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  • SOAPBOX - Rants & Raves

    SOAPBOX - Rants & Raves

    94 members Latest Activity: May 19, 2018 A sounding board for the CBG Revolutionary

  • CB Nation Recording Studio

    CB Nation Recording Studio

    260 members Latest Activity: Feb 6, 2018 An experimental recording collective where members of the Nation can collaborate on music with other members. Please start a new discussion for each…

  • Australian CBG

    Australian CBG

    169 members Latest Activity: Sep 9, 2021 Australian builders can meet and discuss issues with making guitars down under.

  • Teisco and vintage Japanese Lovers group.

    Teisco and vintage Japanese Lovers group.

    100 members Latest Activity: Apr 1, 2020

    For all things Teisco. AND those sweet vintage japanese guitars with those vintage pickups made by Teisco that no guitar on the planet can match.…

  • CBG in CALIFORNIA

    CBG in CALIFORNIA

    102 members Latest Activity: Sep 21

  • AZ CBG Group

    AZ CBG Group

    53 members Latest Activity: Sep 17, 2019 WELCOME! Anyone is more than welcome to join! This is a place for all Arizona CBG builders/players to get together! I am hoping we can all get to…

  • Intermediate building tips and tricks forum

    Intermediate building tips and tricks forum

    254 members Latest Activity: Mar 12 This forum is for sharing general building information that falls between "CBG building 101" and "Super advanced building"

  • CBG wiring & electronics.

    CBG wiring & electronics.

    745 members Latest Activity: Jul 31

    Want to plug that thing in? Here's a place to share ideas about pickups (Both magnetic and piezo) and wiring in volume and tone control, the best…

  • Scandinavian CBG headquarters

    Scandinavian CBG headquarters

    54 members Latest Activity: Jul 4 Welcome CBG players from Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland. Let's share our “arctic” experiences and ideas. Broaden your CBG network in…

  • Cigar Box Basses

    Cigar Box Basses

    403 members Latest Activity: Dec 4, 2021 Where the lords of the lower frequencies dwell!!!

  • New York Cigar Box Guitars

    New York Cigar Box Guitars

    40 members Latest Activity: Sep 26, 2019 The Cigar Box Guitar group for builders and musicians in the New York area.

  • CBG Nation's Chapel

    CBG Nation's Chapel

    161 members Latest Activity: Feb 11 A place where you can talk about spirit, soul, God or anything that's weighting you down. We take prayer requests too. Wichita Sam - Chaplain

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SWAMP WITCH GUITARS UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP

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Loss two-string bass build instructions

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Fretted and Slide Advice

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Sound holes or not sound holes in a electric cbg?

Started by Howard Craypool in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Greg Brown Sep 21. 5 Replies

Guitar Amp

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It Happened at breakneck speed....

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Using aluminium

Started by Haydon in Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts. Last reply by Haydon Sep 21. 2 Replies

Adding springs again on the electric cbg, around the “cat” bowl and howled out spacer glued to the bottom

Started by Howard Craypool in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Infirmity Citrus President Sep 20. 9 Replies

Thinning headstocks

Started by Eric Lettau in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by David Bowes Sep 19. 11 Replies

Finding correct bridge position.

Started by Taffy Evans in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion Sep 12. 0 Replies

The entirely hypothetical encylopedic CGB design and construction book - a long post

Started by Infirmity Citrus President in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Doug Thorsvik Sep 6. 6 Replies

Untitled

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Editing this site?

Started by Jim Winslow in Using cigarboxnation.com - posting, profiles, web help. Last reply by Taffy Evans Aug 31. 4 Replies

Looking for advice on pickup type and placement

Started by Howard in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Sean Jay Aug 29. 6 Replies

Springs in a cigar box guitar

Started by Howard Craypool in Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts. Last reply by Howard Craypool Aug 22. 10 Replies

Help for beginner

Started by Michael Myers in Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts. Last reply by BrianQ. Aug 21. 4 Replies

Hi everyone. Need some advice plz...

Started by James Pobog in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by James Pobog Aug 19. 25 Replies

What's on your workbench?

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Taffy Evans replied to Infirmity Citrus President's discussion Your take on this bizarre guitar
"Hi, yes I've seen them before Brian. With a box made for three necks, it's no big deal,…"
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BrianQ. replied to Infirmity Citrus President's discussion Your take on this bizarre guitar
"3 necker is doable? https://youtu.be/iAiLIbSh0gI"
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Taffy Evans replied to Infirmity Citrus President's discussion Your take on this bizarre guitar
"Hi, a three-neck instrument sounds interesting. I think it would be a better deal to build an…"
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Swampy Resurrection - (The Journey)

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Had to replace the piezo cable with a piezo rod. Bad cable!
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Infirmity Citrus President replied to Infirmity Citrus President's discussion Your take on this bizarre guitar
"I was thinking, buy it, add two necks, tune one each EBE, DAD, and DGD. This is Soviet era, so not…"
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Swampy Resurrection - (The journey)

Finding the Swampy again... I did a similar video yesterday but it strangely deleted itself as all strange things that happen whjen you pull out your swampwi...
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