Here's what I've got so far. It's a Tabak Especial box and a poplar neck, 7/8"x1 1/2". Got the strings, waiting for the tuners. Right at the roll of tape you can see the layout mark for the nut. The bushings in the tailpiece are pop rivets with the stems removed. There's another set in the back side. In the meantime I have to build a router table so I can round over the rear edges of the neck.

And I have no idea how to play!

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So, Boxstock is all over for another year..and I’m counting the cost...financially, emotionally and physically, but it’s been an amazing couple of weeks.  This year Ben took over the organization of the event, and planned an ambitious line-up…which meant even more effort and co-ordination than before, plus bringing over two overseas touring artists in the week before the event.  So here’s the first installment of the full unexpurgated story…or at least what I can remember of…

     In my continuing adventure into the amazing world of CBG's, I soon discovered that my local music store, while interested in my builds and willing to carry them, thought that the playability and professionalism of them would be greatly enhanced by placing truss rods in the necks.

     While the thought may be anathema to the true CBG purist, there is without doubt among those of us who are building guitars about the nagging problem of the sagging neck! Under the tension of…

   went to guitar center today.... i had everybody wanting to jam on my cbg.... 3 of them want me to build them one like mine!!!!   i think my next build will be a banjo out of a cookie tin!!!! anyways the guitar mechanic was very impressed on how my cbg sounded hooked up to a fender bassmaster amp!!!!!!

Set up my #2 build with a 30" scale and cut out for the #$$@#!&** pup right at the 30" mark...DOH...ah well, beats doing honey-dos ;) back to research & development we go...Monday funday

     Well, can't believe I've done it, but what a rush! It started when a friend gave me a copy of Guitar Player, I think it was, which had an article featuring cigar box guitars. The four beautifully photographed guitars an the feature page stopped me dead! I was hooked! Being a street busker myself, I thought, "This is just the ticket to get the real tips!"

     I found a website mentioned, and, determined to purchase one for my next guitar (I have quite a collection!), I was dashed…

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Sep 1,  2012

                                                       Chicago Cigar Box Guitar Festival 2012

      The first ever Chicago Cigar Box Guitar Festival will be held on November 10 2012 at The Fat Man Bowl in Green Oaks, Illinois.  The festival will present over ten hours of live music on two stages as well as a vendor area with CBG makers and…