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Cigar box guitar builders are a creative and resourceful bunch. Share ideas for CBG materials and supplies that are free, nearly free, or recycled.

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The Effects of Coffee, in a good way, folks........

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Low Budget Sanding Tool

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Comment by Habanera Hal on August 15, 2012 at 2:21am

Brilliant, Wade!

Comment by Wade on August 14, 2012 at 5:09pm

Trapeze style tail from a broken pants hanger and a piece of scrap ebony

Comment by Sleepy John on August 12, 2012 at 5:11am

Ens up as this..

Comment by Sleepy John on August 12, 2012 at 5:11am

An old aluminium jelly mould as a resonator in my latest( first) build..

Comment by Calim on June 27, 2012 at 10:36am

 

 

bridge again:

i recover those wood groove offcuts after building necks, and glue piece cut from plastic bar that i also use for my top nuts.. then i sand and varnish it

Comment by Calim on May 21, 2012 at 11:53am

bridge! hum...time to buy a saw for this blade...

 

Comment by Calim on May 21, 2012 at 11:47am

recycling some rusty screws with a magic potion (ingredients: mixture of coke and some drop of an old and doubtful anti-rust paint can...may contain some toxic or unspecified materials). after two baths:

 

 

 

 

wa, it's sticky, but didn't expect that 'll be be so effective!

Comment by Jon Pruett on April 17, 2012 at 3:57am

Stewart MacDonald has a good online fret calculator that will tell you the spacing for any scale length. I recommend measuring in mm - it's easier than dealing with the tiny fractions in the workshop.

http://www.stewmac.com/FretCalculator/

Comment by Rooster Reaves on April 17, 2012 at 3:53am

Hey Y'all, I'm new to the cigar box world. I've built one and I'm starting to built a uke. Great bunch of folks on here!! Very helpful. I'm not much of a mathamatical whiz so I'm tring to figure out all the fret spaceing for guitars and uke's and such. Hope I can chat with y'all soon.  Rooster

Comment by Andy Eight Spades CBG on April 9, 2012 at 11:17am

Love that cover Wade!

 

 

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