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Making a Bottle Top Slide Making a Bottle Top Slide Hey People. So I've learned how to make bottle top slides...successfully. It took a lot of time and a lot of fai… Started by Eric Davis	14	Feb 23, 2016 Reply by John Sawyer
Writing Tabs for Slide Guitar I'm wanting to write my own tabs for my slide CBG but don't know which program to use. I do have MuseScore on my pc, but I couldn't figure… Started by Eric Davis	2	Feb 18, 2016 Reply by Eric Davis
the middle G string is breaking when I try to tune I have a cbg and scale measures 610 mm ( 24 " ) . The stringing I used was 0.011 caliber . I tried to tune like this: low G middle D midd… Started by Alcides Cursino de Siqueira Neto	6	Nov 18, 2015 Reply by Alcides Cursino de Siqueira Neto
Gorgeous 6 String Arturo Fuente by Bluesboy Jag Dozens of boxes to choose from to make this model. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3OqEs3USl4 http://www.jagshouse.com/cbg/images/6string… Started by Bluesboy Jag	0	Mar 20, 2015
Crooked box lid? Hi guys. I have this box (picture attached) and I just noticed the lid is all bent/crooked. I don't have a clue on how that happened. Any o… Started by Marty the random guy	9	Feb 11, 2015 Reply by JL
Question regarding simplistic electronics for jack plug My speaker wires are marked for both positive and negative where they connect to the speaker assembly at the back. I picked up some 1/4" mo… Started by James Huey	13	Sep 16, 2014 Reply by robert jones
Most popular 3-string tuning? What's your favorite 3-string tuning? I hope to produce a bunch more lessons and want them to be useful for as many people as possible. The… Started by Rick McKeon	6	Jul 16, 2014 Reply by Rick McKeon
New build - Acoustic 3 string CBG Just finished this one up for a coworker. We're in Richmond, Va and I happened to find a Richmond Va box. Neck and fret board are oak. F… Started by Eric Kasten	6	Jun 13, 2014 Reply by Eric Kasten
free cbg lessons Hi Everybody, I just joined the Cigar Box Nation. For a bunch of free lessons check my website here https://rickmckeon.com/cbglessons.html … Started by Rick McKeon	15	Jun 11, 2014 Reply by Rick McKeon
Bluesboy Jag at the Kansas City CBG fest Aug 17 2014. Bluesboy Jag will be playing the Kansas City CBG Fest Aug 17th, 2014. Looking forward to seeing my fellow cbg makers there. http://www.jags… Started by Bluesboy Jag	4	Jun 8, 2014 Reply by Bluesboy Jag

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Everyone can make CBG. And I did it =)

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