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Tech Talk - Building A Cigar Box Guitar Part 6

The cigar box guitar is a primitive chordophone whose resonator is a discarded cigar box. Because the instrument is homemade, there is no standard for dimensions, string types or construction techniques. Many early cigar box guitars consisted of only one or two...

Tech Talk - Building A Cigar Box Guitar Part 5

Installation 5 of building your own cigar box guitar.Enjoy!“Like” Bman’s Facebook page (available in over 50 languages). I will not relay senseless nonsense. In this way I can get out the word on new talent, venues and blues happenings! - click Like

Building A Cigar Box Guitar Part 4

A quick update on the project... I carved a butterfly onto the body. I probably shouldn't be so concerned with aesthetics on cbg #1 but as an artist I can help it! I also used a program to make a template for the fret scales. It's called WFRET. Find it here:...