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Cigar boxes do not sound great. They sound like crap. Total crap. They're the last resort in the world of musical instruments. Yet we love them. Why? We want something primal. Something deeper than the Delta blues. We want an instrument that will kick our ass when we try to play it.
...Yeah, I'm drunk, but I thought I'd add a dose of perspective. Make a CBG today. Make it from whatever ya go. Then learn to play the damn thing as-is. I guarantee the music you get will be more liberating than any textbook blues song out there.
Shane Speal
so you use the lid side as your bridge side ? I always use the back of the box as the top and the lid side as the bottom as long as you releave the neck from the sound board so it isnt stiff, does this make any sense ?
Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) said:If you want to play acoustically or with a piezo pickup, you want a box as large as you can get and you want the lid to float free (don't do a through neck that is glued to the lid). You also want the bridge placed in the center of the lid, or as close as you can get it.
This is much less of a concern when dealing with magnetic pups.
I'm with you!! I want one of these things so badly. I have removed the bottom two strings from my cheap ass Jay Turser and tuned the rest of the strings to D-G-D-G just to play around with the tuning. I am loving what I hear so far. Shit, I sound like a real musician, even with a craftsman socket as a slide!!!!
Shane Speal said:Cigar boxes do not sound great. They sound like crap. Total crap. They're the last resort in the world of musical instruments. Yet we love them. Why? We want something primal. Something deeper than the Delta blues. We want an instrument that will kick our ass when we try to play it.
...Yeah, I'm drunk, but I thought I'd add a dose of perspective. Make a CBG today. Make it from whatever ya go. Then learn to play the damn thing as-is. I guarantee the music you get will be more liberating than any textbook blues song out there.
Shane Speal
yeah, I just finished my first one and was devastated when I strung it up. The action and intonation are off to where it is pretty much unplayable. Tuned it to a D-G-B-E to begin with and the intonation from open to the 12 fret on the D is off about a 1/4 of a step but the G is almost dead on, then the B is off like the D and the E is almost dead on. The other thing that I have a problem with is the action. In open position it sounds and feels great but the box I used has a beveled top. While the neck is glued flat to the top, the bevel causes the strings to be raised and the action is about 3/4" off the fretboard at the 9th fret. any ideas?? I did some things really well on this guitar and am pleased with how it looked, but I have some issues to work out. any help would be greatly appreciated.
post a pic if you want a diagnosis.... neck glue to the top? ala dulcimer?
the best,
Sam
Travis Woodall said:yeah, I just finished my first one and was devastated when I strung it up. The action and intonation are off to where it is pretty much unplayable. Tuned it to a D-G-B-E to begin with and the intonation from open to the 12 fret on the D is off about a 1/4 of a step but the G is almost dead on, then the B is off like the D and the E is almost dead on. The other thing that I have a problem with is the action. In open position it sounds and feels great but the box I used has a beveled top. While the neck is glued flat to the top, the bevel causes the strings to be raised and the action is about 3/4" off the fretboard at the 9th fret. any ideas?? I did some things really well on this guitar and am pleased with how it looked, but I have some issues to work out. any help would be greatly appreciated.
No, it's glued to the inside of the top. I will shoot some pics to you.
Wichita Sam said:post a pic if you want a diagnosis.... neck glue to the top? ala dulcimer?
the best,
Sam
Travis Woodall said:yeah, I just finished my first one and was devastated when I strung it up. The action and intonation are off to where it is pretty much unplayable. Tuned it to a D-G-B-E to begin with and the intonation from open to the 12 fret on the D is off about a 1/4 of a step but the G is almost dead on, then the B is off like the D and the E is almost dead on. The other thing that I have a problem with is the action. In open position it sounds and feels great but the box I used has a beveled top. While the neck is glued flat to the top, the bevel causes the strings to be raised and the action is about 3/4" off the fretboard at the 9th fret. any ideas?? I did some things really well on this guitar and am pleased with how it looked, but I have some issues to work out. any help would be greatly appreciated.
Here are a few pics. Not sure if you can tell much. the box top is about a 1/4" thick and that is causing some of my action problems. The intonation is the thing I can't figure out.
Travis Woodall said:No, it's glued to the inside of the top. I will shoot some pics to you.
Wichita Sam said:post a pic if you want a diagnosis.... neck glue to the top? ala dulcimer?
the best,
Sam
Travis Woodall said:yeah, I just finished my first one and was devastated when I strung it up. The action and intonation are off to where it is pretty much unplayable. Tuned it to a D-G-B-E to begin with and the intonation from open to the 12 fret on the D is off about a 1/4 of a step but the G is almost dead on, then the B is off like the D and the E is almost dead on. The other thing that I have a problem with is the action. In open position it sounds and feels great but the box I used has a beveled top. While the neck is glued flat to the top, the bevel causes the strings to be raised and the action is about 3/4" off the fretboard at the 9th fret. any ideas?? I did some things really well on this guitar and am pleased with how it looked, but I have some issues to work out. any help would be greatly appreciated.
Here are a few pics. Not sure if you can tell much. the box top is about a 1/4" thick and that is causing some of my action problems. The intonation is the thing I can't figure out.
Travis Woodall said:No, it's glued to the inside of the top. I will shoot some pics to you.
Wichita Sam said:post a pic if you want a diagnosis.... neck glue to the top? ala dulcimer?
the best,
Sam
Travis Woodall said:yeah, I just finished my first one and was devastated when I strung it up. The action and intonation are off to where it is pretty much unplayable. Tuned it to a D-G-B-E to begin with and the intonation from open to the 12 fret on the D is off about a 1/4 of a step but the G is almost dead on, then the B is off like the D and the E is almost dead on. The other thing that I have a problem with is the action. In open position it sounds and feels great but the box I used has a beveled top. While the neck is glued flat to the top, the bevel causes the strings to be raised and the action is about 3/4" off the fretboard at the 9th fret. any ideas?? I did some things really well on this guitar and am pleased with how it looked, but I have some issues to work out. any help would be greatly appreciated.
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