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  • 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!

  • Greasy's Easy Chords

    127 members Latest Activity: Aug 26, 2019

    Since i started playing these cbg's i've been wishing i had a chord book. A recent attemp to teach myself music theory gave me the idea to try to…

  • 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!

  • 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!

  • Good Wood

    134 members Latest Activity: Mar 19, 2017 For everyone who gets excited by rare timbers, turned on by a good burr, or maybe you just have a technical query about working something new? Feel…

  • 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…

  • Solidbody city

    120 members Latest Activity: Jun 15, 2022

    CBGs, cookie tins..…

  • BALALAIKA GROUP

    15 members Latest Activity: Sep 27, 2015

    Putting a different angle on 3 strings.

  • Boxheads United Podcast

    35 members Latest Activity: Jun 29, 2017

    A music podcast and blog hosted by The Joker

  • 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…

  • Scale Lengths, etc.

    250 members Latest Activity: Feb 7, 2022 This group is designed as a resource for all things related to scale lengths, string gauges, etc.

  • 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…

  • Sell Those Puppies!

    169 members Latest Activity: Feb 26

    A group to discuss selling the instruments and accessories we build.  Where to sell, how to display, what works and what doesn't.  Where do you…

  • Steampunk Collective

    257 members Latest Activity: Nov 16, 2022 A place to discuss, dream up and create Steampunk instruments.

  • Intermediate building tips and tricks forum

    256 members Latest Activity: Feb 26 This forum is for sharing general building information that falls between "CBG building 101" and "Super advanced building"

  • Secrets of the CBG Underground

    347 members Latest Activity: Feb 26 Tips, Tricks of the Trade and Secrets that (almost) no one is supposed to know about... Tell us your secrets!

  • It Goes To 11

    480 members Latest Activity: Aug 16, 2020 Amps, amplification, effects, hackwiring and general mayhem. Anarchists welcome

  • 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!

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