The Beginners Club

318 members Latest Activity: Feb 26 A club for beginners who are building for the first time and need some support from each other as well as experienced builders who are…

Self Imports from China

34 members Latest Activity: May 9, 2018 Has anybody had experience with self importing tuners and other musical items from China or Vietnam? What has the import duty been if any? Vietnam…

Home Made Guitar Amps

252 members Latest Activity: Nov 25, 2022

This is a group for home made guitar amps.

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!

CBG Tabs

603 members Latest Activity: Feb 18 So you built your CBG and now you need something to play on it, right? Well, if you're not completely musically inclined or can't read traditional…

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!

Sell Those Puppies!

169 members Latest Activity: Mar 19

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…

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…

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"

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

Hand built and custom microphones

85 members Latest Activity: Jan 29, 2022

thought about how i was using modern mics and effects, mainly distortion and reverb, to record with and it seemed the next step to me was hand…

How to Play a Cigar Box Guitar

882 members Latest Activity: Feb 26 Playing tips and secrets. Tunings. Primal music theory.

Lefty Pickers & Strummers

40 members Latest Activity: Jul 14, 2018 A place for lefty's to discuss playing tunes in a righty world! Join in!

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…

The Great Midwest

64 members Latest Activity: Jul 8, 2017 From Arkansas to Minnesota and all points in-between and all-around, we live in a land rich in blues and bluegrass. Lets see if we can get some…

Chicago CBG

43 members Latest Activity: Mar 22, 2016 A group for Chicagoland CBGers to unite. Perhaps get a jam goin, or meet up for some brew and blues! ANYONE from ANYWHERE is certainly welcome to…

Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

1746 members Latest Activity: Mar 20

This group is for discussing the basics of CBG building for newer builders - where to start, what to do, common pitfalls, tips and techniques.…

Three string guitars

669 members Latest Activity: Oct 19, 2022

Everything about anything that's a three stringer