CBG Fests?
Does anhyone have a comprehensive list of upcoming CBG Fests for 2015? Dates and Contact Links?
Read more…Kevin Sprague (Knotlenny)'s Discussions (19)
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"Players" or "Builders"
So . . . ever since the advent of the CBG revolution - I have found that this is the demarcation line.
"Player" or "Builder"
The nation (God love it) has plenty of the latter, but notsomuch of the former.
The cigar box guitar is such a perfectly prim
Read more…BUILD AN "UNCLE ENOS" BANJO - Daniel Carter Beard, St. Nicholas Magazine . . . circa 1870
(first published in the 1870's by Daniel Carter Beard) Fig. No 315, shows a cigar-box with holes bored through the ends for the stick that supports the neck to pass through.
The bottom of the box is used for the top to the banjo. The lid of the box m
5,000 MEMBERS STRONG!!! What does THE NATION mean to you?
A simple little box, a stick and a string. Something about it "resonates" with people. (No pun intended.) It''s a wonderful thing. And funny . . . when I first reveal to people I meet, that I build and play cigar box guitars, more and more I fin
Read more…HOW TO MAKE A CIGAR BOX VIOLIN . . . . by P. M. Pennell - Popular Homecraft Magazine, date unknown
(by P. M. Pennel, published in Popular Homecraft Magazine, February-March 1940 issue. Thanks to Knotlenny for the transcription.)
Anyone who loves music and is handy with tools can make a cigar box violin that is capable of producing really good to
Read more…strat-style wiring for the electrically challenged . . . a little help?
Dear Abby,
. . . so I wires up my stogiecaster (hybrid cigar box guitar with strat components), and I get this annoying problem . . . .
I took special care to shield the inside of the cavity and used the "star grounding" technique. Every thing is
Read more…"Flatso" Pick-ups?
Does anybody here sell those single coil flat bar pickups called "Flatsos"?
The low profile design really works well with cbgs.
I got one from Bill Jehle awhile back, but he doesn't handle them anymore.
Knotlenny's In a Pickle!
Forgive the crude and blatant commercial ization . . . . but an unfortunate chain of events over the past few months (which I’ll spare you the details on) have forced Knotlenny into a desperate scrounge for American dollars. I’ve got a few musical it
Dead Clown Tools
So I'm driving along the backroads near where I live, and I approach this particular place where a family of clowns used to live. (Yeah, that's what I said, a family of clowns.) They were once a staple of every area parade and festival around these p
Read more…CIGAR BOX NATION: POPULATION 2000 !!!!
I started this discussion back in June as " . . . population 1000" when we were knocking up against that milestone, NOW we're closing in on twice that!
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oldstogie.com
Hey! I finally got my new website up and running (at least the basic framework of it). Kinda made it to feature my "hobo harps". Dang, it's a lotta work putting these together!
Read more…Embedding the mp3 player?
Has anybody else tried to embed the mp3 player from their page? I'm building my own website and thought I'd do that - I tried pasting the generated embed code in, but alas, all I get is a blank box. Is it me?
Read more…CAN BEANS!!
Beans Hambone's 1931 recording of 'Beans' sure is a nifty little novelty CBG record. I know, it's historically significant and all that - blah, blah, blah - but ENOUGH already! After the 4 billionth time through the play cycle, I'm starting to think
Read more…Fingerlakes Fest 2?
Just floating a trial balloon, here . . . . Finger Lakes Fest number 1 was a magical (but poorly attended) event last October in beautiful Canandaigua, NY. it was part of the local downtown business groups' Fall festival. We had a great time meeting
Read more…Workshop to Benefit Ukuleles for Peace -You Can Help!
I'm coordinating an event in a couple of weeks as part of a local festival. A few folks from my church and I are going to host a workshop - building CBG's on the spot. We're going to donate the proceeds to "Ukuleles For Peace", (Paul Moore's wonderfu
Read more…CBG M.I.A.'s
I thought it might be worthwhile to start a 'Missing-In-Action' discussion - in an effort to try and locate some of the CBG folks who never seemed to show up here at 'the nation'. Because we NEVER leave a man behind! First up . . . . Jim 'Frets' Far
Read more…W.C. Fields with a One-String Cigar Box Violin
The great comedian as Eustace P. McGargle in the 1936 Motion Picture; "Poppy", performing a routine with his "beloved ka-dula - ka-dola".
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All Points Bulletin - Hobo CBG
We once had something kind of cool going with the TransAmerican Hobo CBG project, originated by Nick Pellechia. You can read about it here . . .myspace.com/transamericanhobocigarboxguitar
All those involved had hopes of completing the circuit and pr
CIGAR BOX VIOLIN by W.J. Sutherland, Science and Mechanics Magazine - 1949
(by W. J. Sutherland, published in Science and Mechanics Magazine - 1949)
By W. J. SUTHERLAND
