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" The Pennsylvania Cigar Box Guitar Fest is just two weeks away. Aug 28 in York PA. Hope to see you there. Directions at www.cigarboxguitar.com"

Aug 16, 2010

Keni Lee Burgess left a comment for Chris

"Hello, I have started a CBN group entitled, "How to Play CBG" It is my hope and intention to encourage the "Wealth of Talent" here on the Nation to share their knowledge and skill to further the CBG movement. Please consider…"

Aug 23, 2009

Shane left a comment for Chris

"Pennsylvania cigar box guitarists unite!!! See the new group for us: http://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/keystonestatecbg"

Aug 10, 2009

Jkevn replied to Chris's discussion Fret Issues

"You didn't say which template you used, or its scale. Did it look like this: There are some issues when printing this scale on different printers...learned the hard way. The good news is, the problem is with the ratio/size that prints on your…"

Aug 6, 2009

One String Willie replied to Chris's discussion Fret Issues

"Hi Chris- If you have measured and installed the frets and nut carefully, the distance from the nut to the 12th fret should be the same as the distance from the 12th fret to the bridge (i.e. the 12th fret should be at the midpoint of the nut to…"

Aug 6, 2009

Wichita Sam replied to Chris's discussion Fret Issues

"Chris, Measure nut to twelveth fret... double the measure and see it that is true to the measure of nut to bridge... If so, go to http://www.stewmac.com/FretCalculator generate a table for your guitar's scale and see if the frets are located…"

Aug 6, 2009

Chris posted a discussion

Fret Issues

Hi everyone,I am mostly done building my first cigar box guitar. I decided that I wanted to fret the instrument and found and used a template online for measuring the spacing and the overall distance between the nut and the bridge. I started to string the instrument and found that the frets are not true to the notes they should be. Does anyone have any suggestions on adjustments I can make (the nut and bridge are not set in their place yet) that will solve this issue?Any advice is greatly…See More

Aug 6, 2009

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Chris and surffrogg are now friends

Jul 28, 2009

B Tal left a comment for Chris

"Welcome Chris, Now get some pics up! yell If I can help with anything."

Jul 27, 2009

surffrogg left a comment for Chris

"welcome fellow PA cbger there are quite a few of us here and several right there from bethlehem.This is a great place to learn and share what u know and if u have any questions everyone here is eager to help just post them or pop into chat and say…"

Jul 24, 2009

Chris and Ted Crocker are now friends

Jul 24, 2009

Ted Crocker left a comment for Chris

"Welcome Chris! Cigar Box Nation is the epicenter of cigar box and handmade instrument activity on the planet! There are a lot of friendly, helpful people and lots to do, see, hear and learn. Just ask if you need a hand with anything, we're…"

Jul 24, 2009

Chris is now a member of Cigar Box Nation

Jul 24, 2009

Welcome Them!