#1 resource for Cigar Box Guitars, Free Plans, How-To, Parts & More!

cbgnewbie Haverford, PA United States: Like

0 members like this; Share on Facebook

Share on Facebook MySpace Tweet

Blog Posts
Discussions (4)
Events
Groups
Photos (4)
Photo Albums (1)
Videos

cbgnewbie's Discussions

Build puzzle

Started this discussion. Last reply by Paul Craig Apr 19, 2019. 7 Replies 1 Like

I'm pretty new to building and would love to hear from anyone who has encountered what I just did. Here's the story...I built an electric 3 string fretless using an Undercrown box, oak neck, CB…Continue

View All

cbgnewbie's Page

Latest Activity

Don Craig liked cbgnewbie's photo

IMG_20190520_092049389

May 24, 2019

Dave Lynas commented on cbgnewbie's photo

IMG_20190520_150426091

"Beautiful Iittle amp!"

May 21, 2019

Tim Pannabecker commented on cbgnewbie's photo

IMG_20190520_150426091

"I like Undercrown, very sleek amp controls. "

May 21, 2019

Uncle John commented on cbgnewbie's photo

IMG_20190520_092059463

"Looks like an old pro's stuff. Very nice. How is the playing going? Lots of help at page top under Resources. knotlenny's CBG 101 got a lot of us rolling with 3 strings."

May 20, 2019

Uncle John commented on cbgnewbie's photo

IMG_20190520_150403165

"So fisticated"

May 20, 2019

George Ross liked cbgnewbie's photo

IMG_20190520_092049389

May 20, 2019

George Ross liked cbgnewbie's photo

IMG_20190520_092059463

May 20, 2019

George Ross liked cbgnewbie's photo

IMG_20190520_150403165

May 20, 2019

BrianQ. liked cbgnewbie's photo

IMG_20190520_092049389

May 20, 2019

BrianQ. commented on cbgnewbie's photo

IMG_20190520_092049389

"Ready for the world..."

May 20, 2019

cbgnewbie posted photos

1 more…

May 20, 2019

Paul Craig replied to cbgnewbie's discussion Build puzzle

"Mounting a bridge closer to the center of the box will dampen the sustain(how long the string vibrates), but the strings being closer to the middle increases the acoustic waves which increases the acoustic volume and gives the guitar a fuller…"

Apr 19, 2019

cbgnewbie replied to cbgnewbie's discussion Build puzzle

"Thanks for all your help. As you all pointed out, the sound is different but it still sounds great and an amp adjusts for the volume. My buddy was thrilled with it so it's all good!"

Apr 19, 2019

Taffy Evans replied to cbgnewbie's discussion Build puzzle

"Hi, my first thoughts on the differences of the two guitars that will effect tone and volume was. one bridge is closer to the rim of the box so a stiffer mounting point. the pickup is under a different portion of the strings length.....and Are the…"

Apr 17, 2019

Keith Rearick liked cbgnewbie's discussion Build puzzle

Apr 17, 2019

cbgnewbie replied to cbgnewbie's discussion Build puzzle

"Thanks David. You are right that the hardtail is screwed into a block and that makes sense that it's limiting the vibration of the lid dramatically since the bridge is more centrally located. I'll have to digest the info on the…"

Apr 16, 2019

Profile Information

How did you learn about Cigar Box Nation?: CB gitty

How many instruments have you built so far?: 4

What do you find most interesting about cigar box guitars? (If you do not enter something meaningful here (at least one sentence long), your membership may be rejected as a spam/bot fake account).: History, simplicity, sound

cbgnewbie's Photos

Comment Wall (1 comment)

You need to be a member of Cigar Box Nation to add comments!

Join Cigar Box Nation

At 5:43am on April 16, 2019, BrianQ. said…: Welcome to the nation, plenty of build plans & info located in the Resources tab near the top of the page as well as the cigarboxguitar.com archives towards the bottom of the page, cheers :)