Jeff Conrad
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cbgitty.com
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2
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 the freedom to be creative with your own design. Also the simplicity of playing a 3 string, even my grand kids can play a tune.

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Guitar for 1st grandson Gideon

Posted on September 16, 2020 at 2:49am 1 Comment

Almost finished with my guitar for my first grandson Gideon. First fret job which wasn't to bad. Used Mod Podg to do the graphics on front and back which are photos I've taken at Outer Banks, NC. Applied a couple coats of satin polyurethane to protect. Just need decorative box corners and perhaps a wickedbucker pickup.…

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First CBG Build

Posted on September 11, 2020 at 6:59am 2 Comments

Excited to be a new member of Cigar Box Nation. This is my first build that I made from an Arturo Fuente box. Nothing elaborate, just learned on this one. Used Poplar neck, Oak fret board, Cbgitty tuners and wiring harness, and various bolts and screws I had around the house. Used a bridge humbucker from a telecaster and a piezo disk I salvaged from an old smoke detector. No frets, just a slider. Been fun learning to build and play slide. Now I'm addicted and a junky. :)

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At 11:48am on September 10, 2020, Darryl Tuttle said…

Nice that younger kids have access to musical instruments, someday they can build one with you

At 11:48am on September 10, 2020, Darryl Tuttle said…

Nice that younger kids have access to musical instruments, someday they can build one with you

At 11:48am on September 10, 2020, Darryl Tuttle said…

Nice that younger kids have access to musical instruments, someday they can build one with you

At 11:48am on September 10, 2020, Darryl Tuttle said…

Nice that younger kids have access to musical instruments, someday they can build one with you

At 11:48am on September 10, 2020, Darryl Tuttle said…

Nice that younger kids have access to musical instruments, someday they can build one with you

 
 
 

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