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A place where Australian Cigar Box guitar makers, Buskers and other musicians can buy or learn how to make their own Cigar Box guitars.
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Created by Paul Thorley Dec 19, 2012 at 6:31pm. Last updated by Paul Thorley Dec 19, 2012.
WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER DESIGN IN PRODUCTION IN THE NEW YEAR AND A FEW OTHER CBG PROMO ITEMS SO. . . .STAY TUNED :)
Created by Paul Thorley Nov 16, 2012 at 8:36am. Last updated by Paul Thorley Dec 18, 2012.
THE CIGAR BOX GUITAR WAS AN EVOLUTION OF THE DIDDLEY BOW AND HAS LITTLE IN COMMON WITH THE SPANISH GUITAR. THE CIGAR BOX GUITAR IS THE BROTHER OF THE BANJO AND , ALTHOUGH BOTH WERE BORN IN THE U.S.A. . . THEIR ORIGINS ARE IN WEST AFRICA.
Created by Paul Thorley May 18, 2011 at 9:24pm. Last updated by Paul Thorley May 23, 2011.
September 14, 2013 from 10am to 8pm – The Royal Mail Hotel
GET ROOTED - Exploring & Celebrating the Inginuety of Handmade Instruments. First Draft of the Poster (if you want to run a workshop please personal message me so I can include it in the final dr…
Organized by Penny Nelson | Type: box, guitar, festival
the 3 string revolution continues... Paul Wookey, Guitarist, recording artist, teacher and Golden Guitar winner with my Montecristo 4 string. Had lots of fun this afternoon, thanks Paul
Posted by Rodney Horsfall on December 28, 2012 at 4:22pm
lots of folks have asked me to do a build with a video series to show how i build something from start to finish. i have started that series showing the build progress in stages. it is something i have that i can give to all the folks that build these type of instruments so that they could possibly learn something from me that will help them at some point in time in their building experiences. so for you great folks here in australia i will add that series here for you to view if you like…
ContinuePosted by brian romero on December 28, 2012 at 5:44am — 15 Comments
Posted by Penny Nelson on December 22, 2012 at 6:50pm — 4 Comments
Great day, cool but dry, good crowd, found some new talent, played some good music
and made some sales. Thanks to Peter for coming along.
cheers
Rodney
Posted by Rodney Horsfall on October 13, 2012 at 5:12pm — 1 Comment
Market next Saturday 13th Oct, drop in and see us, have a bit of pickin, maybe bring a harp.
cheers
Rodney
Posted by Rodney Horsfall on October 6, 2012 at 4:16pm
Just made this from an old Sanyo mains/battery radio/cassette circa 1970, and a speaker box from the local tip shop. Very basic electronics knowledge, and it sounds fantastic, equivalent to busking cube amps. Runs off 6 volts, 4 cells, see pics
Posted by Rodney Horsfall on October 3, 2012 at 6:12pm — 1 Comment
I am into my second build now which has a white beech neck with a jarrah fretboard. In the first build I used satin acrylic spray from a can for the finish and it worked fine, but I am thinking an…Continue
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Started by Mick Loomes. Last reply by Nick Jun 13.
Been in France just over 2 weeks now, 6 weeks to go. The folding collapsible CBG is going well. Only one string broken and a small super glue repair job on the head / neck scafe joint. The real test…Continue
Started by Redbelly. Last reply by Paul Thorley Jun 7.
hows it going my name is jeff i live in ranui auckland new zealand i think this is an awesome site and hey it will give me something to do as i am retired hope to learn a lot from you guys. and…Continue
Started by jeff burgoyne. Last reply by jeff burgoyne Jun 4.
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