Now available - a new pickup designed especially for cigar box guitars – the Scorch N Twang single coil pickup. The Scorch N Twang, a handcrafted Strat style...
Yes, Franco, I know the saw you mean. I have one myself which is great for making accurate cuts with little kerf. If you want to increase the amount of kerf...
Right, yes ! That is EXACTLY the kind of saw I use for cutting fret slots in fret-boards, and is known over here as a 'gentleman's saw'. With the saw blade...
This is a great source of info on cbg's. http://www.bellyjellymusic.com/ There's actually a dvd to be purchased if you want on building them. Pretty good ...
Hello all! I finished my first CBG a couple of days ago. I love it! I was wondering what fret scales besides the chromatic scale of 1/2 steps are useful. I...
Diatonic (white keys) certainly makes it easy to play major key songs or minor key if you do minor diatonic (white keys starting on A). You can get nicer...
Awesome reply! Thanks for the in-depth reply. I love math as much as music so I view music mainly from that point of view. For my guitar I used Just...
Cool. It's actually easier to do JI in Mixolydian (and then start on the fourth if you want major.) The major 7 is not a very satisfying fraction. That's how...
Great mode for Flamenco. Probably the best way to set the intonation is to do JI dorian and then set the tonic at the second step. I just recorded a song in...
All, I've had a lot of inquires about my upcoming album (which is the loudest, meanest cbg album I've ever done). Unfortunately, the final edition will not be...
If you go to stewmac.com you should be able to find a downloadable version of a fret calculator. They are actually pretty helpful, they always end up with some...
Has any body played around with pick guards on CBG's ? I am thinking of adding an etched brass pick guard. I have been dying to try etching some brass like...
On your old geocities site you said "Sactmo" Louis Armstroing got his start and played a cigar box guitar " but you said you just werent sure or could prove...
I found it totally by accident just trollin the deep online ocean!!! I always wish all of us could be more collective with research as much as we build,...
"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...
How about those of us who live outside of the US of A but are still CBG affectionados and would very much like to see 'Songs insdie the box' ? Is there any...
Max mentioned on cigarboxnation that a DVD is coming soon. ... -- http://DoctorOakroot.com - Rough-edged songs on quirky homemade guitars. ~ Shroud for the...
DVD's of the documentary will be on sale very soon at http://www.insurrectionrecords.com We will have a short supply at first (only 15 copies) and it will be...
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