http://www.smackphotography.com/blog/hard-times-musical-instrument-company My Friend from Smack Photography in Comox BC did this article on my studio for his Photo Journal. As you can tell in the article, he had a great time and CBG"s turn his crank
Read more…http://afjguitars.com/Guitarras/2009_Laminada/Guitarra.htm This is just exquisite!!!!
Read more…Hubert Sumlin passed away today..RIP! You and the Wolf are back together..Heaven will be Rocking tonight!
Read more…http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/2011/09/21/lighting-up-the-philippines-one-liter-at-a-time/
This has nothing to do with CBG's or instruments but I just had to share it. Necessity is truly the Mother of Invention!!!!!
One of my customers was telling me about "Skiffle Bands" the other day so I looked it up. It was part of the evolution of homemade music and instruments around the turn of the century and again in the post war times. Some famous players and bands
Read more…I'm doing a CBC Radio, telephone interview this afternoon with one of my all time favourite female singers Jann Arden. I'm going to introduce her and the listeners to the wonderful world of Cigarbox Guitars on her radio show "Being Jann". I'll post
Read more…I've heard that some builders cut their fret slots 1/32" or so deeper than the tang depth. What are your ideas on this?
Read more…Finally starting to get the hang of the slide! I'm looking for just the right wine bottle to rob the neck from, but for now I'm using a chrome plated 19mm deep socket. A little on the heavy side I think. Something lighter would cause less sag in the
Read more…Building Cigar box guitars has been an amazing experience to not only express my art through a new medium, but to also learn about something that has always been a passion, but Life somehow always got in the way of pursuing it. That passion is Mus
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One of my luthiere friends just had one of his dogs pass away. It had been with them many years (91 in dog years) and as a truly loved pet it was so much a part of their family. It reminded me of this little letter I like to dig up every Christm
Read more…My guitar making has finally outgrown the one table I have been working on. Spent the last two days cleaning out an old back room in the studio and converting it to a small woodshop dedicated mostly to my instrument making. It will be a bit crowded b
Read more…It's not a CBG but it is something really special I just had to share!
This guy is in a league of his own....
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Read more…I think I made a pretty good score today and may go back for more. One of our local stores is blowing out their stock of "First Act" guitars for $49.00 each. I bought a solid body one just to strip it for parts and was totaly impressed with it! It so
Read more…I've got a project started with the local Kids Summer Events co-ordinators to do a 1 or 2 day workshop with some kids this summer to build CBG's with strong cardboard boxes and 2ft lengths of 1X2 for the necks. Coloured Weedeater line for strings,
Read more…I'd love to build my own amp other than the little one I made from some computer speakers with their own internal mini amp. But I'm too busy building guitars and working to have the time. I borrowed a friends Roland Micro Cube amp and I am hooked on
Read more…I've found some very small but powerful magnets that should work to build pickups. They are the tiny magnets found in the myriad of earbuds used for ipods and personal MP3 players. They are a little labour intensive to salvage but I have never seen s
Read more…A friend gave me a Fender single pup to have for my CBG. While inleting it into my neck I noticed it appears to be for a curved finger board. My CBG is flat and so is the neck. Can I file the center two pole pieces down to match the two adjacent ones
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