A brief rudimentary lesson on tuning and some CBG basics.

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Comment by Kevin Sprague (Knotlenny) on November 28, 2012 at 1:12pm

Careless John,

hmm . . . awful sounding when you go up the neck?  Maybe the intonation is off?  (I like to drop that fancy term cuz it makes me sound smart) hehe - but it just means that maybe the frets (or fret markers) are not located properly?  How did you arrive at the positions for the frets?

Comment by Careless John on November 26, 2012 at 5:18am

Knotlenny you make this look simple but Iv'e been struggling man ...!!! when I slide to the 7th and 5th it sounds awful ...!!!

Comment by Christopher Wittmann on July 12, 2012 at 2:18pm

Very good video, simple and to the point.

Comment by terry cullen on March 31, 2012 at 6:59pm

Decided to get really 'with it' and have changed my name to Blind Lemon Tea following my cataract surgery!

Comment by terry cullen on March 31, 2012 at 6:56pm

new to cigar box guitars. Bought one at Newcastle guitar show from Chickenbone John. Can't put it down. Written four songs already. No rules no limits! Great video too.

 

Comment by rober Fast on October 11, 2011 at 1:24pm

Hello

Hi  im very new with the cbg  but id love to know about  12 songs or so that is played the same way as Mabelline . I still don't have it down that good but its getting there .  Thanks   Bob 

Comment by Mark A. StoneBear Dierker on September 22, 2011 at 4:17am
Excellent! I just bought a Shane Speal acoustic fretless 3 String and I'm working on my own electric 3 string. I think you just helped me make the decision to fret or not to fret.
Comment by Alan Redshaw on August 17, 2011 at 7:45pm

Hi, hoping to purchase my first CBG very soon. I have heard arguments for both sides but truly which is the best to start off with, a 3 or 4 string. I have it in my mind a 4 string will be harder simply because it has 4 strings and not 3. If I get good enough (hopefully) on 3 strings will I be annoyed I did not get a 4 string, confusion yes.

 

alan

Comment by Fredrik Hertzberg on July 18, 2011 at 2:47am

Excellent, very helpful.

:-D

 

Comment by Kevin Sprague (Knotlenny) on June 11, 2011 at 1:50am
Wow, this was from my "Fat Elvis" period . . .

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