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Regarding fingerboards or lack there of

Started this discussion. Last reply by Bristol Blue Apr 9, 2016. 25 Replies 0 Likes

Long story skip below if impatient ;) I've got a production run going to cut costs and hopefully make better gits. Hardwood is getting hard to source, especially small pieces. So I visited the one…Continue

soldering 1/4 input jack ground - which is ground?

Started this discussion. Last reply by John Sawyer Mar 27, 2016. 7 Replies 0 Likes

First: sorry about the image quality. I need to ground my jack to my bridge so I went and…Continue

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Sourcing hardwoods

Started this discussion. Last reply by Kigar Mar 14, 2016. 15 Replies 1 Like

So the first couple g's I have made I used poplar I got from Home Depot. That worked fine but now I have basically cleaned up the 3 straight pieces they have left. Sutherland's nearby also has some…Continue

Cigar Box BASS - pick up questions

Started this discussion. Last reply by Wayfinder Mar 2, 2016. 21 Replies 0 Likes

OK, so I'm finishing up my 2nd CBG and it's time to move on to a bass. I've got a great Box and some strings (electric). I'm doing a 2 string. But I need to figure out pickups (and tuners).I'm…Continue

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How did you learn about Cigar Box Nation?: talkbass.com

How many instruments have you built so far?: 3 - 2 g's and a bass

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).: It's a cigar box, and a guitar! How cool is that?

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Zenstrument #5.

Posted on April 27, 2016 at 5:06pm 3 Comments 2 Likes

Zenstrument #5.

Honduran Box. Inside was dark pink colored wood,mahogany maybe?

Neck is Walnut/RedMaple. Rosewood Nut and Bridge. GDG Gitty strings. 24" scale.

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Posted on February 12, 2016 at 8:45am 13 Comments 1 Like

Guess this is the best place to start a progress thread so here we go.

I've been wanting to build a CBG for quite awhile now, past attempts to find boxes were futile but I now have found a box supplier near me :D

I found this selection of boxes, found this site of course and started watching tutorials on You Tube.

(I was hoping to find one cool box and walked out with 7, yikes!)…

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At 11:53am on March 27, 2016, AGP # said…: "Yup" Murdoc_420, the CBG addiction has seen me make a quite a few instruments, (and haven't finished yet!) most of which I still possess as I can't bear to with part them.