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News - Metallica on cigar box guitar, Free Dire Straits lesson, Ed Stilley, weird slide guitars & more...Dear Cigar Box Nation, This week's newsletter is jam-packed because most of the features came straight from you! Bluesboy Jag reports fr… Started by Cigar Box Nation Official |
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Cigar Box Nation News - January 24Cigar Box Nation News for January 24. We just returned from New Orleans and our heads are still spinning. Three days of concerts, a film s… Started by Cigar Box Nation Official |
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News - Save the New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar FestSave the New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Fest: Tonight, I've set up a special Kickstarter to save this week's New Orleans fest. A couple o… Started by Cigar Box Nation |
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Jan 17, 2017 Reply by John Sawyer |
Cigar Box Nation News - Jan 17, 2017Cigar Box Nation newsletter for January 17. Trouble with this email? Read it in your browser -Ben "Gitty" writes: As of last night, onl… Started by Cigar Box Nation |
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Cigar Box Nation News - Jan 10, 2017FIVE STRING MANDOLIN BY JASON ROSENTRETER. Built following the 1922 Cigar Box Mandolin plans (linked below). 14" scale length. Tuned in… Started by Cigar Box Nation |
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Cigar Box Nation News - Free TAB: Auld Lang Syne on Cigar Box Guitar + AC/DC CBGCigar Box Nation founder, Shane Speal just completed these two Gittylele uke kits, customized with hours of woodburning art. The top uke… Started by Cigar Box Nation |
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The Future of Cigar Box NationHello Everyone, I wanted to write a few words to talk honestly about the health and longevity of Cigar Box Nation. As usual, the post ended… Started by Ben "C. B. Gitty" Baker |
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Cigar Box Nation News - The Lita Ford CBG Interview! Shotgun guitar, more Bull TV show detailsStarted by Cigar Box Nation |
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Cigar Box Nation News - Bull TV show, DIY cajon snare, Seasick SteveIt's the Cigar Box Nation newsletter! We had planned on creating a 12 Days of Christmas feature, but there's more than 12 tremendous thin… Started by Cigar Box Nation |
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Cigar Box Nation News - Working Shotgun Guitar (!) + Free plan archive update, Frankenstein guitars, more...OUR PRESENT TO YOU: We just expanded entire Cigar Box Nation Archive of DIY Instrument Plans! With 20 new projects available, you can ea… Started by Cigar Box Nation |
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- CigarBoxGuitar.com - the knowledgebase of the homemade music movement.
- Cigar Box Music - How-to-Build CBGs DVDs, How to Play CBG and more!
- 3-String-Guitar.com - John "Red Dog" McNair's unique take on cigar box guitars and their history - lots of historic photos!
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Cigar Box Nation Christmas Album 2023???
Started by Skeesix in Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts 7 hours ago. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Fat Back Neck
Started by Jim Booth in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Carl Floyd 13 hours ago. 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
Started by Tracy Glenn McDougal in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by BrianQ. Nov 13. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Aw, nuts......
Started by James Pobog in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Order99 Nov 6. 11 Replies 2 Likes
Latest build.....
Started by James Pobog in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Taffy Evans Nov 4. 1 Reply 4 Likes
humbucker height
Started by Mel Cooke in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Mel Cooke Nov 4. 5 Replies 2 Likes
Pin Tin Banjo
Started by Michael Bowlin in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Taffy Evans Nov 1. 11 Replies 0 Likes
EBE tuning
Started by Thomas A Morphew in Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts. Last reply by Carl Floyd Oct 30. 2 Replies 0 Likes
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??
Started by Jim138 in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by BrianQ. Oct 14. 6 Replies 0 Likes
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?
Started by Paul Craig in Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts. Last reply by Carl Floyd Sep 8. 2270 Replies 20 Likes
3 string or 4? Trying to make a decision
Started by Nathan Binns in Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts. Last reply by Carl Floyd Aug 17. 14 Replies 2 Likes
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
Posted by billy jones bluez on December 2, 2023 at 12:33pm 0 Comments 1 Like
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
Posted by Gary O'slide on November 5, 2023 at 2:41am 0 Comments 1 Like
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The First Noel by Glenn Kaiser LIVE @ Everybody’s Coffee in Wilson Abbey (12.01.2023)
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Cigar Box Nation Christmas Album 2023???
Just wondering if there was going to a Cigar Box Nation Christmas album this year?It seems that…See More
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Visiting the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Phoenix, Arizona | vacation trip
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