Bowtie braces
Found a thin crack in the back. So, I made two 1/2" thick Purpleheart bowtie braces. Open the crack…
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All festival Events (168)
June 4Saturday
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9th Hwy61roadhouse roots instrument music festival June 4, 2022
June 4, 2022 from 11am to 5pm – Hwy61roadhouse & Kitchen Webster Groves MO. Organized by Bill Kunz | Type: st., louis, 9th, cigar, box, guitar, festival
August 27Saturday
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The Pennsylvania Cigar Box Guitar Festival
August 27, 2022 all day – The York Emporium FREE event features 12 acts on 2 stages, musical instrument vendors and much more. This year's fest features the return of Shane Speal's Snake Oil Band for a blistering 90 minute set starting at high… Organized by Sponsored by CBGitty.com | Type: festival
April 7Friday
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Callyfest 2023
April 7, 2023 at 12am to April 16, 2023 at 12pm – Cigar Box Nation Come one come all to Callyfest 2023! An annual Virtual CBG Music Festival held by the members of Cigar Box Nation for all to watch and/or participate. Bring your imagination & your sense of humor… Organized by Members of Cigar Box Nation | Type: virtual, musical, festival
April 22Saturday
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Cigar Box Guitar and Blues Festival
April 22, 2023 all day – Greeneville Fairgrounds Organized by John Dixon | Type: cigar, box, guitar, blues, festival
June 2Friday
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19th CBG Fest Kickoff Concert
June 2, 2023 from 6:30pm to 9pm – Salty Nut Brewery Huntsville is home to the world’s longest-running cigar box guitar festival. Join us for the kickoff concert at Salty Nut Brewery. The all-star lineup will include 2022 Independent Blues Awards &… Organized by The Cigar Box Guitar Store | Type: music, festival
June 3Saturday
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19th Annual Cigar Box Guitar Festival
June 3, 2023 from 11am to 8pm – Huntsville, AL Huntsville will again host the world's longest-running cigar box guitar festival. cigarboxguitarfestival.com will provide details on the week of CBG performances in Huntsville leading up to the big s… Organized by The Cigar Box Guitar Store | Type: music, festival
June 4Sunday
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19th CBG Fest wrap up Brunch
June 4, 2023 from 11am to 1pm – BeeZr Gastropub + Social Exchange Downtown Huntsville's BeeZr Gastropub will help wrap up our 19th year of celebrating the World's Longest-running Cigar Box Guitar Festival. Join us for a Jazz Brunch with New Orleans' Cigar Box Seren… Organized by The Cigar Box Guitar Store | Type: music, festival
July 28Friday
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Bad Axe Music Festival
July 28, 2023 to July 30, 2023 – 5650 St Two days of music and axe throwing with legendary band Ekoostik Hookah. This one is going to be an amazing time for all attending. Organized by Bad Axe Axe Throwing Gym | Type: festival
September 14Thursday
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Sugar Creek Music Festival
September 14, 2023 at 6pm to September 16, 2023 at 7pm – Benton, IL This one is going to be an absolute blast, come check out some Psychedelic Delta Grunge from your boys in Wolfeather. We will be playing a co-headlining slot from 8-930 on Thursday. This one is go… Organized by Sugar Creek Music Festival | Type: festival
September 16Saturday
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Smokin’Guitars CBG Festival Germany
September 16, 2023 at 2pm to September 17, 2023 at 5pm – https://maps.app.goo.gl/tnTrBTDnVG3LBcvF8?g_st=ic The German CBG Festival.Two days with great actors from Germany, Belgium, Luxemburg, Italy and the USA. All infos under www.CBG-friends-Germany.de Organized by CaptnCatfish | Type: smokin’guitars, cbg, festival, germany
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Building with vintage paper/pressed board cigar boxes.
Started by Chance in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion 4 hours ago. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Cigar Box Nation Christmas Album 2023???
Started by Skeesix in Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts 21 hours ago. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Fat Back Neck
Started by Jim Booth in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Carl Floyd yesterday. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Sliders only.
Started by Chance in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Taffy Evans on Tuesday. 12 Replies 1 Like
Back of the box or the lid?
Started by Justin Stanchfield in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Justin Stanchfield on Sunday. 8 Replies 1 Like
Sound holes, do we need them?
Started by RON NORTHCUTT in Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts. Last reply by Justin Stanchfield Nov 23. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Sound holes, do we need them?
Started by RON NORTHCUTT in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by RON NORTHCUTT Nov 23. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Neck and Fret Board material.
Started by Michael Bowlin in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by RON NORTHCUTT Nov 17. 11 Replies 1 Like
Cigar box piccolo ukulele string gauge
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Aw, nuts......
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Latest build.....
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humbucker height
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Pin Tin Banjo
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EBE tuning
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Attention New Members
Started by BrianQ. in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by BrianQ. Oct 28. 1 Reply 5 Likes
Buzzing strings when fretted. Frets look good. I have a zero fret license plate guitar. Break angle I can inprove at the nut however the buzzing is coming from the bridge, I used a banjo bridge.
Started by Robbie in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Taffy Evans Oct 25. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Building a gas can guitar
Started by Dave Roy in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Taffy Evans Oct 21. 3 Replies 0 Likes
String Gauges??
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First licence plate build
Started by Michael Myers in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by BrianQ. Sep 16. 10 Replies 0 Likes
What's on your workbench?
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Blog Posts
Who will be the first to embed GO in CBG? =)
Posted by Vlad on December 6, 2023 at 12:17am 4 Comments 0 Likes
Man & A Half ~ the Delta Blues Outlaws
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My first CBG from Captain Nemoff.
Posted by Vlad on November 29, 2023 at 3:41am 0 Comments 1 Like
I have not been 'round in a long time.
Posted by Craig Mayhem on November 22, 2023 at 11:28am 2 Comments 1 Like
New Album 2023
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Latest Activity
"If I do finish that Christmas tune -well it's quite diff. from what ya might expect, but on a CBG fer sher. -Glenn"
"Finishing a 3 stg. slider for a bro., then a few diddleys for fun and other Christmas gift work. Might post a seasonal song here :) -Glenn"
Building with vintage paper/pressed board cigar boxes.
I have a few cigar boxes of the pressed board/paper variety and would like tips on proper bracing,…See More
1920's Cigar Box Blues - Homemade Resonator Guitar
Old School Blues from Dave Lynas - from website https://www.reddogguitars.com Original song by Jimmy Rodgers 1929 - Nobody knows but me#cigarboxguitar #3str...
Visiting the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Phoenix, Arizona | vacation trip
"Wow! I would love to visit the MIM one day.
Thank You for sharing such wonderful photos of the…"
The First Noel by Glenn Kaiser LIVE @ Everybody’s Coffee in Wilson Abbey (12.01.2023)
"Thank you for the Christmas song 2023."
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