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Ben Gitty's Simple-Build 2x4 Instruments After spending months developing the new 2x4 Lap Steel Kit, Ben "Gitty" Baker started to consider other uses for simple 2x4 planks and cam… Started by Cigar Box Nation	10	Jul 31, 2021 Reply by Glenn Kaiser
Instrument Build-Off! "Hard Times Make Great Music" - Enter Now "Hard times make great music." Ain't that th' truth?! While e'rrybody is stuck at home, we're gonna get y'all building the coolest st… Started by Cigar Box Nation	1	Mar 17, 2020 Reply by Cigar Box Nation
One Finger Lesson: Take Me Home Country Roads - VIDEO & TAB Glenn Watt of C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply takes one of the most popular songs of the 1970's teaches you how to play the entire thing with o… Started by Cigar Box Nation	2	Jun 25, 2019 Reply by Chuck otto
How to Play EEB Tuning Cigar Box Guitar - Get easy, beautiful chords with this lesson Shane Speal has been championing the 3-string "EEB" tuning for years and has written several songs with it. In this lesson, he shows how… Started by Cigar Box Nation	12	Nov 3, 2018 Reply by Paul Craig
INSANE INSTRUMENTS VIDEOS: Reverend Peyton's axe guitar & Terry Johnson's air filter guitar! Found object guitars are popping up everywhere! We have two new viral videos this week featuring guitars made from an axe and a car air f… Started by Cigar Box Nation Official	4	Jul 7, 2018 Reply by James Matthews
Brushy One-String Gets His Guitar Fixed Internet viral sensation, Brushy One-String is known for flogging an old acoustic guitar graced with a single bass string. After playing… Started by Cigar Box Nation Official	4	Jul 3, 2018 Reply by Dave Lynas
Make a 2x4 Lap Steel Guitar This is one of the easiest homemade guitars I've ever built, and it took me only an hour to make. This lap steel was made from an extra 2x… Started by Cigar Box Nation	17	May 8, 2018 Reply by bud molson
The Exit Sign Guitar + a quickie blues lesson. Built by Gary Desrosiers Video + photos Here's a wild guitar concept I haven't seen before. This three-stringer was crafted from a discarded exit sign by Gary De… Started by Cigar Box Nation	5	Feb 12, 2018 Reply by Wichita Sam
VIDEO: Samantha Fish Shows Her 2017 Tour Pedalboard & Guitars (Cigar Box Guitar, Too) Samantha Fish is currently on her Chills & Fever 2017 tour and she sat down with Reverb.com to show off her pedalboard and main guitar… Started by Cigar Box Nation	9	Jul 31, 2017 Reply by Tono Markes
COOL VIDEO: He Saved All His Wood Scraps for a Striped Guitar Neck! What happens when you spend all day cutting 1/8" thick wood on a CNC laser cutter? Apparently, C. B. Gitty's Jason Munoz gets inspired to… Started by Cigar Box Nation Official	5	Jun 12, 2017 Reply by Carl Franklin

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