All Blog Posts Tagged 'Box' (8)

I listen to CBG on YouTube and CBN at work. It appears others Eaves Drop on my music. A co-worker comes into my office to "Chill" occassionally and he really likes the music. I like the old delta blues and just CBG blues in general. He likes the music where the notes are crisp and sharp.

I'd mentioned I had built two CBGs. He asked me one day if I build "those guitars". I replied "Yes".

He asked what did I get out of them. I said $75.00 unfretted and $100.00 fretted. Of course…

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Jamie Mac Blues had a great Idea following his song tribute to put together a CBN tribute album.

So please post any tributes you have here and somehow we will figure out how to do the rest. (Help!!!)

 

MP3 for the album and post a Video for us all to see as well if you like.

 

To Start You off:

 

Bugs Tribute Song…

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The Delta Box will be a Crocker production instrument.  I'm creating all the templates, jigs, components and hardware so I can assemble many of these at a time.  The complete opposite of what I usually do.

 

The box

 

Using a Forstner bit in the drill press to make holes for the…

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Here's little something I just finished doing  - Joya De Nicaragua CBG. The first CBG I've made.

The neck and fretboard are made of mahogany. I made the neck with dual-action truss rod. Fretboard has 15' radius.    Nut is made of moosebone, The bridge/pickup is Ted Crocker flatbed combo customized by me. I removed the original brass bridge and replaced it with customized 2,5…

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a friend told me about a flea market that had some cigar boxes....stopped in and scored a couple of nice ones, but the lagniappe box I picked up i think is vintage, but I'm not really sure. It has a 'Jockey Club' logo embossed on the top and front side. There is also a logo with a horse in it that says 'The Winner'. Anyone know anything about this particular box? It's not all that big, but I think it would make a fine ukulele. I'll try to get a picture of it and post it up so that may help.… Continue

It does'nt look like I'll be teaching this year as the state ran out of money. I'll keep checking in to see.

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Friday, July 4, 2008Learn to build cigar-box guitars







Nancy Oliver Hayden

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Larry McPheeters plays a guitar that he made by hand from a recycled cigar box. He will demonstrate the craft and talk about its history this weekend at the Valhalla Twin Cabins.

Jim Grant / Tahoe Daily TribuneLarry McPheeters will… Continue