My First CBG

[John Geeeee]

Hi All,

I have been following and listening to Steves music for about a year now but without geting into the detail, if you know what I mean A month ago I bought a new Blueray player and there is a load of Sony Apps built in and one of them had one of Steves entire concerts from Australia. After seeing what he can do I am even more hooked and I am happy to say that I now have tickets for his upcoming gig at the Manchester Apollo in October.

After trawling the internet a bit more I found the Cigar Box kits available from Tonetech in the UK. So I ordered one and built it over the last two weeks. Now I must admit that I can't play guitar, I have tried in the past but loose the will and didn't have the patience. I saw the cult and history behind CBG's and thought I would try again. So here are some pictures of my very first CBG built by my own clumsy hands. Now all I have to do is learn to play it I have also added a short video at the end of me learning my first lick so you can hear how my first project sounds.

Well thanks for looking and I hope you like my first efforts.
Cheers
John Geeeee












Please click on the picture below to take you to my Video:

[davey]

Hey John,

welcome to the forum - thanks for joining in.

Hey, that cbg you made looks and sounds great - I'm well impressed! I hope you keep on learning to play and practising - when you got some more licks perhaps you'll post 'em - we got an open mic area that just waiting for your tunes!

Cheers for now,

davey.

[RidingWestAndFree]

Hey John,

That is a great sounding CBG, well done. I'll be at the Apollo gig as well so maybe I'll see you there... I'll be at the front

Take the CBG along, maybe Steve will sign it for you after the gig

[Cigarbox Henri]

Well, i just found this topic and it is a really nice Cigarbox Guitar!!

Very nice done and very detailed!!

I am wondering what is used inside as a pick up?

As I can not see a regular guitar pick-up, but I can see a volumeknob, so it is something like a Piëzo or a microphone?

The sound is really good!!

1 tip for the (also selfmade?) bottle neck: I think it plays more comfortable when you place it upside down on your finger.

[John Geeeee]

Hi Henri,
Thanks for the kind comments. There is a piezo disc thingy inside the box just under the bridge area.

I enjoyed building it and I love the sound, but why do I find it so scary to pick it up and learn to play it?

[Cigarbox Henri]

Hi Henri,
Thanks for the kind comments. There is a piezo disc thingy inside the box just under the bridge area.

I enjoyed building it and I love the sound, but why do I find it so scary to pick it up and learn to play it?

Well John,

just tune it in G (GBD = classic Muddy Waters tune) and you will for sure enjoy playing e.g Hoochie Coochie Man
If you want to see some of my Cigarboxes, check out this topic:

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