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More starting Tunings GDG

All right here is another tuning that you see used a lot.

Keni Lee Burgess uses this tuning on his CBG lessons here:

https://www.youtube.com/user/KeniLeeBurgess#play/user/53983C1119D9691C/1/eE9mkd5Cu04

and

Shane using this tuning on the lessons here:

https://cigarboxnation.ning.com/page/how2play-1…

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Added by Ara on September 17, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Folk festival - Pagosa Springs

Any cigar box players going to be there? I'll be kicking around there playing in the picking circles. Hopefully see some of you there.

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Beginning Tuning for Cigar Box (3 string)

Back from a month of field geology work. I took my CBG and Steel Resinator with me. More people got a kick out of the CBG then anything else.

I use two tunings to play around with.

First (from the top string down) D A D

Second (from the top string down) E E B

DAD tuning you have the following chords (if you are using a slide)

Starting at the tuning pegs:

Open D (no slide on the neck)

2nd E

3rd F

4th Gb

5th G

7th… Continue

Added by Ara on July 1, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Starting tabs

It's been quite slow on the CBG front. I am working on some tab for beginning CBG players (since that is what I am). I'll hopefully get that posted in the next few weeks. I am also working on step by step how to build as well.

Added by Ara on April 9, 2009 at 4:17pm — No Comments

Strings for CBG

I've been building several guitars with necks made out of popular and some random hardwoods. The question of what strings to use comes up. I haven't noticed much bending in the any of the necks using the following strings from top to bottom: 22w (wound), 16, 11. I've used metal strings with no problems.

Added by Ara on January 18, 2009 at 7:54am — No Comments

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