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  kent robbins March 25, 2025 at 10:43am

  Hi,bkentr here from south coast Oregon. Have spent many years with banjos. New to CBGs. First build is 85 % done, and i'm going to try 3-strings.
  Have been recycling, fixing broken things for a long time. Those skills work well with CBGs,
  For build #1, i needed to build a box, will use a dog bowl res, and a trimmed down ele guitar neck.
  From the pictures here I can see that nearly anything I might do has been done.
  i do love the pics, are there sound bytes to go with them?
  kentr
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  Ramblin' Coone February 17, 2025 at 2:22pm

  

  Hi, Ramblin' Coone here, all the way from Belgium. Finished my first build on december 30 and on valentine's day I took her up to the stage. Already addicted and looking for the next builds, there will be a 3-string Quijaboard box guitar and maybe a 5 string
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    BrianQ. > Ramblin' Coone February 17, 2025 at 11:58pm

    

    Kool, haven’t seen a Ouija board build for quite awhile! 😎 Chocolate in Belgium is so good!!!
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    Ramblin' Coone > BrianQ. February 18, 2025 at 3:12am

    

    haha, and don't forget our beers ;-)
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  Frank Shelton January 8, 2025 at 4:42pm

  

  Hi I'm Frank from Ontario Canada . After seeing my neighbours CBG I decided I wanted one. He offered to give me one, but decided if I was to have one (or more) I would build it myself . This may seem strange as I don't play any instruments tho I'm not too bad playing a radio. I hope to start by building a 3 string with no frets and a removable neck and trying to learn a bit of playing. AT this point I would start on a fretted replacement neck. Probably going to drive a lot of you crazy with questions so thanks in advance.
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  Howard Craypool November 15, 2024 at 9:23pm

  

  Hi, iam Howard from Minnesota, I like building cbg as a new hobby, I also like working with most types of wood . I have a box of real Cuban cigars and when I get good at making guitars I have mahogany board for the neck for that box, ps, I don’t smoke tobacco, I’ll give them to my brother I guess..just wanted the box…iam glad there is a forum for this hobby, I love looking at others people work , so cool, well make love not war, see ya
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  Rich Butters November 4, 2024 at 12:16pm

  Hi may name is Rich and I live in Darlington, Co Durham, UK. I am in the process of building my workshop and will then start to build CBGs
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  dupont Philippe October 31, 2024 at 6:49pm

  Hi, I'm Philippe, I live in the north of France, I'm 55 years old and passionate about making cigar box guitars. Glad to have found a forum talking about this discipline, I wish you all hello. Using Google to translate my writings, I ask you to be lenient on approximate grammar or syntax.
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    BrianQ. > dupont Philippe October 31, 2024 at 9:10pm

    Bienvenue Philippe, hope to see more of you 😁
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  Darryl Tuttle October 22, 2024 at 10:04pm

  Okay,here goes.I was asked to make a one string bass guitar for someone with a severe head trauma that limits motor skills. Using the lowest string for a 5 String bass set.then tuned to a C. 34 in scale. 20 frets. Poplar base 2.5 inches wide, 38in long. ,then I glue a 24 in neck, with a 1/4in fingerboard with 20 frets. Any input would be appreciated as I am clueless when it comes to bass guitars