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Can Jo Consortium

250 members Latest Activity: Jan 31, 2023 The simplest little resonator instrument of all. Please add links to plans, photos of your canjos and ideas you've found that make the most of this…
Cigar Box Nation Facebook project

114 members Latest Activity: Feb 23, 2017 A collection of CBG fan pages on Facebook. Spread the word about other builders/performers on fB!

Cigar box tunings

162 members Latest Activity: Jul 16, 2014
Cigar box tunings open to 2'3'4'5'6' stringers uke's bass's what ever you got. and how you creativly use these tuning's
Home Made Guitar Amps

252 members Latest Activity: Nov 25, 2022
This is a group for home made guitar amps.

Three string guitars

669 members Latest Activity: Oct 19, 2022
Everything about anything that's a three stringer
Shane Speal Concert Network

80 members Latest Activity: Nov 4, 2019
Shane Speal is now booking performing arts centers, festivals and club shows in the Mid Atlantic US region (Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, New…

unusual guitar designs

171 members Latest Activity: Jan 18, 2019 bring us your most unusual builds that you think is not average so we can say yes that is different.
Old Punks Never Die - They Just Play CBG's

118 members Latest Activity: Oct 8, 2019 Talk about the good old days when you were a punk. Post pics and covers of old Punk Songs on a CBG!

Piezo pickups

202 members Latest Activity: Mar 13, 2022
All ideas to make piezoelectric

sound good and stable.
Antique Cigar Box Guitars

22 members Latest Activity: May 9, 2018

This is the place to post stories of Old Cigar Box Instruments and photos, If you want to see stuff that is newly uncovered about cigar…

Cigar Box Guitar Museum at Speal's Tavern

90 members Latest Activity: Dec 10, 2021
Get updates on The Cigar Box Guitar Museum at Speal's Tavern, the world's first permanent museum collection of Cigar Box Guitars. Speal's Tavern…
rat rod guitars

192 members Latest Activity: Dec 10, 2021 cbgs that may look a bit rough around the edges but sound like hot rods

DUMPSTER DIVER'S MUSIC UNION

218 members Latest Activity: Feb 26 Scavengers unite! We want to know what unusual trash you've used to build instruments. Post your trash-to-treasure creations. Follow up on…
Super Advanced Cigar Box Guitar Building

532 members Latest Activity: Mar 5, 2022 Here's where the freaks hang out. Get the inside scoop on wild cigar box guitar designs, advancements and experiments. Not for the timid builder!

DULCIWORLD: Dulcimers & Strummers

387 members Latest Activity: Dec 12, 2022

This group is opened…
New York Cigar Box Guitars

41 members Latest Activity: Feb 26 The Cigar Box Guitar group for builders and musicians in the New York area.

Four String Cigar Box Guitars

213 members Latest Activity: Dec 9, 2023 Group for those who are interested to find out more and swap ideas for builds, chords and tunings for these versatile instruments!
Classifieds and Swaps

334 members Latest Activity: Jun 14, 2023
A place to buy, sell, trade cigar box guitars and other related gear.

Keep in mind that you can find most…

C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply

261 members Latest Activity: Oct 19, 2022 C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply is your one-stop shop for the parts and accessories you need for building and playing Cigar Box Guitars and other…
CBG wiring & electronics.

747 members Latest Activity: Feb 10
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…

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Anyone used a violin-style tailpiece on a CBG?

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Guitar for the grandson

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Building with vintage paper/pressed board cigar boxes.

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