frank tennyson's Groups (28)

Sell Those Puppies!

82 members Latest Activity: Apr 29

A group to discuss selling the instruments and accessories we build.  Where to sell, how to display, what works and what doesn't.  Where do you…

Tenor Guitar (cbg)

67 members Latest Activity: Apr 29 We all fashion our cigar box guitars into the format of regular guitars, so why not do something new with your cbg. Make it a tenor cigar box guitar.…

Piezo pickups

132 members Latest Activity: May 3

All ideas to make piezoelectric

sound good and stable.

Four String Cigar Box Guitars

118 members Latest Activity: on Thursday Group for those who are interested to find out more and swap ideas for builds, chords and tunings for these versatile instruments!

Banjo Players Unite!

64 members Latest Activity: on Thursday Just a place for all things banjo, 5 String, Tenor, Plectrum...and of course DIY creations.

Cigar Box Basses

250 members Latest Activity: yesterday Where the lords of the lower frequencies dwell!!!

Purgatory Hill Fan Club

120 members Latest Activity: Mar 14 The fan page for Purgatory Hill, the gothic blues duo of pAt mAcdonald and melaniejane. Post your show reviews, pics and more.

Record Store

33 members Latest Activity: Feb 14 Record and release your own CBG album? Post about it here. Give us links to where we can buy it. Also post reviews of your favorite cigar box…

Old School

75 members Latest Activity: Apr 18 19th and 20th century references to the humble cigar box guitar.

Dulcimers and Strummers

298 members Latest Activity: on Thursday This group is opened to everyone that builds, plays or just likes the sound of a dulcimer. Both the strum and lap types, it`s all in the fretting.

Vintage Lap Steel Plans group

98 members Latest Activity: Apr 23 A discussion group for building the vintage lap steel from plans posted in the FREE PLANS section of Cigar Box Nation.

Headless guitar tuners

28 members Latest Activity: Apr 28

All ideas to make headless guitar tuners if you are…

CBGs for Service Members

312 members Latest Activity: 7 hours ago A connection source to supply military personnel -- both away and returned -- with a handcrafted instrument.
This not limited to the US, folks!…

How good can it sound unplugged?

113 members Latest Activity: Apr 28 Share experience, tips & tricks that have produced the best acoustic unplugged sound in your cigar box instruments. This applies to commercial or…

It Goes To 11

399 members Latest Activity: 12 hours ago Amps, amplification, effects, hackwiring and general mayhem. Anarchists welcome

Home Made Guitar Amps

91 members Latest Activity: on Thursday

This is a group for home made guitar amps.

CBG Tabs

404 members Latest Activity: on Thursday So you built your CBG and now you need something to play on it, right? Well, if you're not completely musically inclined or can't read traditional…

CBG wiring & electronics.

499 members Latest Activity: on Thursday

Want to plug that thing in? Here's a place to share ideas about pickups (Both magnetic and piezo) and wiring in volume and tone control, the best…

Intermediate building tips and tricks forum

165 members Latest Activity: on Thursday This forum is for sharing general building information that falls between "CBG building 101" and "Super advanced building"

Wine Box Guitars

56 members Latest Activity: on Thursday Drink and build !