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How to Play EEB Tuning Cigar Box Guitar - Get easy, beautiful chords with this lesson Shane Speal has been championing the 3-string "EEB" tuning for years and has written several songs with it. In this lesson, he shows how… Started by Cigar Box Nation	12	Nov 3, 2018 Reply by Paul Craig
Tap Tuning Can tap tuning be effectively applied to a CBG? The only thing I can see that might be done to effect the tuning of the soundboard is addin… Started by Ken I	6	Sep 18, 2018 Reply by Cause the Blue rat
Prince Albert in a Canjo---Which 2 strings recommended for 2 string canjo build Howdy Everybody! I haven't been around in a lonnnnng time. Missed ya'll. So, to get beck into building, I thought I'd start with a easy can… Started by Richard Wilkins	5	May 1, 2018 Reply by Richard Wilkins
Newbie Question About Tuning Hi everybody, I'm not handy or crafty at all, and I know even less about guitars. So naturally I decided to build a cbg for my daughter. Mi… Started by Aaron	4	Aug 3, 2017 Reply by JL
Stumped on tunning, lost on open D I got my new CBG done last night and I got to playing it, and man am I rusty! Anyhow, I was going to tune to open G, but I could not get… Started by Jerryrig240	27	May 11, 2017 Reply by Snuffy Smith
3 stringer tuning advice for complete beginner - standard guitar or open tuning? Hi everyone, I am a complete beginner in music and guitar playing. I got a Loog guitar for my kids but liked it so much that I will build… Started by Guiyoforward	11	Oct 4, 2015 Reply by Paul Craig
Newbie question about ukulele box... I'm hoping to do a cigar box uke project. I have some guitar tuning machines lying around in great shape. Can you use guitar tuning machine… Started by PhattyPatty	5	Jul 30, 2015 Reply by John Sawyer
Tuning Problem I've built several two and the string guitars now. They are all electric. Some use a rod piezo and some a disc piezo asunder the bridge as… Started by Joel Dare	4	Apr 28, 2015 Reply by John Sawyer
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
36, 26, 17 strings & A, D, and G strings? couple of very basic questions related to first tuning of my CBG… I bought a set of electric guitar strings that are labeled 46, 36, 26, 1… Started by Mel Ristau	14	Mar 17, 2014 Reply by Mel Ristau

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