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At 9:06pm on August 16, 2010, MrRandomWritings (Backwater Bri) said…: Where there's a will... and remember, necessity is the mother of all f*ck-ups!

At 12:45am on August 16, 2010, MrRandomWritings (Backwater Bri) said…: Problem I had with my first coil one was you can't have the neck running all the way through the box cos the pickup gets in the way and when I did it the box lid wasn't strong enough on it's own and it went hopelessly out of tune! You may need to re-inforce the lid either side of the pickup. If you look at my video http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/coil-pickup-demo you will see how I got round it - that was very rough and I am sure there are neater/better ways to do it!

At 12:17am on August 16, 2010, MrRandomWritings (Backwater Bri) said…: Hi - glad to have been of assistance - yes I am sure a router makes life a lot easier! Did you sort out your pickup? Going for a piezo (easiest) or a coil?

At 11:34am on June 7, 2010, MrRandomWritings (Backwater Bri) said…: Check out the Brits Group discussion - tips on where to buy one

At 12:24am on May 24, 2010, JUJU said…: Yes mate thats the capacitor - i order al my parts from axesrus.co.uk free shipping on everything and cheap prices for good kit
http://www.axesrus.com/axeElectronicsCaps.htm

At 9:16pm on May 23, 2010, JUJU said…: Heres the wiring diagram for the two pickups and three way switch you will notice that in the picture the pickups are Humbuckers - just treat these as single coil pickups also the Vol & tone controls (pots) are shown as 500k you need to use 250k for single coil and a .22 Capacitor hope that helps

here is a good source of wiring diagrams if you ever need any http://www.artecsound.com/wiring/wiring_book01.pdf
Enjoy juju :-)

At 8:43am on May 20, 2010, JUJU said…: Hi John
Here's the Hollowbelly Video i was talking about - thought i'd add it here save you searching for it
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/hollowbelly-the-1st-uk-cbg
Enjoy
juju :-)

At 3:17am on May 18, 2010, bemuzic said…: cool have fun with it....I played with it for a while and it's pretty good.I've now got myself a Boss loop station but it was playing with this that made me sure I was into it enough to be worth buying one : -)

At 1:38am on May 18, 2010, bemuzic said…: here's a link to some free looping software : -) http://www.ambiloop.com/download.html

At 5:48am on May 16, 2010, HENRY LOWMAN said…: WELCOME to the MADNESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSsssssssssssssssssssssssssss...mate! :-)

At 4:22am on April 27, 2010, Roosterman said…: Hey buddy, glad you could make it :o)

At 11:47pm on April 26, 2010, Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates said…: Welcome aboard, John! You will find lots of helpful folks and information here on all things CBG (CBU, CBB, etc.) Feel free to poke around, ask questions, and post your stuff (photos, recordings, videos, etc.).

Up in the Free Resources menu at the top, you will see a number of plans for building and playing cigar box guitars/ukuleles/banjos/dulcimers/violins. I encourage you to download any of the plans, take a look at them, and ask questions from there. Also our site is VERY searchable. I bet you your questions have already been asked, so take a few moments and look around.

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Most of all, have fun!

-Wes