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3 Lessons for the Blues, Slide Guitar & Cigar Box Guitar Building

Three brand new lessons for playing the Blues, tasteful slide guitar & getting the best tones from your cigar box guitars.

NEW TODAY: Quick Blues Lick of the Week: The T-Shape Riff A seriously badass…

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Added by Cigar Box Nation on November 15, 2017 at 5:48am — 1 Comment

My first solo build - and first post

After designing a few CBGs and lap diddley bows that my husband brought to life with power tools, I made my first solo creation this week, and I'm smitten with my guitar style diddley bow.

While I've made 2 lap diddley bows and 4 CBGs with 3 strings with my husband on the power tools and me on design,…

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Added by Janis Wilson Hughes on January 2, 2016 at 4:54am — 20 Comments

Install a CORTADO Balanced Output Piezo Pickup in a Banjolele

We recently posted this Instructable describing how to install a Cortado balanced-out pickup in a banjolele. This pickup runs into a little circuit that balances the signal and matches the impedance to a mixing console -- similar to a preamp or active DI. The instrument plugs…

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Added by Zeppelin Design Labs on November 23, 2015 at 5:56am — No Comments

3 WAY SWITCH HELP!

Hi there people!

I am in a new proyect in doing a 6 string 3/4 scale CBG, and I am almost done.

One single coil and a piezo for that electric and acouctic sound, but I am in a dilema. HOW TO USE THIS SWITCH IN THIS DIAGRAM FROM TED CROCKER?…

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Added by juan garcia on July 10, 2013 at 6:31am — 1 Comment

Gifted or gifts

Ok, we can become obligated to much to quickly.

That friend I way underpriced that build for is waiting his guitar. He told me today he knew he was getting a real bargan. He ain't no fool. So tonight I started cutting sound holes and the drill bit snagged, tore out a hole. Have to find all the little pieces and glue then back in, and tomorrow when all is dry cut it out by hand. However, I soldered in the Double Piezo pickups, one under the bass strings and one under the high string,…

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Added by frank tennyson on October 9, 2012 at 3:11pm — No Comments

How I do a simple piezo pickup including tool and parts tips

Here is how I do a simple piezo pickup

A trip to Radio Shack will get you the piezo and 1/4 inch mono jack. They are in a drawer case towards the back of the store and most stores usually have them in stock. The piezo you are looking for is the 273-073 and costs 2$ and the jacks are

#274-255 and are two for 4 You can also pickup a 25 or 30 watt soldering iron… Continue

Added by Bill Ludeman on March 26, 2010 at 9:30pm — 19 Comments

Its alive. Its ALIVE!!!

HAH. Electronics does NOT get the best of me -- even when I do STOOPID things.

I attempted to build the Ruby preamp from runoffgroove and heh, ground the volume pot and the #3 leg of the LM386 and you have SOUND dumba55...

Anyhow. WOW does it work.

BUT... you better be prepared to solder well....

-Wes

Added by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on June 2, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Experimental Musical Instruments resources...

This site has a lot that could be used by CB builders.
Tuners, electronics, piezo film and cable - (to lay in bottom of bridge slot)
individual spot pickups suitable for diddly bows,
jacks and pots and shielded cable... etc. All in small quantities.
fret wire, and tuning machines too...
The rest of their site is pretty interesting too.
Check them out.
http://www.windworld.com/products/catalog.htm#hardware

Added by David Beede on April 1, 2009 at 10:06pm — 3 Comments