My wife is writing a research paper for her college writing class on the history of cigar box guitars. Now I have 2 books she can use, Handmade Music Factory, and Cigar Box Guitars, but I seem to recall there was another book that was much more infor
Read more…I've got the Deville Hot-Rod Mini-Humbuckers from CB Gitty and am getting ready to wire them up. I'm using a 3 way switch 1 volume, 2 tone. I've got a wiring diagram I like for the set up
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Read more…Ok so I've got a build done and I get some hum. It goes away when I touch the output jack which seems to indicate a grounding issue. It was recommended that I ground to the strings by either running a wire to a meal tail piece or a metal saddle. Prob
Read more…Not to mention why and how do I fix it. Doing up an all black guitar for a friend, after putting on the 3rd coat of lacquer I got this blueing on the head stock. It looks like the barrel on my old Hawken rifle. I have 3 coats sanding sealer, 4 coats
Read more…So I'm at the buffing stage of finishing this guitar. It has numerous coats of ColorTone Nitrocellulose Gloss Lacquer on it. Has had time to cure (as much as a nitro finish will cure). Tomorrow I will wet sand to 2000 grit. Now all instructions off S
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Its a 4 string electric, Corina Westerns box. 25" scale, fretted, rosewood fingerboard, pearl fret markers, imitation bone nut and saddle. Pezieo pickup embedde
Read more…I was looking through a workshop edition of Wood magazine the other day, studying the layouts of a dozen and a half shops of all shapes and sizes when I realized that people kept referring to there shops as small. 440sqft, 600sqft, all "small shops."
Read more…Hi all, names Robert. Just joined up a bit ago, thought I should make an introduction. I live in North West Montana if anyone lives out this way or ever makes this way let me know, I'm excited to get to know people who love CBG's as much as I do. I s
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