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First Home Made CBG

So I finally got around to making a CBG.

Over all it was a big success, considering that when I first beginning working on this project I was not very optimistic and I was worried that the neck would snap 1/2 or the thing would explode.

I used Torpedo box, oak neck, tuning machines from a cheap mandoline and some discarded screws.  I found a couple of discarded Sorvall centrifuge tubes and make one into a slide.

A lot of mistakes (which I expected) were made, the…

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Added by Joshua on March 27, 2012 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Started Project: Cigar Box Guitar

Starting to build my first cigar box guitar, at this point I am collecting anything that maybe useful for my project.

Cigar box....check Piezo transducer...check Tuning pegs from mandolin....check Mandolin pick guard...check Mandolin bridge....check

The search continues....

Added by Joshua on January 19, 2012 at 2:37pm — 2 Comments

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