First time, about to experiment! - Cigar Box Nation2024-03-29T09:25:05Zhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/forum/topics/first-time-about-to-experiment?commentId=2592684%3AComment%3A2913559&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noUpdate! Guys I'm sorry I have…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2017-07-30:2592684:Comment:29135592017-07-30T18:56:39.062ZEdwin Barquerohttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/EdwinBarquero
<p>Update! Guys I'm sorry I haven't posted the picture of the tin box, I've been reading your replies and I'm thinking my strategy, since I don't want it to bend or something so i've been searching for a wood alternative, or a cigar box.</p>
<p>Update! Guys I'm sorry I haven't posted the picture of the tin box, I've been reading your replies and I'm thinking my strategy, since I don't want it to bend or something so i've been searching for a wood alternative, or a cigar box.</p> If its your first CBG I'll of…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2017-07-24:2592684:Comment:29100662017-07-24T14:24:38.329ZJLhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/JL239
<p>If its your first CBG I'll offer these few suggestions.</p>
<p>24 inch / 61 cm scale, easy to do the lay out for frets/fret-markers, a little less tension on the neck to worry over.</p>
<p>tune Gdg as that matches up with 93% of the tutorials on how to play it once you are done building</p>
<p>save the tin for a later build, do a nice through neck with a box of wood or wood-like-substance, tins have some special considerations/handeling/techniques that you will discover after building a few…</p>
<p>If its your first CBG I'll offer these few suggestions.</p>
<p>24 inch / 61 cm scale, easy to do the lay out for frets/fret-markers, a little less tension on the neck to worry over.</p>
<p>tune Gdg as that matches up with 93% of the tutorials on how to play it once you are done building</p>
<p>save the tin for a later build, do a nice through neck with a box of wood or wood-like-substance, tins have some special considerations/handeling/techniques that you will discover after building a few with wood boxes and start contemplating the tin...</p> Almost too busy building the…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2017-07-22:2592684:Comment:29094262017-07-22T21:30:35.642ZAlan Dillardhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/AlanDillard
<p>Almost too busy building the next one (plus CBG amps/ cutting wine bottle necks for slides, etc.) to play the darn things! Just built my 7th, an acoustic 3 string resonator. Donating it for a good cause fund raiser and am not sure I want to do another resonator. The hole for the cone is a pain!</p>
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<p>Almost too busy building the next one (plus CBG amps/ cutting wine bottle necks for slides, etc.) to play the darn things! Just built my 7th, an acoustic 3 string resonator. Donating it for a good cause fund raiser and am not sure I want to do another resonator. The hole for the cone is a pain!</p>
<p></p> Realize now that this is an a…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2017-07-13:2592684:Comment:29030142017-07-13T15:49:02.544ZTom Thttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/TomTemple
<p>Realize now that this is an addiction. By the time you finish the first one you will be filled with ideas for the "better" next one. Erasmo gives good advice "enjoy the building process" and don't stress too much over getting everything to the optimum. Finish it. Play it for a while and decide what you like and don't like about it before you design your next one (and there will be another).</p>
<p>Realize now that this is an addiction. By the time you finish the first one you will be filled with ideas for the "better" next one. Erasmo gives good advice "enjoy the building process" and don't stress too much over getting everything to the optimum. Finish it. Play it for a while and decide what you like and don't like about it before you design your next one (and there will be another).</p> I'd worry more about the tin…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2017-07-13:2592684:Comment:29029202017-07-13T11:40:46.026ZRon "Oily" Spraguehttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/RonaldSprague
I'd worry more about the tin box collapsing, especially the top, once you get it strung up. Fortify the box corners with some wood posts. You may also need to fortify the tin top' one way to do this is by installing a sound post, just like a violin, directly beneath the bridge, spanning from the underside of the neck to the bottom of the tin. You can also directly attach the neck to the top when running the neck through the tin, but you may not want to do this if you're planning on installing…
I'd worry more about the tin box collapsing, especially the top, once you get it strung up. Fortify the box corners with some wood posts. You may also need to fortify the tin top' one way to do this is by installing a sound post, just like a violin, directly beneath the bridge, spanning from the underside of the neck to the bottom of the tin. You can also directly attach the neck to the top when running the neck through the tin, but you may not want to do this if you're planning on installing electronics. Siggestion: go get a cheap cookie, biscuit, or candy tin to experiment on first, if the tin you have has nice graphics. welcome. I did a lot of readi…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2017-07-13:2592684:Comment:29028952017-07-13T02:09:26.635ZLonmanhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/lonniepenman
<p>welcome. I did a lot of reading from this site before I made my first one and I have learned so much by doing this and that. With each new build you will learn something new and try something different, but I guess my advice is to read a lot for ideas and how things are done (and not to do), secondly, have fun doing it. After a build you can always build another.</p>
<p>welcome. I did a lot of reading from this site before I made my first one and I have learned so much by doing this and that. With each new build you will learn something new and try something different, but I guess my advice is to read a lot for ideas and how things are done (and not to do), secondly, have fun doing it. After a build you can always build another.</p> Everyone will have an opinion…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2017-07-12:2592684:Comment:29027972017-07-12T20:14:22.678ZTom Thttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/TomTemple
<p>Everyone will have an opinion on tuning and scale lengths.</p>
<p>The most common tuning seen on CBGs is DAD and GDG. That being said, any 1-5-1 interval would sound okay.</p>
<p>As for scale lengths, Fender, Gibson, Martin all run in the 24 1/2" to 25 1/2" range. 25" scale is pretty common on a CBG. As with the tuning, you can set the scale length to anything you want, but, remember that you will need different strings if you stray much from the above ranges.</p>
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<p>Everyone will have an opinion on tuning and scale lengths.</p>
<p>The most common tuning seen on CBGs is DAD and GDG. That being said, any 1-5-1 interval would sound okay.</p>
<p>As for scale lengths, Fender, Gibson, Martin all run in the 24 1/2" to 25 1/2" range. 25" scale is pretty common on a CBG. As with the tuning, you can set the scale length to anything you want, but, remember that you will need different strings if you stray much from the above ranges.</p>
<p>As you will see a lot around here "there are no rules."</p>
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