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After joining this forum in 2014, I finally have my 1st CBG which my wife bought for me at the weekend (a 4 string from Frethound Custom Guitars). I was never going to get around to building one.Now…Continue
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Just finished my 1st freeless acoustic CBG, based on the #Glenn Watt design. 31inch neck, 25inch scale, 42/32/24 gauge strings. Sycamore neck and a 200mm x 180mm x 45mm box made from 7mm ply. Neck…Continue
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Hi, I'm HazelFyrebird, and I'm a wannabe luthier (I feel like I'm standing up at a Builder's Anonymous meeting...) in Virginia. I'm a bit of a lurker, as I've been reading and reading for a while,…Continue
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This is not so much of a reintroduction as a rebirth so to speak. I joined Cigar Box Nation many, many years ago when I initially developed an interest in more "primitive" instruments, CBGs, mountain…Continue
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Hello to All,
Hopefully I'm posting this introduction in the right place. My introduction to CBGs was through a musician I greatly admire named Glenn Kaiser. I discovered a video of Glenn jamming on this thing called a Cigar Box Guitar and before too long, I discovered a video of Glenn and a gentleman named Shane Speal having a jam session. I absolutely had to have one of these Cigar Box Guitars!
I made my first (and to date only) CBG purchase in late 2015. I'm still on a journey with my CBG... Still learning it and loving it. I prefer to attempt to create original tunes, and I suspect any "beauty" would be in the ear of the beholder in this instance. The "slow burn" of the Delta style blues inspires me most (I'm not a fast player), and I have a long way to go before I "get there". That's okay; I'm simply enjoying the journey.
My occupation can sometimes be a bit stressful, and I've found that my CBG is a great outlet for expression and meditation on matters. Shane recently shared in the "Main Room": "Try an' find Jesus on your own..." When I'm playing my CBG, it's just me and Jesus - the Gift Giver of life and music - having a little one-on-one conversation. That said, every time I have my CBG in hand is a treasured time.
I'm here to learn and glean within the CBG realm; a CBG truly is a wonderful and diverse instrument. If any are on YouTube, I am under the moniker of Lamplight Liturgy... All there is basic and minimal... Just part of my simple journey.
Wishing All the best!
-Kent
This isn't making a lick of sense to me. No idea how to play a guitar although I took a year or so of piano lessons as a kid, had an old Univox 12 string that I called myself going to learn to play a few centuries ago, several years ago did get to were I could plink around on a hog fiddle and have a banjo that I've been trying to sort out "Smoke on the Water on.
I'm retired and living up in the NW Tennessee sticks and for some reason, making a cigar box guitar and learning to play it has caught my attention. I've been gathering up some bits and pieces from CB Gitty, digging through the old wood collection in my shop with an eye to making a fretless resonator 3 string out of some old red oak and birch plywood. Mrs Willy collected up a bunch of cigar boxes a few years ago that have been gathering dust and there's a few big enough to stick a paint can lid in.
Somehow, I feel like I'm being led down a path. Is there any hope?
this is Shane Speal's fault
yep I blame him for getting me started on this hobbie
sure CB Gitty and Puckett have been enablers but Shane started it
now I can barely get into my shop to work on new ones
I spend all my money on tuner machine heads, strings and poplar for necks
now I have to get another job so I can pay for more parts
My name is Ken ...and I am addicted to building CBGs
this isn't CBG anonymous oops
Welcome Paul,
I have only been building for a short time, and I LOVE it! This is a really great bunch of people.
Welcome!
Randy
hi my name is Paul i am from Liverpool UK i started building cbg's about one and a half years ago. I have built 9 cbg's (part time builder) so far so very happy to be a part of this i have recently built a uke for my cousin who plays in the scence in Liverpool and planning to build 13 more this yr hopefully.
Welcome!
Hi john k . welcome .. here is a short ,sweet , and simple beginner vid . https://youtu.be/jy04bkM_JSc
Hi everyone, my name is John I was born in Newfoundland Canada. But I live in Mission B.C, Canada. I am new to CBG and I am looking forward to learning all I can about building 3 and 4 string Cigar Box Guitars. Hopefully I can make them sound like some of the guitars that are on this site. The one I am building right now has a dual pickup with two volumes and two tone. Then I have got to learn how to play them. So if anyone has ideas that they would like to share pls do thanks
Awesome story John B ;-) thanx for the inspiring share , and welcome to the addiction ;-)
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