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At 6:36pm on August 29, 2011, Andy Cerullo said…: Perfect! Thank you. This is my first attempt at a circuit board. I'm putting it in my first CBG. I dig your work.

At 7:38am on November 5, 2010, Matt Steber said…: Thanks for the string advice buddy! I bought a cheap set that had .042, .032, & .022. They worked out great. Now I just need to learn to play :)

At 6:16am on September 13, 2010, olds sleeper said…: yes...you should go check out shane's open mic...he is pretty damn good live...knows how to dig deep into the boxes he plays...im a busy man right now, cant do that late night stuff during the week...
thanks for listening to my tunes...new album coming out later this month...peace man...olds

At 3:25pm on September 5, 2010, KaptnKen said…: Hi James! Took the plunge, did ya? Good on ya! How's it coming along? I trust that you'll be posting photos once it's done...and a sound check video too.

At 5:23pm on September 2, 2010, Ronnie Retherford said…: If you have a guitar, copy the scale length from it. I used a thin aluminum bar from Lowes, laid it on my Martin (one end up against the nut) and marked the fret positions.

You can get templates here: http://www.scalelength.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=68

The 20 inch scale is a free download. I used it to make this guitar: http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/albums/4-string-cbg-5

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At 5:33am on August 22, 2010, Ronnie Retherford said…: Welcome to the 'Nation' James. Lot's of nice people here with a lot of info when you get ready to build you one of them cigar box guitars.

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