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June 2023 Blog Posts (3)

Pictures of my new Guitar (4 strings).

Hello respected CigarBoxNation community.

Here are pictures of my 'just baked' Guitar, this time with 4 strings.

Shape of body - Fender Tele.

Pick-up - Inductive (as in previous 3 models, made earlier).

Tuning: G D g B

Manufacturing in garage with multiple days-off - took about 3 month of non-intensive work.

Sound examples will be sent later, sorry :o)

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Added by Slow Mick on June 7, 2023 at 8:15am — 4 Comments

Building instruments - playing them, inventing new ones...

This is the title of a French book published in the late 70's and I have translated the back cover text which is think in sync with CBG making philosophy. So here it is:

"We…

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Added by Alan Bluesboxguitars on June 6, 2023 at 11:03am — 4 Comments

Will still be a awhile before us CBG builders are taken over by artificial intelligence.

I asked an AI Chatbot, Google Bard, how to build a cigar box guitar. The result was ok, but with a few mistakes. Here it is:

Sure, here are the basic steps on how to build a cigar box guitar:

Gather your materials. You will need a few basic materials to build a cigar box guitar, including:
- A cigar box
- A piece of wood for the neck
- A fretboard
- A bridge
- Some strings
- A tuner
- A…

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Added by Steve Holladay on June 1, 2023 at 9:45am — 3 Comments

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