Cigar Box Nation

#1 resource for Cigar Box Guitars, Free Plans, How-To, Parts & More!

Cigar Box Nation is sponsored by C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply, your one-stop-shop for Cigar Box Guitar parts and accessories!

Not a CBG by definition, but a bass built from trash with the Cigar Box Spirit.

Hello fellow builders!
  I'm Nick, the bass player from "SAVAGE SUNDAY". I think a little background story will help here...

  I've been playing bass guitar since 2000, I played a Fender P and now an Ibanez P&J. A few months ago I walked into the dive bar near my house, but something was different. The walls were lined with CBG's and I was intrigued. Needless to say, my attempt at buying a 6pack turned into an hour filled with inspiration and wonder. The bartender asked me, "Do you play"?

  That was the start of a beautiful relationship. The bar was "Speal's Tavern" and that bartender was Dan Speal, Shane Speal's father. My new band started playing the open mic there every week, and that was all good and well, but the whole time I had the raw plans for a bass guitar in my head.

  Now, I'm a broke musician. I didn't have any of the resources to build ANYTHING! And I knew that no Cigar Box could contain the power of a bass player! So, I went into my dad's garage with the intention of finding something, anything, that I could start building off of.
  I found a few pieces of plywood, some "shims", and some metal-stud scraps. Well, GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME!!! I started planing, sanding, shaping on the fly. I just went at it balls to the wall. Needless to say, I've encountered quite a few problems along the way. I had no hardware. I had no electronics. Hell, I had no headstock!

  Fast forward a few months and about 7 open mics; I think I have everything to where it COULD work. I'm ordering a piezo, tuners, and strings. I have my tuning keys below the bridge. I'm planning on placing two strings, a bass G and a guitar low-E. I am ready to finish this thing, but I figured I'd post the pics on here and see if ANYONE CAN ANTICIPATE ANY MORE PROBLEMS I WILL HAVE?!?

  Thanks, Nick

 

All the pics are here:

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/albums/scrap-heap-junk-bass

Views: 258

New CBG T-Shirt!

Sponsors

Recommended Links & Resources

Blog Posts

My first CBG

Posted by Jeff McFadden on June 19, 2013 at 10:01am 1 Comment

MUDDY ROOTS EUROPE

Posted by ChickenboneJohn on June 19, 2013 at 3:00am 0 Comments

piezo disk

Posted by wayne niswander on June 18, 2013 at 12:03am 1 Comment

Modding my Roland Microcube Amp

Posted by Wade on June 16, 2013 at 12:03am 6 Comments

Well maybe slightly mad

Posted by Richard Holmes on June 15, 2013 at 9:22pm 1 Comment

© 2013   Created by C. B. Gitty (Ben).   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service