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My first CBG from Captain Nemoff.

My first CBG from Captain Nemoff.

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Added by Vlad on November 29, 2023 at 3:41am — No Comments

I have not been 'round in a long time.

Anyone remember me? 



Last post might have been 10 years ago!

Has everyone gone away to somewhere else? Some other community?

I'm still building here and there. You can see some on my tiktok (same name). 

Latest is a 2-string, standup, bowed bass shaped like a harpoon for a pirate metal project I'm working on. 

Made of a stick of Patagonian cherry with a walnut fretboard, a zero fret, some random brackets, a carriage bolt, bass tuners, sisal rope, an…

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Added by Craig Mayhem on November 22, 2023 at 11:28am — 2 Comments

Please Come Home for Christmas!

Please Come Home for Christmas

https://youtu.be/PTQQHzK5534

Wishing ALL of our friends and loved ones a very happy holiday season as we prepare for a brand new year.

..we love each and…

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Added by billy jones bluez on October 20, 2023 at 4:15pm — No Comments

Spammer Alert, Beware!!!

Members beware, we have a Spammer in our midst once again? If you receive anything like the message below, you can report it to the Site Moderator? Scroll all the way down to the right hand corner of the Homepage & you will see the  “Report an Issue” tab, click that & leave your message, they will resolve it within a few days? Once in awhile this happens, but if nobody reports it, then nothing will change. It’s up to us to keep these people out of here, so please help keep Cigar Box…

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Added by BrianQ. on September 11, 2023 at 6:30am — 1 Comment

Montana Mandoline

My latest build for the Mandolin players, who want to play at our festival 

Added by CaptnCatfish on August 27, 2023 at 6:26am — 3 Comments

Banjo 2

Shameless self promotion 2 - My first ever banjo sale to colleague from work for £25 (below) Made from a tambourine, cut out plywood ring to hold the tacks and one of those 'woven' serving trays for the back not visible. The nut is made from two dowels and a bolt glued together and the tailpiece is made from the end of a pair of serving tongs.
It also has a piezo pickup disc from a door alarm ( dirt cheap from Rejects) soldered to a 3,5mm input jack so it…
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Added by Ian Boyd on August 26, 2023 at 10:58pm — 1 Comment

THIS BLUES LABEL IS LAUNCHED!!

THIS BLUES RECORD LABEL HAS LAUNCHED!! : 
..the first 14 cases of our NEW cd arrive at Delta Blues Records main office!
listen to the full album here:…
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Added by billy jones bluez on July 23, 2023 at 6:30pm — 2 Comments

Pictures of my new Guitar (4 strings).

Hello respected CigarBoxNation community.

Here are pictures of my 'just baked' Guitar, this time with 4 strings.

Shape of body - Fender Tele.

Pick-up - Inductive (as in previous 3 models, made earlier).

Tuning: G D g B

Manufacturing in garage with multiple days-off -  took about 3 month of non-intensive work.

Sound examples will be sent later, sorry :o)

Front View:…

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Added by Slow Mick on June 7, 2023 at 8:15am — 4 Comments

Building instruments - playing them, inventing new ones...

This is the title of a French book published in the late 70's and I have translated the back cover text which is think in sync with CBG making philosophy. So here it is:

"We…

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Added by Alan Bluesboxguitars on June 6, 2023 at 11:03am — 4 Comments

Will still be a awhile before us CBG builders are taken over by artificial intelligence.

I asked an AI Chatbot, Google Bard, how to build a cigar box guitar.  The result was ok, but with a few mistakes.  Here it is:

Sure, here are the basic steps on how to build a cigar box guitar:

  1. Gather your materials. You will need a few basic materials to build a cigar box guitar, including:

    • A cigar box
    • A piece of wood for the neck
    • A fretboard
    • A bridge
    • Some strings
    • A tuner
    • A…
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Added by Steve Holladay on June 1, 2023 at 9:45am — 3 Comments

Amazing Guitar Bridge for CBG!

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Look at this cool thing I found on amazon...I think anyone can see the endless possibilities...any number of strings and spacing....this looks great!!!

...it's called the 

"Guyker Stainless Steel Space Control Adjustable Roller Guitar Bridge Electric Guitar Replacement"…

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Added by 3 String Blues on April 22, 2023 at 1:08pm — 5 Comments

WARNING ABOUT NON_APPROPRIATE ACTIONS OFMr James Pollard

Through Cigar BoxNations I received a message from this person: James Pollard

below: James Pollard added a comment to your profile on Cigar Box Nation

I have been in search of someone with this last name "Yakunkin" so when I saw your name I was pushed to contact you and see how best we can assist each other.
My name is Mr James Pollard. I am working with Commercial bank of Dubai(UAE). I believe it is the wish of God…
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Added by Slow Mick on March 4, 2023 at 10:00pm — 5 Comments

Instruments built by Slow Mick (aka Mikhail Yakunkin)

There is a line of 3pcs of Solid Body Guitars (SBG), which were inspired by design of CBG, I met in internet. All were manufactured by me in 2022-2023.

So the first two instruments were used as prototypes to develop the final design (#3) and Guitar body final shaping, including selection of necessary tools, materials and type of woods and coating used.

Special attention was dedicated to development and assembling of the flat pick-up, which really allows to simplify the…

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Added by Slow Mick on February 28, 2023 at 9:00am — 5 Comments

I bought a torsion rod for a mandolin and lost the instructions to cut into the neck. I bought the torsion bar from gitty.

I bought a torsion rod for a mandolin and lost the instructions to cut into the neck. I bought the torsion bar from gitty.

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Added by Anthony adams on February 28, 2023 at 4:49am — 1 Comment

Stereo recording with a looper pedal

I've been figuring out a workflow for mixing stereo recordings in Audacity from overdubbed tracks made with my looper pedal. Here's a couple of examples.

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Added by Sean Jay on February 27, 2023 at 3:30am — 1 Comment

Recording and overdubbing with a looper pedal

I've just bought an inexpensive looper pedal (Lekato) and found that it records my 3-string CBG and 2-string CBB with minimal effort. The looper exports a high-quality WAV file via a USB connector, which I convert to MP3 after editing (gain, fade in/fade out, etc) with Audacity.

I'll try to attach a couple of examples. One is overdubbed guitar, and the other is guitar + bass. …

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Added by Sean Jay on February 12, 2023 at 3:30am — 2 Comments

A Tribute





In 2006 I bought a new Toyota Corolla. We’ll, old reliable encountered a deer at high speed not too long…

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Added by Ghostbuttons on January 15, 2023 at 12:00pm — 3 Comments

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