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Bill Saunders replied to Taffy Evans's discussion CBG site issues, continued.

"I'm in agreement with Southern Ray on this. This site is a wealth of information. This is what I envisioned the Internet to become back in the day, as the descendant of the old bulletin boards that started such repositories. If not for…"

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Bill Saunders replied to Mi Rankin's discussion Difficulty Playing Chords - Finger Spread Across Frets! in the group How to Play a Cigar Box Guitar

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Bill Saunders replied to Mi Rankin's discussion Difficulty Playing Chords - Finger Spread Across Frets! in the group How to Play a Cigar Box Guitar

"Hi Mi. The difficulty you're experiencing is what led me to explore tunings different than GDG. I have personally settled on DGB, for now at least. If you look at the I,IV,V, minor VI in G, that is G, C, D, Em; then on DGB you have (0,0,0) for…"

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"Thank you AGP, Doug, and Uncle John. The paired strings add fullness to the sound, which was a goal of the build. I've grown to like DGB tuning. easier chord shapes. I may put up something in the near future. Thanks Bill"

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"Beautiful. Real and high quality luthier work. I like DGB tuning and would sure like to take those doubled strings for a test ride. Any chance for a video sound check?"

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"Sweet build Bill! With all those strings it should sing."

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""Very Very Nice", Love the Double Course Strings :-)"

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How did you learn about Cigar Box Nation?: searches on cigar box guitars

How many instruments have you built so far?: one kit, three acoustics, two using boxes from Hobby Lobby, one all hand built.

What do you find most interesting about cigar box guitars? (If you do not enter something meaningful here (at least one sentence long), your membership may be rejected as a spam/bot fake account).: I like they are easier than 6 string. I am 65 years old and some arthritis. I also like the sound of many I've heard. Lot of uniqueness.

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At 6:04am on October 23, 2020, BrianQ. said…: Welcome, the Resources tab is highly recommended as is joining some groups located in the Posts tab? Make some noise :)

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