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[IncisalEdges]

Ok you totally sold me on your pickups. Ive made one cigar box guitar, and I have the maetrials for a second one, and Ill be putting one of your pickups on it. Great video, and great playing!

[Xcorgi]

Sounds great! Is it possible to make a 6 string version of this?

[Bertling88]

This is awesome man, I love stuff like this. Its great to see someone else whos this passionate about music. Purely awesome. Keep makin and jammin them man SOUNDS GREAT!!!! Rock on ~Bertling~

[schlooterhead]

@Bertling88 thanks!

[DJimB0]

Fantastic! really great sound and you play very cool stuff! I want to make a cigar box ukulele myself but I was wondering how you know where to put the frets. Is there a mathematical method or do you use another guitar for it?

[schlooterhead]

@DJimB0 thanks

[jamesha175]

@DJimB0 hey iust google CALCULATING FRET POSITIONS and you will be well on your way!

[sonnywentling]

super sound what do u tune to for 4 strings ?

[schlooterhead]

@sonnywentling open G: G D G B

[leapinlueschen]

which tunings would you recommend for a 3 string?

[MrLino]

@leapinlueschen DAD i guess it's pretty good. Anyway, any tuning you choose, just tune the first and last in the same notes, if you're using a slide.

[schlooterhead]

@leapinlueschen whatever you want but generally GDG or ADA

[kraker109]

What did you use to make the pickup I'm going try and make one like that

[RastafariPoet]

Robert Johnson meets Rock n Roll

[Jarmo60]

good work again Blues Boy Jag

Jarmo

[petjaf]

incredibly good feel & sound! very inspiring! I ow want to build a cigar box guitar myself!

[slayerxv]

sounds pretty damn good too haha

[johnnylifeson]

cool ...

[camomule]

It ain't but a thang, if it AIN'T A CIGAR BOX! You guys need to realize this it americana. The sound just isn't as 'real' if it ain't a cigar box! This is GREAT man and awesome job! We'll hafta hook up and get 'miserable' together sometime! :-)

[Keijz74]

Smokycaster (r)? Sounds way COOL

[kevkraft]

How much?????

[kc7wwy]

maybe you should lower your prices.

[Twiz9491]

lol i kno huh

[hhguitarist92]

i need some help. I just made a guitar from a tin box, its the same basic build as a cigar box guitar.

Is there anything besides guitar tuning pegs i could use. Would ukulele tuners hold up to the steel strings?

please help me

[mechaghostman2]

They probably would. You could test it on a board and and put strings on it and see if it holds up. Or you could just drill through a screw and have that as a tuner peg. Just have a screw driver if it's out of tune.

[hhguitarist92]

i would like to use a screw, but how would i attatch the string to the screw without it coming off?

[mechaghostman2]

Either try drilling through the screw (which would be hard) or use a hook. A screw at the bottom but with a loop on top. You would need pliers to tune it though.

[butkatrello]

sure they would hold up. check out one of my canjo's at hoo doo canjo, u-tube. I use double headed nails for tuners. I use fishing string..

[rightonpard]

Oh man, that sounds awsome! Great job. I'm building a sort of biscuit tin banjo thing at the moment, but now I'm gonna electrify it!

[shegar2011]

damn it's incredible that a guitar can be made like this. there expensive and that looks real cool and cheap. awesome sound too.

[jackcarpentersax]

Good tone. Sounds great. The silde sustain is impressive. Overall the sound is great. High pitched but good. I think you did a great job on the pickup.

[booniesville]

Cool Man, that is a fine instrument. I recognized your name from the yahoo group. Check out my CBG post if you get a chance.

[laziruss]

Wow, you must make an killing off of this! :) I'm gonna buy a CBG w/case and amp for my dad for his 46th birthday. He'll love it!

[schlooterhead]

yup, just like wire frets do ;)

[tragictravisty]

wont the toothpick frets wear out after a bit?

[markmckaytnt]

you rock man... cheers from a new guitar builder in the uk

[schlooterhead]

tracing a neck and a bolt

[angrypenguin1130]

1.How did u calculate fret placement

2. What is the tailpiece made of

[ClayKlot1]

search for an online fret calculator

[moze304]

i feel like an ass now...right after i posted the question. u answered it..lol. thanks!

[moze304]

do you use top 4 strings? or bottom 4? and whats the tuning? i'm in the process of building my own. you do nice work!

[bbBassYo]

your technique is masterful! thats the way i like it:) 5 stars!

[summerhie]

i will make a slide show of mine and i will show yhou mine it is called mitchell's cigar box guitar

[MartinUK85]

That guitar kicks ass.

[summerhie]

what strings did you use???

[schlooterhead]

electric guitar strings

[summerhie]

becasue i made a cigar box guitar for an assignment for music and i used four stings and they are fishing line and when i play right u no how u play and your left hand is pressing down on the strigs well my doesnt make any noise and how did you buld and electric becasue mine is and acoustic

[xaviermockingbird]

great great thing ya got there man i collect odd instraments wonderin if it could get some instructions on how ta make one of those? and um why a glass slide aside from it looks cool? and if ya dont mind me askin a whole lotta questions how exactly did ya go about makein that pickup? a place where i can find the answers are just as good as the answers themselves

[strangeroussss]

well...Im not sure about the other ones but a glass slide makes a different sound than a metal one. Its smoother and warmer sound.

[lennypurnell]

Nice!

[stopglobalswarming]

cigar box guitars are folk art! Wow, yours has frets too, good job. A lot of people just use a slide. You can't get better dirty blues than an electric CBG

[menotyou66]

sounds great!!!

[eriklares]

i would have to imagine that it doesn't have a good acoustic sound

[schlooterhead]

why would you have to imagine that?

[eriklares]

a small cigar box, then again, it probably has great acoustics

[schlooterhead]

In general if it sounds good electrified, it sounds good acoustically. These are not meant to be acoustic instruments as my customers demand a pickup, cutting holes in them and adding a pickup just increases the feedback :) An electric guitar is just a piece of wood with strings on it and so is a cigar box guitar, no rocket science here :)

[FraJa1980]

Take a look at my "midnight delta sessions" vid and see if you build a proper one they do sounds great, even ackousticly

[Tunz]

man I think these guitars are fuckin awesome! Something completely different and traditional. Po Boy Blues! To each his own.. schlooterhead knows his shit!

[FraJa1980]

Hahaha sorry i didnt mean to dis Scooterhead, his guitars are great