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Comment by smilingdog1 on May 4, 2014 at 3:43am

Hello Growlin Wolf

& Rick Flink

Check out the different forum's and groups that are active in areas of interest, you'll find people there willing to share ideas. C.B. Gitty has his store of reasonably priced parts & tools. I recommend his fret scale templates. Don't worry about your first builds, just get to it. Welcome!

Comment by Rick Flink on May 3, 2014 at 3:31pm

Hi all,

I have recently been introduced to the world of cigar box instruments and as a long time guitarist and other instruments, the cg instruments are totally fascinating to me. I'm in the process of learning as much as I can about building my first cg guitar.

I finally made the decision to make a 3 string to start out and then go from there. I have a few cigar boxes I picked up at a local tobacco shop that are pretty cool, a piece of Lowe's red oak and poplar, and picked up a set of tuners yesterday at a local music store (WOW did I pay a premium for those I just discovered.) I'll probably get started this weekend with the build and then finish it up next weekend.

Just as a warning, I'm not very good at building things though I have a full woodworking shop with all of the big tools, so I'm sure I will asking a lot of really basic questions as I proceed.

Finally, I'm 63, retired from the railroad industry and have a ton of different hobbies from my music (singing #1 playing guitar #2) to building custom fly rods to turning custom writing pens in addition to being a computer nerd. I live in God's country of Montana with Glacier National Park as my backyard. It doesn't get any better than this

mtgrizzly52 (Rick)

Comment by Growlin' Wolf on May 2, 2014 at 2:23pm

Hello Nation!....brand new to the site and super excited to network with all the cool people, and learn from all the experts. I have been a fan of the blues for a long time...I play guitar and blow on the harp. Last summer  I had the pleasure of hearing Shane Speal play at a festival..... and whammo! I new I had a new instrument that I wanted to tinker with. On to the inter web I went to research this mysterious instrument.... picked up a Kit from CB Gitty and set out to build my cbg.

The pic on my profile shows the first one I ever built....I say that because.....as you all know.....you can't build just one cbg! That first one turned into sort of a resonator cbg...I used a vanity plate that I picked up in Texas a few years back .... and decided to angle cut it and keep gaps in between the pieces for sound holes. When I plugged that thing in it growled.....and from that moment I have had the itch to build more. I have also built a diddley bo,as well as a canjo (pics to be added). I am ready to kick it up a notch now ... and want to build some higher quality pieces. I also want to build some amps, and microphones, which is why I wanted to join this great site... to learn from all of you great people! as well as check out all the cool stuff you all come up with!

Thanks for having me aboard !

Comment by Dave Lynas on May 2, 2014 at 2:02pm

Hi Frank, nice flutes. I make some clay flutes, mostly ocarina type as well as fuss with guitars. Welcome to Nation. .... Dave

Comment by Frank Harter on May 2, 2014 at 8:14am

Greetings, I'm Frank, live in Utah (for a few more years) but I'm originally from France.  I studied classical guitar as a kid, cello, composition... I've been making flutes (Raven Wing Flutes, long story) for 13 years, and only recently discovered the CBG.  Just had to make them, so I'm on my 3rd one, so much fun...

Comment by Paul Clair on April 16, 2014 at 3:56am

I'm in Lee County FL - I help mod reddit.com/r/cigarboxguitars.  I'm curious to know if theres anyone nearby that builds CBGs.  Although I'm still a newbie I've built about 10 CBGs in the last year or so.  I'd like to trade tips or even get together to build a few.  I'm planning on selling my gits later this year under the name FrogDog guitars.  Heres some of the work I've done 

http://imgur.com/a/Nl2qt

http://imgur.com/a/u1tia

Comment by Dead Head Wood Works on April 7, 2014 at 4:28pm

Just letting any builders or players in the Toronto area know about my show this Thursday April 10th at Czehoski's. I'll have all my cbgs, guitars and wood carvings on display along with some live musically acts and I'm going to try and do my first performance ! going to be a jam! It takes forever for me to upload photos to this site but check out my Instagram to view my builds @jjjjshoejjjj. Love this site!!

Comment by Jay Corwin on April 4, 2014 at 12:35am

I'm Jay from Sanborn, NY (near Buffalo). I play all things bass, and also tinker with CBG's. I bought a three stringer fretless from Shane about three years ago. Love taking it on trips so I have something to play on and not worry about damaging it. 

I play upright bass in an old timey string band - Timbre Land Whiskey Band. We are a bunch of young people who love playing old music together.

Comment by mark gibson on March 20, 2014 at 2:36am

hello group.My name is Mark Gibson,  i live in south east michigan and play guitar. i built a cigar box tenor guitar a few years ago and have played it a number of parades and i'm happy to find this group of cbg fans.

Comment by Ken Vickets on March 8, 2014 at 1:47pm

Hi all. I'm Ken Vickets from Alberta, Canada. Retired and work at being a competitive wood carver (ducks and birds). Needed a break from the carving because it was starting to feel like a job and ended up building CBGs. Having a ball doing it...just completed no 11 and finally put some electronics in it. Also just finished a nice short (22") scale 6 string travel guitar for myself. Problem is...it's much more fun to travel with a 3 string. :)

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