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How did you learn about Cigar Box Nation?: web

How many instruments have you built so far?: 40+

What do you find most interesting about cigar box guitars? (If you do not enter something meaningful here, your membership may be rejected).: The simplicity and the fact that with such simplicity you can make such great music.

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rebuilding old guitar

Posted on February 13, 2021 at 12:21pm 4 Comments 1 Like

It`s been an age since I built a guitar due to the amount of gear out there and the fact all my relatives and friends have been gifted!

As a result I decided to re-visit an old 3 stringer I built several years ago. It`s a guitar I was never really happy with but I was loathe to get rid.

So I stripped it back and added a radius to the neck and refitted the frets. I kept the old under saddle pickup and decided to change it from a red stained wood and black fretboard to a black…

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DIY easy peasy chord sheets

Posted on March 8, 2013 at 9:00am 0 Comments 2 Likes

So, I was thinking about playing guitar, and how difficult it is to practice without giving up. It is hard, mainly because most folks learn a few chords then struggle to put together a few simple tunes to make them feel like they are making progress.

There is also a lot of confusuion for people who have no knowledge at all about music theory, it goes right over my head!

I,III,V,VII, doesn`t mean a lot, especially when you look for simple tunes you know that are written down in…

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At 1:19am on December 30, 2013, Richey Kay said…: Thanks for the friend add T-Belly. I'm South Manchester too - Chorlton. Made a couple of bobbins yesterday and have fashioned a winder out of a hand drill clamped to my desk!

At 8:33pm on December 23, 2013, darren brown said…: thanks t belly

At 1:06pm on November 28, 2013, Nicolas Leray said…: Hello ! Thank you for the kind words. Hey are those guitars on the pics yours ?? The rocket dog one and the other one on the pics really are beautiful ! The orange one with the clock too...

At 8:21pm on September 30, 2013, doug mcanally said…: thanks for the info!!

At 7:48am on May 4, 2013, Dan Trommater said…: Thank you sir. This being only my 3rd build, I struggled to remember the steps of the process. I decided to make my life easier the next time around by documenting the build. The other thing that helped the project move quickly was that I posted at least one photo every day onto social media. Even though it was self imposed, I found that it kept me working even on days that I didn't feel like it.