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Long time no see

It's been a long time since I have been active here, but I'm back now and planning some new builds, probably a cigar box lyre.

Added by Barry Savage on April 20, 2009 at 8:45am — No Comments

"Songs Inside The Box" on TV in Alabama Tonight!

"Songs Inside The Box" will be broadcast on Alabama Public Television tonight at

8:00 p.m. From my experience sharing the documentary at film festivals, I would

expect many viewers will be interested in finding more information about cigar

box guitars. We have information about the documentary at:

http://www.songsinsidethebox.com

And there is a link from that site to CigarBoxNation.com.

A lot of people have expressed interest in purchasing a DVD… Continue

Added by Max Shores on April 14, 2009 at 10:59am — No Comments

HOODILIDOO MUSIC FESTIVAL!

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Added by Jimmy Valentine on April 14, 2009 at 8:44am — No Comments

JIMMY VALENTINE

Jimmy Valentine is from Chicago, he got his first music lesson at the age of seven years old from rock and roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis. When he was was 13 years old he got a couple intense music theory lessons from jazz legend Maynord Fergeson. Jimmy also studied music with legendary Chicago saxaphonist Ivan Lasso. Lucky to have grown up in studios and theaters in Chicago, where he got to learn music from many legendary and world class artists. Jimmy records his music spot on live first… Continue

Added by Jimmy Valentine on April 14, 2009 at 8:43am — No Comments

Bluesboy Jag at the Ozark International Blues Festival 5/29, 30

Eureka Springs Ark. I'll be conducting a cigar box guitar workshop as well. Lots of jamming and hill country blues at this fest, no poseurs or rock acts that claim they play blues, this is the real deal.

I'll also be playing at the Deep Blues Fest in Minneapolis this July, if you're in teh area, stop by and say hi.
Bluesboy Jag

Added by Bluesboy Jag on April 14, 2009 at 4:02am — No Comments

Who'd da thunk it?

I find myself in the strange position of not being able to get enough of the cheap cardboard Cb's.It seems the public in this area will buy the simple little 1 string Didleys faster then I can dig up the boxes.
So here I am asking if any of you have too many of the cheaper boxes to sell me.
If so let me know and I'll buy what I can and pay shipping too if its needed.

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a country we live in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Roger

Added by Roger Martin on April 12, 2009 at 3:04pm — No Comments

I'm on the Radio Tonight

I have been invited by Jeremy Butler, the host of "All Things Acoustic" on Alabama Public Radio to come on his show tonight from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Central Time to talk about "Songs Inside The Box" and share some music by artists in the documentary. You can listen online at:

http://www.allthingsacoustic.org

I'll be taking CDs by David Williams, Doctor Oakroot, Gerry Thompson, Kirk Withrow, Microwave Dave, and Shane Speal. I have no idea how much time Jeremy would like… Continue

Added by Max Shores on April 10, 2009 at 10:41am — No Comments

Starting tabs

It's been quite slow on the CBG front. I am working on some tab for beginning CBG players (since that is what I am). I'll hopefully get that posted in the next few weeks. I am also working on step by step how to build as well.

Added by Ara on April 9, 2009 at 4:17pm — No Comments

Got CGBs!!

Have to say that I've cheated and bought them (thank you so much Smojo and Chickenbone John).

But how much fun have I been having??!! I sound pretty crap at the moment, but am sure I'll improve. Never been much of a slide artist in the past, but have always been fascinated by it. Somehow it never just 'clicked' before, but feel thats changing. And makes a change to get into the 'less can be more' mentality rather than trying to set the fretboard on fire all the time.

And actually… Continue

Added by Richard Lees aka BabyfaceLouie on April 8, 2009 at 8:07pm — No Comments

Teaching the young people

I have spent the last couple of years teaching the young people at the conservation corps. how to build musical instruments from stuff they can find anywhere, Cigar Box Guitars, Drums, Dulcimers , making soap ect. Look in my photo files and tell me what you think!

Added by Larry McPheeters on April 8, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

Finding the right CB's

I can find about any color or type of box except my favorite color in boxes.
RED, I cant find enough red boxes.
I'd like to trade one of the yellow Camancha boxes for a red Punch or similar if anybodies interested.

Added by Roger Martin on April 7, 2009 at 2:10am — No Comments

"Songs Inside The Box" on Facebook and MySpace

"Songs Inside The Box," the cigar box guitar documentary has a Facebook group now. If you are a Facebook user and you'd like to keep up with information about the documentary or show your support, please join the group at:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=144898435607

There is also a MySpace page for the documentary at:

http://www.myspace.com/songsinsidethebox

Becoming a MySpace friend is another way to get information about "Songs Inside The… Continue

Added by Max Shores on April 5, 2009 at 10:26am — No Comments

New here!!

Well, what can I say??

I'm gobsmacked at the inventiveness of the builds I've seen on this site, and totally inspired to start and make my own.

Now if I can only find the time........lol.

Just taken possession of one of ChickenBone John's excellent Mojobow Diddley Bows and am well smitten. The amount of entertainment available from just one string is truly obscene. Let me think, what have I belted out from it through my marshall 50w amp??? Oh yeah.....Purple Haze, Voodoo… Continue

Added by Richard Lees aka BabyfaceLouie on April 4, 2009 at 8:35am — No Comments

Bow

I got me a bow, I think it will sound better for the bagpipe drone effect I am aiming for. We'll see :-D

Added by Michael Carnright on April 3, 2009 at 8:50am — No Comments

Experimental Musical Instruments resources...

This site has a lot that could be used by CB builders.
Tuners, electronics, piezo film and cable - (to lay in bottom of bridge slot)
individual spot pickups suitable for diddly bows,
jacks and pots and shielded cable... etc. All in small quantities.
fret wire, and tuning machines too...
The rest of their site is pretty interesting too.
Check them out.
http://www.windworld.com/products/catalog.htm#hardware

Added by David Beede on April 1, 2009 at 10:06pm — 3 Comments

String Height for my first build ??

Getin into my first Cigar Box Guitar build. What are thoughts on the typical starting point for string height? I'm starting to think about making the nut, and am wondering about height. I plan on using this 3 stringer mainly for slide, but I may also add frets.

Phil

Added by Phil Delpierre on March 29, 2009 at 5:51am — 2 Comments

Builds and errors

So, build #1 is done, bar some annoying little sound issues, and Im well into build #2. But what do you do with all these guitars??? The 'studio' is now overflowing (its a VERY small room!).

Iv learnt a lot about guitar building that Id never have learnt building electrics, which is really great... though theres stilla lot to learn. And I cant really play slide yet either, but its coming.

Anyhoo, the laquer should be nearly dry now so Im gonna bolt up #2 just to see how it all looks… Continue

Added by Roosterman on March 21, 2009 at 8:08am — No Comments

new here

Hi hi im new here.
I live in Iceland. The best country in the world.... or not.
But im new here . and want to learn everything about CIGAR BOX. And I do wanna build me a cigar BOX ..
H0LL0WBELLY told me about this Nation.. And so far I like it very much.... Looking forward to joyin U all....

regards from Iceland
Ole VOLDEN

Added by Ole Jakob Volden on March 21, 2009 at 7:51am — No Comments

Junk Music

OK, so I've been using a lot of found object - or junk - musical instruments to support my cigar box guitars recently. (You can hear examples of this on my page at Cigarbox Nation.)

So, I went looking for other junk music out there... found stuff like this - a…

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Added by Doc Oakroot on March 20, 2009 at 3:05am — No Comments