Distortion
I've been trying figure out how to simulate distortion effect FOR MY ACOUSTIC CIGAR BOX GUITAR--without electrifying it! Any thoughts, beyond creating cracks in the wood?
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ACCEPTING CBG DONATIONS FOR CHILDREN'S MUSIC SCHOOL!
Hi Everyone!
By now you know that the 2014 KANSAS CITY CIGAR BOX GUITAR FESTIVAL is Sunday, August 17th. Like Last year the raffle proceeds will go to benefit the EDDIE BAKER SCHOOL OF MUSIC, a wonderful non-profit organization dedicated to teaching
WHAT INFLUENCES THE ACOUSTIC VOLUME OF A CBG?
I recently built a CBG for a serviceman--a very special order. In the first place, it was my second attempt at a fretted instrument, since I'm a slider and have little use for one myself. Additionally, I used materials I never had before. I used a f
Read more…Looking for passage to the St Louis CBG Festival!!!
Just a shout out to anyone from Kansas City , Kansas or the surrounding area heading to the St. Louis CBG festival on June 8th who might be able to pick up and let me ride along. I could use a lift. A recent home repair ate into my traveling funds, b
Read more…SIMPLE HOME DIGITAL RECORDING TIPS
Maybe this should be a GROUP, but...after three years and two false starts trying to finish my CD with my producer friend, it's become clear to me that I won't be able to rely upon him after all. So...I'm afraid I'll have to do it myself if it's ever
Read more…Are Cigar Box Guitar Festivals Elligible For Non-profit and Tax-exempt Status?
Hey Everyone!
I need some help. I've been thinking since last year about founding a non-profit, tax-exempt organization for he purpose of spreading the cigar box revolution through demonstrations and exhibitions--especially to children in the form o
Read more…Piezo forms and size
Can anyone tell me definitively if the SIZE of the piezo disks used makes a difference? I have read some who say it doesn't matter much, and I accidentally ordered some pretty small disks, so I'm wondering...
Also, can someone tell me how piezo RODS
Read more…Now accepting CBG-related donations for KC CBG Festival and Blues in the Schools!
Hello! My name is Kevin M. Kraft, founder of the annual Kansas City Cigar Box Guitar Festival. This year's event will take place on August 26th, and once again I am accepting cigar box guitars and cigar box guitar-related donation, which will be raff
Read more…Promoting the KC CBG Festival on KKFI Friday!
Gonna do a short radio appearance on 90.1 FM KKFI at 3:30pm to 3:45pm, CST roughly, this FRIDAY afternoon. Gonna finally premiere my new song, "BLACK ENOUGH" then. It asks a poignant question: "Am I black enough for you?" It's bound to be controversi
Read more…Links
Since I'm having trouble loading videos, can someone explain to me how I can put links on my page? I see youtube videos on other artists' pages but don't know how to do it, other than putting it in a forum discussion, and that seems a but extreme.
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Read more…Seeking a COHIBA!
Ever since I constructed my third guitar from a large Cohiba box, it's remained my very favorite guitar and indispensable. Having perfected its evolution over the years, I'm ready to construct from the prototype my "signature" cigar box slide guitar
Read more…"Black Enough" by Kevin M. Kraft on YouTube!
OK, I've tried several times to upload my latest video of my performance of "Black Enough" at this year's KC CBG Fest, but something's going wrong in the conversion process. You can hear it among my videos, but the screen is just, well, GREEN. So, fo
Read more…Need video and stills of the KC Cigar Box Guitar Festival!
Hey, if anyone was at the cigar box guitar festival and took some pics or especially VIDEO of the performances, I'd LOVE to receive some for the official website I'll be erecting in a short while here. Pics and videos, PLEASE. I'll take all I can get
Read more…Donations STILL Being Sought for Blues in the Schools Raffle at KC CBG Fest!
OK, Friends,
I got a FEW nice donations, so I'm grateful for them. But COME ON, we had more last year, and we wanna do the festival bigger and better this year, right?
I'm accepting CBGs and CBG-related items to raffle off during the 2012 Annual Ka
Read more…Looking for donations for festival!!!!
Guys, I'm looking for people who would be willing to donate items for a raffle I'm having at the Kansas City Cigar Box Guitar Festival--the first ever!!!
Items I'm seeking:
Guitars, of course, including diddley bows.
Music or instructional CDs
Read more…FINALLY!!!!! THE IST (ANNUAL?) KANSAS CITY CIGAR BOX GUITAR FESTIVAL!
ATTENTION ALL MIDWEST CBG-ERS!!!!!!!
OK, at last, I've finally receive a date time and place for our first festival. It'll be a small indoor one, but it's a start and it can still be great!
More details will follow, of course, including a poster,
Read more…Would like advice from festival organizaers!
Hi Everyone,
As I am well on my way to securing a time and place for Kansas City's first cigar box guitar festival, and I have NO experience doing such a thing, I would like to hear from successful festival organizers, with whom I can consult durin
Read more…MAKING GUITAR PICKUPS!
I've been frustrated at the lack of response I've received, when I've asked, about how to make guitar pickups! No one seems to want to answer my questions or something. Is there anyone who can talk an electronic idiot like me through the steps of cre
Read more…Need Help in organizing a CBG Festival in KANSAS CITY!!!!!
Hello Brothers! OK, I'm calling on all who have organized cigar box guitar festivals to PLEASE assist me, as I am in the beginning stages of organizing Kansas City, Missouri's first cigar box guitar festival. I have NEVER done anything like this and
Read more…WANNA HELP PRODUCE A CIGAR BOX GUITAR MOVIE?????
Hi Friends!
OK, most of you probably know that I am a motion picture producer with many movie projects waiting to be born. If you’ve seen my shortfilm DRIFTERS, you have seen how my two greatest passions, music and movies, were married together
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