Ted Crocker's Groups (17)

Curmudgeons of Cigar Box Nation

26 members Latest Activity: yesterday

A place for all of us disgruntled old farts to gather and do curmudgeonly things. Stand up and flaunt your attitude! We've earned the right to be…

Cigar Box Basses

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

It Goes To 11

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

Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

1030 members Latest Activity: yesterday

This group is for discussing the basics of CBG building for newer builders - where to start, what to do, common pitfalls, tips and techniques.…

How to Play a Cigar Box Guitar

665 members Latest Activity: yesterday Playing tips and secrets. Tunings. Primal music theory.

6 string CBG's

165 members Latest Activity: on Friday Everything 6 string and only six stringers...post yer stuff here...don't let it get lost in the random photo secition!

Teisco and vintage Japanese Lovers group.

39 members Latest Activity: on Thursday

For all things Teisco. AND those sweet vintage japanese guitars with those vintage pickups made by Teisco that no guitar on the planet can match.…

2 String CBG builds, playing, tuning

85 members Latest Activity: on Thursday 2 string CBG only

Diddley Bows and Other Primitives

230 members Latest Activity: Apr 28 A place to discuss one-string diddley bows, washtub basses, washboards and any other primitive instrument that may fall outside the Cigar Box realm.

Piezo pickups

133 members Latest Activity: 4 hours ago

All ideas to make piezoelectric

sound good and stable.

Can Jo Consortium

164 members Latest Activity: Apr 26 The simplest little resonator instrument of all. Please add links to plans, photos of your canjos and ideas you've found that make the most of this…

Solidbody city

59 members Latest Activity: May 10

CBGs, cookie tins.. They're great.. But sometimes a necks just too nice to stick in a recycled container...
And sometimes you just gotta rock…

Low Budget Land

333 members Latest Activity: May 9 Cigar box guitar builders are a creative and resourceful bunch. Share ideas for CBG materials and supplies that are free, nearly free, or recycled.

CB Nation Recording Studio

244 members Latest Activity: Apr 18 An experimental recording collective where members of the Nation can collaborate on music with other members. Please start a new discussion for each…

CBG News

205 members Latest Activity: Jan 25 A home for news articles, interviews, press releases and anything that's out there spreading the word, or what you want out there spreading the…

CBG wiring & electronics.

500 members Latest Activity: 6 hours ago

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…

Ted's Mad Scientist Lab

197 members Latest Activity: May 1 Where music and invention collide...