Yesterday I sold my 2nd and 3rd CBGs and took 2 more orders. I must be doing it too cheap :-)
No.1 Looked like this:
with built in pre-amp and tuner, plus XLR-out plug for a sound board
No. 2 - first with a bone nut.
With pre-amp and
Read more…This is my latest CBG. 4 string fretted with a homemade single coil pickup;
The box: Jose Gener Noche
The filler for the lid out of red oak from Lowes
Veneer cut offs I bought on ebay. I've found a million and one uses for it. Laminating 3
Read more…Here's my brainstorming on a pickup for it:
A few months ago I bought a box of veneer scraps. Here's some black walnut that I'll laminate to make the flatwork with.
I make a drill jig for my pole pieces:
And drilled the holes in the flatwork to get
Read more…Got tired of looking for low profile jazz pickup to use on my CBGs. Decided to wind my own. I have seen the FlatPups ad think they are super cool. I wanted to give it a shot, myself and see what I came up with.
It worked out pretty well.
Read more…Here's my second cigar box build.
I'm about to send it to a friend that is a working musician in FL.
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I just bought one of these from Cole Coleman, the inventor. It's even better than the stubby slide/socket. Being able to fret and slide is too cool.
http://thimbleslide.com/videos/videos.html
Read more…Since I shipped off my CBG yesterday to my friend, Dave, I need to build something to play.
I stopped today at lunch and picked up the neck lumber. Red oak from Lowes, ($6).
Tommorrow on my day off, I'm planning on building one using a paper covered
Read more…I've been building Cigar Box Guitars since May. Two so far and plans for two more.
Here's a couple of pics and a link to my photobucket album where there's lots more of the 2nd and the next two.
