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CBGs for Service Members - CLOSED

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Due to lack of participation, this group is now closed. We keep it archived here for historic preservation purposes.

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Latest Activity: Apr 4, 2017

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PLEASE START A NEW DISCUSSION TOPIC THREAD FOR EACH INSTRUMENT OFFERED OR FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL LOOKING FOR MUSIC! We'll use the Comments section for other general stuff.

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British Army Veteran - Matched!!

Started by Butty One String. Last reply by Huntz Meyer Nov 21, 2016. 3 Replies 0 Likes

Good morning guys. Firstly, thank you all for what you are doing for serving members and veterans! I think, here in the UK, we have a long way to go before our boys and girls in the armed forces are recognised and appreciated as they are across the…Continue

Care packages available to service men and women

Started by Heather Hamilton Nov 19, 2016. 0 Replies 1 Like

Hello to All,My Name is Heather Hamilton and I run a non profit group to benefit veterans and active member military. We are currently looking for some troops we can send care packages to. If you are a member of our military and would like to…Continue

Salutations from the Sandbox! - Matched!!

Started by Zachary Oliveri. Last reply by Huntz Meyer Nov 6, 2016. 6 Replies 0 Likes

Good afternoon,I am a huge guitar fan! I am a mediocre player though (ha). I bought an acoustic when I was younger and taught myself the basics and that progressed to me jamming with my friends. It is such a great hobby and I enjoy playing with…Continue

CBG for my Brother (currently deployed) - Matched!!

Started by Geoffrey Lyman. Last reply by Dan Sleep Sep 20, 2016. 9 Replies 0 Likes

Hello all,Hoping someone can help me out. I'm hoping to surprise my brother with a CBG when he returns from his current deployment. His status prevents shipping to him so it would come to me. Let me know if you are willing to help. It would help…Continue

Hello From Overseas - Matched!!

Started by Cort Calkins. Last reply by Huntz Meyer Jul 31, 2016. 4 Replies 0 Likes

I'm an Army medic and have been deployed for a little over a month now. I just started learning guitar and then found out that I was deploying. I couldn't bring my guitar here, so I started looking at different small guitars and came across cigar…Continue

Looking for a CBG - Matched !!

Started by jerry k. mccarley. Last reply by Huntz Meyer Jul 23, 2016. 4 Replies 0 Likes

Hello to all. I am looking for a CBG for a great friend of mine who is being promoted to LTC. He has been deployed 5 times and is not only a friend, but a great dad and officer. He is an avid guitar and banjo player and I know he would love a CBG. I…Continue

CBG's for Denmark ? - Matched!!

Started by Ole Rasmussen. Last reply by Ole Rasmussen Jul 19, 2016. 5 Replies 0 Likes

Hi - I'm an Air Force Chaplain from Denmark, Who just joined this Group. I was already a member of the Facebook-Group for Martin BackpackerGuitars, because I always bring one of these when deployed. This is where I was told to visit the CBG-Group…Continue

Deployed member new to CBN and amazed at this site - Matched!!

Started by Eric. Last reply by Eric Jul 15, 2016. 4 Replies 0 Likes

I am blown away at this site and am amazed at the instruments. I have played guitar during several deployments and have never ran across anything like this. I have sat and watched several Youtube videos of people playing and building them. I am…Continue

Two Requests for Deployed Members - Matched!!

Started by Kenyun Willis. Last reply by Huntz Meyer Jul 5, 2016. 7 Replies 0 Likes

Greetings CBG'ers,My name is Ken and I'm currently deployed to Afghanistan as a First Sergeant. I have two requests for Cigar Box Guitars. The first is for a young man in my unit who has a birthday coming up (early August). He plays Ukulele and I…Continue

Hello from an Air Force veteran - Matched!!

Started by Kevin Weilacher. Last reply by Kevin Weilacher May 31, 2016. 5 Replies 0 Likes

First.....I don't know if I am posting this correctly....I had sent a note already but it appears that it went to the *Group* so I'm not sure if that was correct. I then saw this Add A Discussion button and figured I would give that a try.... I'm a…Continue

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Comment by cooter jakson on November 19, 2013 at 12:55am: Greetings from Shindand Airbase! What do the Cigar Box Guitars cost?

Comment by Dan Sleep on October 22, 2013 at 1:10am: Michael, You should be able to connect to Facebook under your Settings menu.

Comment by Allan Schneider on October 22, 2013 at 12:02am: I am currently deployed in Kandahar Afghanistan. One of my fellow Soldiers just received an awesome cigar box guitar. It's absolutely the coolest thing I have seen. He directed me to your site. What is the process of ordering one. Thank you for all your support and your amazing generousity.

Comment by Michael L. Johnson on October 21, 2013 at 11:45pm: I'm trying to figure out how to aquire a cigar box instrument too. Also I'm trying to link this to my Facebook. Please assist. Thanks in advance.

Comment by Michael L. Johnson on October 21, 2013 at 11:21pm: I'm currently here in RC-South, Afghanistan. I'd like to thank you for providing morale to one of my Soldiers. After over 30 years in a branch of service, I think what you guys are doing is straight cool. SGT Hector DeLacruz was with me in RC-East last year and you couldn't have picked a better canidate to sponsor. After this time out, this old Soldier is finally going to retire and I'll stay in touch with CBN. Again, thanks.

Comment by Dan Sleep on October 6, 2013 at 9:31am: Hi Kevin, just click on Add a Discussion in the section above this one, and start your own thread. We should be able to hook you up with something.

Comment by Kevin lampe on October 6, 2013 at 8:52am: Looking to get my hands on a 3or 4 string electric CBG to use while in Kandahar, I would have know problem passing it along to another service member.

Comment by Diane in Chicago on July 9, 2013 at 1:20pm: Tomas! You look like a really happy guy! Glad you like it, it was really fun to build that 5th string.