Hello all, I recently contacted a local coffee house/pub/music school, that is all under one roof. Looks pretty cool. I'll be meeting with one of the staff of instructors to show him some of my builds. He's excited to explore the possibility of teach
Read more…Hello all, I recently contacted a local coffee house/pub/music school, that is all under one roof. Looks pretty cool. I'll be meeting with one of the staff of instructors to show him some of my builds. He's excited to explore the possibility of teach
Read more…Hello all, I took my latest build to local open mic a few nights ago, it's a four stringer with a piezo inside. I had tested it through a friend's JBL PA, pretty standard and much like what I've seen at the smaller venues locally. Fast forward: It's
Read more…I'm seeing plenty of Facebook pages devoted to marketing cigar box guitars and they are categorized as "musical instruments" I'd like to jump in with my cbg's but I can't locate any category for musical instruments in any of the create a page options
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I am thinking of getting an air brush to try my hand at sunburst finishes. I am seeing prices all over the map from super cheap to over $200.00! (that's a lot to me) I was wondering what features I might look for and any tips on price ran
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I'm building a 4 string cbg and I've noticed that the strings hop off the bridge when I pluck or finger pick the strings. Any remedies out there? I'm using a piece off half inch angle metal for the string/tail with the holes drilled low to
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I have a neck from a busted up acoustic guitar and I was wondering what you all might think would be the best way to join it to a cigar box. I attached a picture of what I have. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Read more…Has anyone shipped a guitar from the US to Australia? I priced out shipping from Phoenix to down under and it was more than the cost of the guitar! Just thought I'd see if anyone has found a cost efficient way of getting one there.
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I'm really hooked on cigar guitar box building. The graphics and construction of wooden and paper cigar boxes seems to have a pretty wide appeal. I love all of the cigar box amplifiers that
Read more…I'm really hooked on cigar guitar box building. The graphics and construction of wooden and paper cigar boxes seems to have a pretty wide appeal. I love all of the cigar box amplifiers that I've seen, I'm not much of an electronics guy but seeing tho
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I've built exactly two 6 string lap slide cigar box guitars and I'd like to try a regular four string with frets. I have no power tools except a drill and I was wondering if I can get the standard specs on the neck scale (Bridge to nut) and fret p
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I signed up a few days ago and dropped some photos in the "Introduce yourself" section. I thought I'd slip a few pics in here as well to get any feed back, good bad or ugly. This is a 6 string lap slide made from a jewelry box. I find them in the
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I'm new to cbn and a rookie slide guitar builder. I was wondering if anyone knows of a good (cheap) alternative to a slide used for playing a lap slide guitar. I've seen them on ebay made of various materials (metal. bone etc.) and they can be pre
