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Three New Builds
Started this discussion. Last reply by Lonman Dec 25, 2021. 1 Reply 1 Like
Merry Christmas CBN!The celebrations have wrapped up and am spending some downtime in the shop. Three new builds are underway. Red Oak necks. Either Walnut or Maple fretboards with a zero fret.. 25"…Continue
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Three New Builds
Merry Christmas CBN!The celebrations have wrapped up and am spending some downtime in the shop. Three new builds are underway. Red Oak necks. Either Walnut or Maple fretboards with a zero fret.. 25" scale length. Piezo sandwiched between the lid and neck on one, Piezo under the neck on the second. The third will get a piezo and a single-coil with a three-way switch.I will definitely be reaching out for advice as I work through these first three builds.Hope everyone gets to spend some quality…See More
"Welcome, check out the Resources tab for build/play info and join some groups located in the Posts tab? Forum is for questions and Blog posts are for sharing your build processes? Site has a glitch, here’s the trick:"
"Thanks! Winter is always a great time to spend time in the shop. Looking forward to learning more about cgb"s. I have a few builds that will be starting this weekend and will be trying a few options...oak neck, maple neck, thru-body (no…"
"Welcome to cbn! Being snowed in is a good time to build guitars. Fellow Minnesotan here. This site is full of helpful people. What type of build are you planning?"
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- How did you learn about Cigar Box Nation?
- Google search
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- None. Just starting
- 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).
- The history, tone, playabliity, affordable, can build my own and be creative
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- At 3:18pm on December 10, 2021,
BrianQ. said…
Welcome, check out the Resources tab for build/play info and join some groups located in the Posts tab? Forum is for questions and Blog posts are for sharing your build processes? Site has a glitch, here’s the trick:
- At 11:33am on December 10, 2021,
Darryl Tuttle said…
Welcome to cbn! Being snowed in is a good time to build guitars.
Fellow Minnesotan here. This site is full of helpful people. What type of build are you planning?
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Duel output jacks
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Camera suggestions?
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CBG site issues, continued.
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Anyone used a violin-style tailpiece on a CBG?
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Guitar for the grandson
Started by Joe in Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts. Last reply by Carl Floyd Feb 29. 13 Replies 0 Likes
Building with vintage paper/pressed board cigar boxes.
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