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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on October 10, 2014 at 11:38pm

AWESOME!  I was always wondering how that would sound.  Thanks Ben!

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Permalink Reply by Ben "C. B. Gitty" Baker on October 10, 2014 at 6:33pm

Here is the latest CBG how-to article just added to the knowledgebase over at www.CigarBoxGuitar.com.

This article is basically a "cheat sheet" that lets you figure out what string sizes to use for pretty much any tuning you could want on a cigar box guitar with a scale length from 24.5 to 25.5 inches.

Click Here to check out the article.

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Permalink Reply by Anthony Collins on November 22, 2015 at 11:03am

Planning my first build, Wooden top cigar box, through neck 3 string, electromagnetic pickup. I have ordered one of those Ebay adjustable hardtail bridges and wondering on fixing. I will be easing to top of the neck within the body to allow for the body top to move. Should I attach the hardtail to the  (movable) top of the box or fix solidly to the neck or perhaps a trapeze to the tail of the box or...

Thanks

Tony

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on November 22, 2015 at 1:10pm

The neck needs to take the pull of the strings, so the hardtail should be attached through the lid to the neck.  You'll need to reinforce your neck as you'll be cutting a lot of it out to make room for the pickup.

Are you going fretted or fretless?  If fretless, I'd skip the hardtail and go with a floating bridge, they're easier to intonate, and you can get the action higher... which is easier for playing slide.  By having higher action, the pick is less likely to scratch up the box...

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Permalink Reply by Brad Schoonmaker on July 3, 2019 at 10:16pm

I am just starting out and want to know what is the first song I should learn on a 3 string "Tuned to open G".  I guess the easiest so I will feel accomplished.  I have no music background and wanted to pick up a hobby.

Thanks for any input 

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on July 4, 2019 at 10:27am

Brad, there's this unwritten rule that the first song has to be Bad to the Bone... https://youtu.be/aQWrpmZRWxg

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Permalink Reply by Timothy Hunter on July 5, 2019 at 10:43am

so thats where i went wrong! i thought it was either smoke on the water deep purple or la grange zz top..

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Permalink Reply by Martin Simpson on August 22, 2019 at 9:51pm

Hi Shane,

I've got some pretty good plans for the Bass Canjo that  I submitted to Gitty's  customer gallery.

I was wondering if you were interested in adding them to your knowledge base. But I didn't see an easy way to send you a message. So hopefully you will see this and E-mail me.

Best regards,

Martin Simpson

Fremont,CA

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