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My first CBG from Captain Nemoff.
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Anyone remember me?
Last post might have been 10 years ago!
Has everyone gone away to somewhere else? Some other community?
I'm still building here and there. You can see some on my tiktok (same name).
Latest is a 2-string, standup, bowed bass shaped like a harpoon for a pirate metal project I'm working on.
Made of a stick of Patagonian cherry with a walnut fretboard, a zero fret, some random brackets, a carriage bolt, bass tuners, sisal rope, an…
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Please Come Home for Christmas
Wishing ALL of our friends and loved ones a very happy holiday season as we prepare for a brand new year.
..we love each and…
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Members beware, we have a Spammer in our midst once again? If you receive anything like the message below, you can report it to the Site Moderator? Scroll all the way down to the right hand corner of the Homepage & you will see the “Report an Issue” tab, click that & leave your message, they will resolve it within a few days? Once in awhile this happens, but if nobody reports it, then nothing will change. It’s up to us to keep these people out of here, so please help keep Cigar Box…
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Added by billy jones bluez on July 23, 2023 at 6:30pm — 2 Comments
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)
Front View:…
ContinueAdded by Slow Mick on June 7, 2023 at 8:15am — 4 Comments
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…
ContinueAdded by Alan Bluesboxguitars on June 6, 2023 at 11:03am — 4 Comments
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:
Added by Steve Holladay on June 1, 2023 at 9:45am — 3 Comments
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Look at this cool thing I found on amazon...I think anyone can see the endless possibilities...any number of strings and spacing....this looks great!!!
...it's called the
"Guyker Stainless Steel Space Control Adjustable Roller Guitar Bridge Electric Guitar Replacement"…
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Through Cigar BoxNations I received a message from this person: James Pollard
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Added by Slow Mick on March 4, 2023 at 10:00pm — 5 Comments
There is a line of 3pcs of Solid Body Guitars (SBG), which were inspired by design of CBG, I met in internet. All were manufactured by me in 2022-2023.
So the first two instruments were used as prototypes to develop the final design (#3) and Guitar body final shaping, including selection of necessary tools, materials and type of woods and coating used.
Special attention was dedicated to development and assembling of the flat pick-up, which really allows to simplify the…
ContinueAdded by Slow Mick on February 28, 2023 at 9:00am — 5 Comments
I bought a torsion rod for a mandolin and lost the instructions to cut into the neck. I bought the torsion bar from gitty.
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I've been figuring out a workflow for mixing stereo recordings in Audacity from overdubbed tracks made with my looper pedal. Here's a couple of examples.
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I've just bought an inexpensive looper pedal (Lekato) and found that it records my 3-string CBG and 2-string CBB with minimal effort. The looper exports a high-quality WAV file via a USB connector, which I convert to MP3 after editing (gain, fade in/fade out, etc) with Audacity.
I'll try to attach a couple of examples. One is overdubbed guitar, and the other is guitar + bass. …
ContinueAdded by Sean Jay on February 12, 2023 at 3:30am — 2 Comments
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