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Hi folks, I'm looking for a bit of guidance here regarding learning material, I don't know the who's who of CBG yet so who should i be studying? who does the best lessons? what's the best How To Play…Continue

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steve payne replied to Neil Venn's discussion Any more lessons by this guy? in the group How to Play a Cigar Box Guitar

"Hi Neil, This is a great lesson really well explained, I sent the guy a message asking where the other lessons were and he replied saying he had accidentaly classified them as private view only,he has now reset them for general viewing and they are…"

Jul 19, 2012

Ron "Oily" Sprague replied to steve payne's discussion Note combinations

"Steve, Yep. Scales. You can start on most any note, and make a wide variety of pleasing sounds. Follow Keni's advice. Also, allow yourself to " discover" pleasing-to-your-ear note combinations while noodling around. Listen to…"

Mar 18, 2012

Keni Lee Burgess replied to steve payne's discussion Note combinations

"Hello Steve, Give this a try to start: Open string, Fret 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12 (Major Scale) Or: Open string, Fret 3, 5, 7, 10, 12 (Pentatonic Scale) Enjoy, Keni Lee "

Mar 18, 2012

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Note combinations

I was studying my open G fretboard map yesterday and was wondering are there some set rules that i can follow regarding combining notes to produce a pleasing sound, what runs of notes or combinations of notes work well together, what are the Do's and the Don'ts?Any top tips folks for a total beginer?See More

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steve payne replied to Bullet Head Jeffrey's discussion Licks, Runs, Turnarounds, Etc... for Newbie Slide Players in the group How to Play a Cigar Box Guitar

"I would like to second this idea, I'm a total begginer and even half a dozen ideas from them that know how to play would be a great help to get started, nothing too fancy even a basic 3 chord 12 bar stum and slide lesson would be great."

Mar 14, 2012

CrocBite replied to steve payne's discussion Angling the saddle/bridge in the group How to Play a Cigar Box Guitar

"i'm not really sure about any one specific angle for every instrument, i just use my ears to place my (usually floating) bridges. assuming you are in open g: tune up the low g string, and play it open, and again while fretted at the 12th fret.…"

Mar 5, 2012

Vinylhed replied to steve payne's discussion Angling the saddle/bridge in the group How to Play a Cigar Box Guitar

"I find angling the bass end of the bridge down/away seems to fix the intonation problems. But I have seen photos of folks angling it down on the top end."

Mar 5, 2012

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Angling the saddle/bridge

I am told that I need to angle the Bridge to compensate for areas that don't vibrate at the very top and bottom of the strings to get my CBG to play properly in tune, can anyone advise me on the direction and approximate degree of angle required.Do i turn the Bridge so as to shorten the Bass string or the High string?Cheers Steve.See More

Mar 5, 2012

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"Hi Steve, let me know how you get on and if you still need a slowed down vid I'll do it for you another time... All the best Paul"

Mar 1, 2012

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"Hi Paul, got ya message, I had only viewed lesson 1 and 2 so i will check out lesson 11 and see if i can work it out from there. Cheers for the info, Steve."

Mar 1, 2012

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Blues Scale - A Beginner's Tale...

"Hi Paul, my Kenilee Burgess dvd arrived today and i have been watching lesson 2 and trying to get that blues scale going and i was wondering if you could break down that little riff that you are playing over the scale cos there is quite a bit going…"

Feb 29, 2012

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"Hi Steve, I'll check out your videos, I love the harmonica... I think you will find Keni's video very helpful. Just learning that 12 bar blues scale is worth the few dollars it cost in my book. I'll post another progression…"

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"Hi Paul, thanks for the friends request, I see you are a fellow Brit, I'm up in Geordieland with the rest of the chosen ones! I have been trying to learn some stuff off the Red Dog Music DVD but it's not much cop, the guy just say's…"

Feb 22, 2012

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Blues Scale - A Beginner's Tale...

"Hi Paul, i was well impressed with this effort after two days, so much so that i went to E-Bay and bought Keni's CD4 so i will hopefully be snappin at your heels in a couple of weeks time! thanks for the inspiration."

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steve payne replied to Roger Franklin Weston's discussion pick ups in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"Hi Roger, i was asking this exact same question a few weeks ago and there is a thred relating to it under my name with some great info and an excellent video by David Loyd in which he does actual sound comparisons between different Pickups which…"

Feb 11, 2012

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How did you learn about Cigar Box Nation?: Just surfing dude!

Hi folks, this is my first post on the site, i am brand new to CBG having only discovered them a few weeks back through reading Moaning At Midnight, the Howling Wolf story.

In the book Wolf talks about Didlely Bows and CBG's and i did a bit of surfing and liked what i saw so i decided to have a go at building one.

I can't play a note of Guitar so i'm hoping that having put the effort into building one it will push me into learning to play one!

I play a bit of Blues Harmonica and sing and write origonal songs under the name Geordiebluesman ( feel free to check out my You Tube site if you fancy a laugh!)

I have an Apalation Mountain Dulcimer which i can play a bit but it is a bit too folksy for me, i want that Delta Blues sound so i'm hoping that the CBG will get me there.

Anyway i'm looking foward to the challenge and will be glad of any Top Tips you guys can give me.

Cheers Steve AKA Geordiebluesman.

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what about them there Pickup thingy's?

Posted on January 21, 2012 at 8:28am 5 Comments 0 Likes

Well i'm at the electronics stage of my build and have a Pizzio type Pickup which apparently mounts on the underside of the Cigar Box lid,so i'm looking for some advice about the best position for tone and volume between the Bridge and the last fret or altenatevly some advice about better pickup options.

Cheers Steve AKA Geordiebluesman.

Progress being made

Posted on January 18, 2012 at 3:26pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

Despite it having been one HELL of a heavy duty week at work so far i managed to fit the string tensioners and frets to the neck of my CBG build today so it's starting to look like a bit of a Guitar now and not just a lump of wood. I'm gonna have to spent some time with the file working on those trimed fret ends though coz they're like jagged teeth at the mo!

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At 11:24am on March 1, 2012, Paul Smith said…: Hi Steve, let me know how you get on and if you still need a slowed down vid I'll do it for you another time... All the best Paul

At 7:11am on February 23, 2012, Paul Smith said…: Hi Steve, I'll check out your videos, I love the harmonica...

I think you will find Keni's video very helpful. Just learning that 12 bar blues scale is worth the few dollars it cost in my book. I'll post another progression video next Wed/Thurs. ( Just so you can chuckle!)

Keep in touch and when the video arrives let me know how you get on with it.

All the best

Paul

At 5:50pm on January 24, 2012, David L. said…: Hi Steve,

I am glad you found the video useful. My personal choice is for a magnetic pickup with a bit of piezo added. I also like to coil tap magnetic pickups so you get more choice in the sound (series/spilt coil/parallel). The box guitar was one I made a while ago (the neck is off a strat stripped for parts by an ebay seller) - I really like the big space you get in these boxes to play around with the electrics.

I hope you find the sound you are looking for.

Regards,

David

At 4:01pm on January 18, 2012, Keni Lee Burgess said…: Thank you Steve for joining my group. Feel free to add to the discussions or ask questions. Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance.

Enjoy your practice, Keni Lee

At 1:13pm on January 13, 2012, Keni Lee Burgess said…: Hello Steve,

I have instructional video CDs for 3 (CD 4 and 6) and 4 (CD 5) string CBG. Please check out the auctions:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/njmikeb/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686

Feel free to write, if you have any questions, or if I can be of any further assistance.

Enjoy playing your builds, Keni Lee