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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 music, tabs are your answer. If you're like me, you read tabs and sometimes make them. Paste'em here.

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How did you learn about Cigar Box Nation?: You Tube - Cigarbox Guitars - Justin Johnson video

How many instruments have you built so far?: 0.25

What do you find most interesting about cigar box guitars? (If you do not enter something meaningful here (at least one sentence long), your membership may be rejected as a spam/bot fake account).: I saw Justin playing. And then I went down the rabbit hole. I want to learn to play guitar and I am really hoping that learning a 3 string will be easier than 6! Because I tried 6 (a couple of times) and I get too intimidated. I am also a wood worker and I love the creativity outlet portion of CBG's. I've started building one (0.25 of it is done), which should be interesting, since I don't know how to play one. I also already purchased a CB Gitty fretless slider. I look forward to being a part of CBG Nation! Thank you!

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CB Diddley Bow #2 - Complete

Posted on August 6, 2020 at 3:22pm 2 Comments 3 Likes

Had to make a 2nd one so my wife and I can try to learn to play these thangs, together! I wanted to give this one a caribbean look with the coloring (even though the cigar box is from Holland). 25" scale with blues fret markers. Not sure if I'm "right" by doing that - I have watched 8,239 videos (give or take 8,100) so it is very possible I got my wires crossed on that. The bridge is temporary, until I come up with something creative.…

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Finished Diddley Bow

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My Introduction and Share of CBG-Diddley Bow Project

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Just wanted to put together a combo video, introducing myself to CBG Nation as well as sharing my first CBG project - a Diddley Bow.

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