I am searching for upcoming CBG Festivals, particularly in North Carolina. There is only one event listed here on Cigar Box Nation and it's in Missouri. Where is the best place to find listings of events? I would like to attend a festival but it need
Read more…I am preparing to build my first CBG. I have collected some tools and cigar boxes. I am going to buy my wood for the neck/fingerboard this week. I will probably buy my wood at a big box store. Does the finger board and neck stock need to be planed on
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