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"Wow, can't wait to see the finished instrument. Going to be a stunner." PhilUSAFRet replied Mar 24, 2017 to Building my 1st Cigar Box Bass with Cerrywood box and tiger stripe maple neck	2	Mar 27, 2017 Reply by Mark Wood
"Uke players use the acoustic guitar version of the Behringer Bass Driver to get the…" PhilUSAFRet replied Feb 15, 2016 to Bass strings??	13	Mar 25, 2016 Reply by jeffrey ross
"Strings must be matched to scale length for best performance. It's a tension thing." PhilUSAFRet replied Feb 11, 2016 to Bass strings??	13	Mar 25, 2016 Reply by jeffrey ross
"Yup, have to knot them." PhilUSAFRet replied Dec 10, 2015 to UBass strings	3	Dec 11, 2015 Reply by Bobby Fields
"nice job. Looks and sounds great. Thanks for sharing " PhilUSAFRet replied Jul 13, 2015 to 1st time builder, bass uke, is this plausible?	14	Aug 17, 2015 Reply by Hilo Greg
"From what I can see, it looks awesome! I got a used Peavey 12" bass amp for $60 on C…" PhilUSAFRet replied Jul 13, 2015 to 1st time builder, bass uke, is this plausible?	14	Aug 17, 2015 Reply by Hilo Greg
" An acoustic electric bass uke relies mostly on the strings and pickup for it's soun…" PhilUSAFRet replied Jul 12, 2015 to 1st time builder, bass uke, is this plausible?	14	Aug 17, 2015 Reply by Hilo Greg
"Thanks, " PhilUSAFRet replied Mar 5, 2015 to Magnetic vs Piezo pickup	8	Mar 25, 2016 Reply by Murdoc_420
"Thank you " PhilUSAFRet replied Mar 5, 2015 to Magnetic vs Piezo pickup	8	Mar 25, 2016 Reply by Murdoc_420
"http://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/cigarboxbasses/forum/topics/for-my-21st-build-a-…" PhilUSAFRet replied Mar 5, 2014 to CB Bass help	4	Jul 3, 2014 Reply by JL

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Cigar box a little different

Started by Phil Farabough. Last reply by Phil Farabough Nov 10, 2018. 10 Replies 0 Likes

first bass build

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looking for alternate tunings-

Started by Daniel Walter. Last reply by Ken Hutchinson Oct 14, 2017. 16 Replies 0 Likes

Building my 1st Cigar Box Bass with Cerrywood box and tiger stripe maple neck

Started by Mark Wood. Last reply by Mark Wood Mar 27, 2017. 2 Replies 3 Likes

Bass build help

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My first bass build

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Building my first bass

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fingerboard question(s)

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3 string bass questions

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3 String Cigar Box Bass Guitar Parts

Started by Will T. Last reply by Murdoc_420 Jul 16, 2016. 3 Replies 0 Likes

Does a fretless bass require a radiused fingerboard?

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Bass strings??

Started by jeffrey ross. Last reply by jeffrey ross Mar 25, 2016. 13 Replies 0 Likes

Magnetic vs Piezo pickup

Started by PhilUSAFRet. Last reply by Murdoc_420 Mar 25, 2016. 8 Replies 0 Likes

Weed eater strings and tuning.

Started by Poppy. Last reply by Murdoc_420 Feb 29, 2016. 7 Replies 0 Likes

Bass Uke string question(s)

Started by Lane Martin. Last reply by Where's Uranus? Jan 7, 2016. 6 Replies 1 Like

Looking for 2 string bass plans

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UBass strings

Started by Bobby Fields. Last reply by Bobby Fields Dec 11, 2015. 3 Replies 0 Likes

1st time builder, bass uke, is this plausible?

Started by Jared. Last reply by Hilo Greg Aug 17, 2015. 14 Replies 0 Likes

First bass build got a few questions .

Started by Piht Bull (Delta Dawg Guitars). Last reply by Scott aka Farmer Ted Apr 23, 2015. 23 Replies 0 Likes

bass frets...

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PhilUSAFRet's Discussions (179)

"Wow, can't wait to see the finished instrument. Going to be a stunner."

"Uke players use the acoustic guitar version of the Behringer Bass Driver to get the…"

"Strings must be matched to scale length for best performance. It's a tension thing."

"Yup, have to knot them."

"nice job. Looks and sounds great. Thanks for sharing "

"From what I can see, it looks awesome! I got a used Peavey 12" bass amp for $60 on C…"

" An acoustic electric bass uke relies mostly on the strings and pickup for it's soun…"

"Thanks, "

"Thank you "

"http://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/cigarboxbasses/forum/topics/for-my-21st-build-a-…"

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