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Kia Ora...Somewhere for all CBG people in the land of the long white cloud to get together and talk CBG stuff......

Location: New Zealand
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CBG Down Under

Started by Mark "Fatt Max" Hill. Last reply by jeff burgoyne Jun 10. 13 Replies 0 Likes

I know there are a couple of kiwis on this site. Where abouts in Aoteroa are you guys and should we not get together for a jam?Continue

Good place to find Cigar boxes in Hamilton?

Started by luke willison. Last reply by Kalmario Dec 9, 2012. 1 Reply 0 Likes

Hi, I'm a new member here from Hamiton.Am looking at building my first cigarbox guitar and was wondering if anyone knew of any good places to find them around Hamilton? I have been looking on…Continue

Kiwi Boxstock.....

Started by Mark "Fatt Max" Hill. Last reply by Mark "Fatt Max" Hill Nov 18, 2012. 4 Replies 0 Likes

Ok fellow kiwis, serious nowHow about we get together and have a bot of a jam / gig / festival celebrating the cigar box guitar...?Yes I know its easy to say but how cool would it be to get together…Continue

Kiwi CBG Colloaboration

Started by Mark "Fatt Max" Hill. Last reply by Chris Green Jun 6, 2012. 3 Replies 0 Likes

Ok guys, here's a little thoughtHow about we all think of a chord sequence, say, simple 12 bar, record it individually and then stitch it all together into one single song, sort of like a massive…Continue

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Comment by jeff burgoyne on May 26, 2013 at 6:45pm: a 3 stringed cigar box guitar

Comment by Kalmario on May 26, 2013 at 6:14pm: neck wood, find the hardest you can find, recycled natives look nice, avoid pine if you can , if you can't make sure the grain is going the right way i.e. |||||||||||| instead of: _or \

what are you planning on making?

Comment by Kalmario on May 26, 2013 at 6:01pm: cigar boxes:

A) try trade me, beware though its expensive.

B) Havana house : on customs st west off queen st. expensive too, but at least you can see what they have.

C) CB gitty will send them from the states, nice boxes, bigger sized and no annoying do not smoke adds to peel off. you can order other parts while you are at it (fret wire tuners etc)

Comment by jeff burgoyne on May 26, 2013 at 5:05pm: another question is there anyone in this group that makes and sells cigar box guitars

Comment by jeff burgoyne on May 26, 2013 at 4:48pm: where do i get a cigar box from as i aint seen those for years and what sort of wood to use for neck? and what size fret wire and where to get it or can you use jumbo paper clips

Comment by Kalmario on May 26, 2013 at 4:38pm: what exactly would you like to know? best idea is to start finding parts.

Comment by jeff burgoyne on May 26, 2013 at 4:19pm: hi all new here any help on how to make one of these awesome guitars would be great. i live in auckland

Comment by Kalmario on December 9, 2012 at 4:36pm: sweet as

last time i used a drill press to sandwich them in which gave a much better result, if she can scam one of those (especially for the tuning machines too) from someone, it makes the job a lot quicker.

Comment by King Uke on December 9, 2012 at 3:20pm: Thanks for this Kalmario. I don't think she's fitted frets before. This info will really help.

Comment by Kalmario on December 9, 2012 at 2:40pm: http://www.guitarparts.co.nz/hardware-and-parts/fretwire.html

although these guys are expensive

the small stuff works well with any cheap kid size hack saw available at bunnings for under $10

last lot i got from cb gitty