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Permalink Reply by PhilUSAFRet on September 16, 2012 at 8:31am

Will this do?

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=cigar+box+guitar&_sacat=6...

Permalink Reply by howling on September 16, 2012 at 8:59am

Yeah i been doing the whole ebay gumtree google bashing but i kinda want to put a name/face to who am buying it from

Permalink Reply by PhilUSAFRet on September 17, 2012 at 12:56am

Hmmm, lots of ebay sellers have both names and faces!  And some may be closer to you than you think, including a few of the names you are hoping to hear on this site.  Just sayin!  Contact a few if you haven't, you might be surprised.

Permalink Reply by howling on September 17, 2012 at 2:29am

I contacted one fellow(mal) through ebay and just waiting for him to get back to me found a guy close to me in barnsley. Just going to keep on trucking through and see what turns up.

Permalink Reply by Tony Davies on October 4, 2012 at 4:41am

I am in barnsley by the way - you are more than welcome to drop in or a cuppa and aa look at some cbg's.

Regards

Tony (Green T)

Permalink Reply by Habanera Hal on September 16, 2012 at 9:30am

Check with Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw, he makes some very nice builds.

Permalink Reply by howling on September 16, 2012 at 10:44am

Sent him a msg. Thanks for the heads up.

Permalink Reply by Habanera Hal on September 16, 2012 at 11:29am

YW, and Good Luck!  John's a great guy, very involved with the Nation and has put together some terrific instruments.  Be sure to tell him I sent you!

Permalink Reply by howling on September 16, 2012 at 12:12pm

Will do and thanks again

Permalink Reply by Wayne Bigler on September 17, 2012 at 12:51am

Well here's an option.  I ship worldwide.  Guitars start at $230 plus actual shipping.  Might be a little more than you wanted to spend, but they're a little different than most.  www.biglerguitars.com

Permalink Reply by howling on September 17, 2012 at 2:30am

Beautiful guitars but its more a fact of what i have to spend rather than want to spend sadly.

Permalink Reply by Wayne Bigler on September 17, 2012 at 7:21am

Let me offer you a little advice.  If you want something that you will only play with a slide, things such as action and, to a certain extent, intonation won't matter much.  However, it you want to combine a slide with some fingering play get a fretted instrument, with action somewhere around 2/64ths at the first fret and at about 6/64ths down around the 17th fret.  Some folks like it slightly higher, but I wouldn't raise it much from that or you'll find it hard to finger and the intonation will be pretty far off from the string stretch.  Also, get an instrument where the strings are spaced as far apart as possible.  My necks are 1 20/32 inches wide and I set the outside strings to 4/32 inches from the edge, for example.  This will make slide play easier. Of course, I'm only telling you how I setup my guitars and different builders have their preferences.  I'm not saying I'm right and anyone else is wrong.  We all do what works for us personally.  But, its not much fun playing an unplayable instrument.

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