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7 way strat mod. Three volumes one master tone. Where to go with output of SPDT switch? Redoing the Rusty Rat Box. Going to drill some more holes in that body. The guitar is going to have two switches. One standard five way and… Started by Cause the Blue rat	9	Dec 5, 2019 Reply by Cause the Blue rat
Has anyone used a surface mounted flat humbucker pickup on their license plat guitars? I don't want to wreck the license plate by cutting a hole in it. Has anyone used the surface mounted pups on their LPG and how did it sound? Started by Robbie	4	Nov 15, 2019 Reply by BrianQ.
Would I have a copywrite problem? Hi, I made a slide show of a guitar build to give to the customer along with the guitar, which I did. Now I would like to show the slide sh… Started by Taffy Evans	9	Nov 14, 2019 Reply by Taffy Evans
Visitors to the workshop These called in the other morning. Started by Taffy Evans	6	Nov 14, 2019 Reply by KOOL DOG HOOCH
My CBG History I built two dulcimers from scratch in the early 90s. No instructions, just a borrowed dulcimer to use as a pattern. I bought used tuners… Started by Uncle John	39	Nov 9, 2019 Reply by Denbo G
Almost done! Started by KOOL DOG HOOCH	2	Oct 27, 2019 Reply by KOOL DOG HOOCH
WEST COAST CBG FANS , BUILDERS, and PLAYERS Or should that be narrowed down to California? LOL It seems almost that there are more CBG members from the eastern US, has anyone establis… Started by Laurie Lee Campbell	8	Oct 14, 2019 Reply by rick schoen
UPDATE ON VAL On the 1st of October, Val (my wife ) was rushed to the hospital , coughing up a lot of blood . 2 days later they transferred her to… Started by the anonymous pick	25	Oct 14, 2019 Reply by Diglydog
Cigar Box Guitars for Warriors! A SOS!! Some of you may know that I've been building CBGs for the troops. Without a "official" way of communication with them(as to who or where) t… Started by KOOL DOG HOOCH	8	Oct 12, 2019 Reply by KOOL DOG HOOCH
Vurro - EL Toro Raul. OK all you one man bands out there. You got competition! Vurro - El Toro Raul Totally LOVE a sense of humor in music! Started by Cause the Blue rat	1	Oct 7, 2019 Reply by FoldedSoup

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