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Permalink Reply by Little Soul Eric on October 26, 2009 at 1:02am

Hi Smojo and yellowbelly,
Cheers for the welcome !!

Yellowbelly Flatt said:

Hi Mark,
just thought I'd say hello and welcome to the nation. I hope to see your photos soon.

Yellowbelly

smojo said:

Hi Mark - welcome to the nuthouse. Another Northener eh! Must be something in the water. Look forward to some photos.

mark crew said:

Hi All,
I`m Mark 38 from Doncaster South Yorkshire and very new to CBG( Thanks to Seasick Steve ).
but ive been messing about with guitars for years.
So now ive took the plung and started making two of my own, one is being made out an old cb radio case so it really will be a CBG(haha) an the other one is made from a cigar box.
i`ll put some photos up here once they are finished.

Permalink Reply by richard tait on October 29, 2009 at 2:02am

hi there southpaw dick i play aleft handed lowebowe made by the legend john lowe, might be the only one in the uk . got into cbg s 3 years ago after watching richard jonstone on youtube.i live near durham tyne and wear.hope to get more into the uk scene .

Permalink Reply by MrRandomWritings (Backwater Bri) on November 2, 2009 at 8:46pm

Hello there

My name is Brian. I used to based in London and was a harp player with a little Blues band in the 80's. Moved to Devon a couple of years ago with my guitar collection and bought a mountain dulcimer. Decided I wanted a stick dulcimer so I set about making one from scratch – that led me into various cigar box type instruments – (actually I either make the bodies or use old trinket boxes) and I now have 6 assorted versions. Then I discovered the joys of fretless necks and then went electric.

I have a couple of channels on YouTube and have just opened a new one to showcase my music http://www.youtube.com/user/MRandomWritingsMusic

I have a bunch of “How to” videos or more “How I did it” videos showing how I made my instruments if anyone is interested.

Hoping to meet some like minded people and pick up a few tips on this site.

Oh and if anyone needs a harp player for a local gig...

Cheers

Brian

Permalink Reply by smojo on November 2, 2009 at 9:58pm

Hi Brian

Glad you found us and welcome. Had a quick look at one of your vids. Love it. Haven't time to watch them all through now but I'm definitley going back to them later. What are you using for the special effects on the video side of it and what are you using to get that 'slowly vanishing repeat' effect on the audio side of it. Fascinated to know. Cheers, David (smojo)

Permalink Reply by jason noon on November 6, 2009 at 3:06pm

Hi my name is jase. Still hav'nt developed a blues name yet :(
I come from Widemouth bay in Cornwall. moved to Exeter in Devon about five years ago.
I started playing the guitar when i was about 16. played the same old thing for about 8 years. (whilst my slide got dusty on the shelf) until one day!!! i always loved the blues and the slide made it. I started to build CBG's about a year ago It was because of the legend seasick Steve. Thought i could build a 3 string guitar. then discovered the cigar box. I've been obsessed since.

Permalink Reply by Andrew Hughes on November 8, 2009 at 11:48am

Hi all
Been interested in CBG's for ages, but never got round to making anything of my own. However - maybe twice a year I get the urge to make something I've not made before. It started looking into building a kayak, but there's not that much room in my flat, so CBG's filled a hole. I'm a very bad guitar and banjo player - and I've settled on cutting up an old guitar I found in a junk shop to make my first CBB (is that what Cigar Box Banjos are called?).
I work in museum object conservation, preserving our nations heritage. Hope that some of my skills might come in handy.
Anyone know of a good way to cut gown a guitar neck without replacing the frets?

Permalink Reply by smojo on November 8, 2009 at 10:09pm

Welcome guys. Jason I think we have a few members down Devon way now, you might be able to seek them out and arrange an informal meet-up. Yes, cbg stuff does get obsessive. Andrew, sounds like an interesting job. I once considered cutting a 6 string neck in half to get two 3 stringers out of it but decided it was easier to make new ones. The only way I can think you might be able to do it is with a bandsaw with a metal cutting blade fitted.

Permalink Reply by Mark on November 8, 2009 at 11:55pm

How much do you want to take off?

Also, consider taking the frets off first. It's actually quite easy to remove frets and to fit new ones.

Andrew Hughes said:

Anyone know of a good way to cut gown a guitar neck without replacing the frets?

Permalink Reply by Carl Robson on April 20, 2010 at 7:55am

Hi, I'm Carl.
Another southerner (London born) transplanted to the North. Lived in Warrington for the last 15 years, but as a kid lived over a lot of Northern England and some of Scotland.

I'm 41, and have no musical ability except a very guitar and drum lessons at school about 30 years ago.
I'm planning on making a 3 string out of either an old buscuit tin or lunch box and go electric and make some noise with it.

I just split after a 15 year relationship went sour and have my own place now so I can make as much racket as I like without upsetting her, learning to play slide.

Oh and by the way, yes I am an old 80's goth and keep up with it, and plan to learn/adapt some of the old 80's guitar based goth numbers to CBG as well as old punk and blues sound.

Permalink Reply by Mark on April 22, 2010 at 12:52am

Looks like I get to be the first to jump in and say welcome Carl.

Don't worry about musical ability - if you had guitar and drum lessons at school you probably have more of it than me and possibly more of it than some people who nevertheless play a pretty mean CBG!

The biscuit tin plan sounds great - my first build used a tin and I think tins can often be a better choice than wooden boxes.

And you can certainly try playing whatever the heck you like on it - CBGs are certainly not exclusively blues instruments...of course you'll need some sort of cigar box chorusy, phasery reverb thing if you want a genuinely "cigar box goth" sound. Actually, now I come to think about it, I've heard several people doing versions of "Personal Jesus" on CBGs and that started out as a Depeche Mode number - not exactly goth but they were definitely a big 80s band.

Permalink Reply by Carl Robson on April 22, 2010 at 1:13am

Funnily enough, It was the Johnny Cash version of Personal Jesus that I prefer most. That and his version of N.I.N's Hurt. There is real pain in that.

I'm sure of the rockier stuff, or even the electronic Cruxshadows stuff could translate well.

Now just need to find that biscuit tin, without buying a full one and eating my way to a guitar.

Mark aka. Junk Box Instruments said:

Looks like I get to be the first to jump in and say welcome Carl.

Don't worry about musical ability - if you had guitar and drum lessons at school you probably have more of it than me and possibly more of it than some people who nevertheless play a pretty mean CBG!

The biscuit tin plan sounds great - my first build used a tin and I think tins can often be a better choice than wooden boxes.

And you can certainly try playing whatever the heck you like on it - CBGs are certainly not exclusively blues instruments...of course you'll need some sort of cigar box chorusy, phasery reverb thing if you want a genuinely "cigar box goth" sound. Actually, now I come to think about it, I've heard several people doing versions of "Personal Jesus" on CBGs and that started out as a Depeche Mode number - not exactly goth but they were definitely a big 80s band.

Permalink Reply by Carl Robson on April 22, 2010 at 1:19am

This springs to mind.

Mark aka. Junk Box Instruments said:

Looks like I get to be the first to jump in and say welcome Carl.

Don't worry about musical ability - if you had guitar and drum lessons at school you probably have more of it than me and possibly more of it than some people who nevertheless play a pretty mean CBG!

The biscuit tin plan sounds great - my first build used a tin and I think tins can often be a better choice than wooden boxes.

And you can certainly try playing whatever the heck you like on it - CBGs are certainly not exclusively blues instruments...of course you'll need some sort of cigar box chorusy, phasery reverb thing if you want a genuinely "cigar box goth" sound. Actually, now I come to think about it, I've heard several people doing versions of "Personal Jesus" on CBGs and that started out as a Depeche Mode number - not exactly goth but they were definitely a big 80s band.

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