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Best places to get cigar boxes? I just discovered the whole cigar box guitar thing last week and am already mildly addicted... okay, maybe very addicted. I built my first… Started by Kevin	11	Jan 3, 2010 Reply by James Walter
Transducer hanky roll Well, I have been wanting a "better sound" out of my new cbg I made a while back. I have been tinkering with trying to wrap my own pickup..… Started by Jerryrig240	10	Jan 3, 2010 Reply by Fergus Morris
A 30 in scale?? I have an experimental project in mind, and in order for it to work and look halfway decent, the neck will have to be long enough to accomm… Started by Dan Sleep	7	Jan 2, 2010 Reply by Tyler Higdon
suggestions please?!?! ok guys and gals, here is the deal, just recently (bout 2 weeks ago) finished m 2 string cbbg, eyebolt tuners made from 1X2 stick with an a… Started by NoxTerran	5	Jan 2, 2010 Reply by NoxTerran
Truss rods I need the advice of 6 string builders out there. I want to make myself a nice CBG: 6 strings, pup, string through design, real tune-o-mati… Started by James Walter	4	Jan 1, 2010 Reply by Skeesix
3rd G String is always cracking Hi all, I did my first build last week and I am very satisfied with the result so far... pics will follow soon. But I have one problem. I… Started by Skull Box Mojo	4	Dec 31, 2009 Reply by Jkevn
Frets ? I bought a CBG for christmas and the neck has to frets or markings. I would like to add them. The distance along the neck to strings widen… Started by Tommy	8	Dec 30, 2009 Reply by Tommy
reso pickup placement I am wanting to build a reso with a store bought pick up. What is a favoritre place to place the pick up. Is under the strings near the nec… Started by Mungo Park	6	Dec 29, 2009 Reply by Mungo Park
A little hep on volume and tone controls Finishing up my second CBG and decided to add volume and tone controls. The problem is the volume only seems to work at between the 9 and 1… Started by Lucky	8	Dec 27, 2009 Reply by Dan Tomkinson
Using a bolt-on neck design Alright, I'll admit it - marking out and setting frets is probably my least favorite part of a build, especially since I'm fairly limited i… Started by Jason Konopinski	4	Dec 26, 2009 Reply by Mark Werner

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