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Quote: I can see CBG tops being sprinkled with glitter & vibration tested. :) Haha, possibly no need for that carl. I know you jest. But some members have commented on the method of "tapping" in order to judge the response of…"
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Cigar box dimensions
Started this discussion. Last reply by Taffy Evans Mar 7, 2022. 19 Replies 0 Likes
Hi, I am making my first guitar box out of local timber, 250 x 200, and wondering what depth it should be as a starting point? Our acoustic guitar is 110mm deep, by comparison.The local hardwood …Continue
CBG design confusion
Started this discussion. Last reply by JillB Feb 25, 2022. 2 Replies 0 Likes
My first CBG design. Here are my thinking aloud thoughts:I was keen to have a 300 x 200 box, with the bridge about 60mm in from the rear side, allowing for plenty of vibration area on the box.To get…Continue
Installing neck in CBG
Started this discussion. Last reply by Taffy Evans Feb 27, 2022. 20 Replies 1 Like
Having trouble finding videos or instruction on how to fit the neck to the box. I want to make my first CBG with the neck ending inside the box.After making the U shaped cutout on the front side,…Continue
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""Did you check out Carleen Hutchins's work?"
Since the links I found on this website pertaining to her no longer pointed to info about her, here are some…"
"Hi jillB, Quote hi Brian, what do you think is a good position for a bridge please? How do you find it?
Hi JillB, what I would try is to build the box, top back, and neck fitted [can be temporary] string up and with a movable bridge start at one…"
"Just keep asking the questions Jill. Really interesting answers and advice, so helping me tons and saves me having to ask ‘em. Thanks."
"Nice and timely reality check there for me, thanks Taff"
"Hi, seems like I/we are moving away from the KISS principle of Cigar
Box Guitar building and I don't think for a moment that this is all that important to get a sound out of a small box, an instrument made of found materials. But it's an…"
"Thanks for this link, Taff, I am in my 7rth heaven with the page on Guitar Acoustics. All from my old alma mater too where I studied Electrical Engineering all those years ago (50+). Small world.
I used to do a bit of travelling wave…"
"Hi JillB, I like your style, you sound like my son, the person I made the video for, and the makings of a CBG in parts as a teaser to get him interested. He built the one I sent him and was so overcome with the challenges of "doing it…"
""Jill, can you please stop asking such interesting questions"
Sorry, Taff, but it is such an interesting subject, and I am on a really steep learning curve. And being a perfectionist, I thought I would just read up on it, draw it up…"
"Hi, I’m no physics type I work it out by experiment and experience and suspect you will do the same over time. When I was asked to build a CBG for a guy I had never heard of one let alone seen one. The customer explained what it was, and I…"
"Taff’s pic & post from the earlier post is a good example of bridge placement?"
"hi Brian, what do you think is a good position for a bridge please? How do you find it?"
"Many thank Taff, a real eye opener, and very timely too. Having decided on a box 300 x 200 x 60 OD based on available timber, I went looking for an F-note, and found one as per attached, and drew up a template for my router with a 10mm guide bush…"
"Hi Brian Q, yes dead right. These were built to see what others were getting when no or small soundholes are used - bridge placed near tail - small box - budget materials - low action.
I gradually changed these features to observe…"
"Yea Taff, that’s not the greatest place for a bridge, not much balance between volume & acoustics. "
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- At 7:24pm on February 23, 2022,
BrianQ. said…
Useful step by step of simple cbg:
https://www.cigarboxguitar.com/knowledge-base/how-to-make-a-simple-cigar-box-guitar-metric-included/
- At 7:11pm on February 23, 2022,
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Camera suggestions?
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CBG site issues, continued.
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Anyone used a violin-style tailpiece on a CBG?
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Guitar for the grandson
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Building with vintage paper/pressed board cigar boxes.
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