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What do you think is the Most Basic Cigar Box Guitar?

What do the Purist say? Just a Box a stick and wire, or thats only looks,it haz to sound like a super monster Killer guitar and look like crap, is there a general consensus on this or as many ideers as players and Builders! Are there Fraction,Left CBG Camps,Right CBG Style groeps? how is The USA Divided in to south style,midlands groove ,swampy build? whe wonder about that here in Europe, You guys live it day to day, tell us about that, are the river people more licence plate orientated, who is more wood orientated? and last but not least Must it bee Playeble?

Thats all folks Let me Know What Think,and what you believe to bee the Rule,Fact,truth,religion on the Subject!

Your friendly Home playing,building, string, stjugging kind of a BCB guy! Let me see and hear Ye Now !Greeeetttssszzz

A.D.

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Comment by Order99 on June 15, 2020 at 7:00pm: "Order99 (what does that mean)"

My first time Online was attempting to play Warcraft II (Windows 98) and I needed a Handle to sign in for the first time. Sadly I found out that Agent86 (which fit my lack of 'LEET SKILLZ' at the time) was already taken-so I typed in the next thing I free-associated...

Much later, I met and challenged Agent86 to a game-we both agreed that the handle would have suited me MUCH better than her after she crushed me effortlessly 10 games out of 10, heh heh...that was in 2001 and I never saw the need to change it.

Comment by A.D.EKER on June 15, 2020 at 12:06am: I have lookt it over, (now i know who does those basic tuners,thanks for that) and i must agree he is a great top ten candidate ! sounding good looking good , whit basic and practical for everybody global wide accesseble building materials ,so i agree whit you Order99 (what does that mean) that Uncle Crow hase a fine Basic build ! if it is the most Basic build i dont know?

Comment by Order99 on June 14, 2020 at 12:52pm: I honestly believe that Uncle Crow has the most Basic builds I have seen on the site:

https://cigarboxnation.com/forum/topics/easy-to-build-cigar-box-gui...

I fact, his 'Wingnut' tuners seem even easier than the old Peg-head builds!

Comment by A.D.EKER on April 24, 2015 at 10:01am: Thanks Wayfinder, Yep! That'l bee pretty Basic! Natural Glue Fish Glue, on paper maybee but on a CB Git? If you say so, i am whit you on the dowels, hard wood, china,or spanisch style, NO FRETS, the wire cuts it as well, so you go for the none Pick up, well if your out in the Swamp, or the Mountains that and a Jack and electrical wire ar out to ,yep if you need the Strap for standup playing, braided beard Hair, must bee the thing, a horse tail will do to cant miss the belt, not the necktie, need that for sundays, maybee rope, yessirree Whittlin knife, or any other metal, but teeth only if you have them Us Hillbilly boys are not allways gifted whit the Pearly's ,fingernails whe got twenty of them, keeps us going awhile, Thanks there Ye Wayfinder for your kind input there, whoed surely love to see yours on a picture ,when you get it ready !!! Greeeetttssszz A.D.

Comment by A.D.EKER on March 17, 2015 at 10:38am: The BCB "Basic"deLUX 2015. The Stick (Oak) The Box (Partagas)
A Bridge (Oak) a Nut (Bolt) tree string adg MARTIN'S Tuned GDG ,Parralel piezo (doorbell)to Input/output Jack,The Compromise BOSTON Tuners ,string guilding ringnut,toplid sits in the Neck groove,neck sits in the box cutout,steady as a Rock.Fretless,white dott position markers on Neck.BLACK CAT BONE CBG's HOLLAND. (Thanks to U John& Paddy)

Comment by A.D.EKER on March 14, 2015 at 11:07pm: Just seen a ad by HOBO KING CBG, THESE are I think verry Basic CBG Blues Boxes ,the only compromise thats made are the tuners. They look verry basic but sound like the real thing. Is the surprise in the customised doorbel Pie'zo, or the amps; in the End the hole set-up CBG -Electrification- Amplification, will make or brake the perseption of what is a real Basic Cigar Box Guitar. Thanks Every one Who contributed to this Blog ,and i end saying May the real Basic Sigar Box Guitar bee Discoved !