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20 DIY Tips For Decorating Your Cigar Box Guitar

Whether you've bought or made your cigar box guitar, customising the look of it makes it unique. Distressing The Box And NeckBeginner PyrographyMy 3 Best Top Tips For Transferring An Image To Your...

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9 Different Tunings For A Cigar Box Guitar

This article will show you how you can use strings from a standard six string guitar set to achieve 9 different tunings with different octave spreads for your cigar box guitar. Open G : G D GOpen...

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How Much Does It Cost To Make A Cigar Box Guitar?

This is how much it cost me to build my first three builds: my first cigar box guitar- a 1 stringed diddley bow cost me £28.50my second cigar box guitar- a 3 stringed fretless guitar cost me...

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How Do I Put New Strings On My Cigar Box Guitar?

This is something you will need to do on any build you make. You will also need to change strings on your cigar box guitar. Remove the old string.Thread the new string from the bridge end to the...

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What Is The Difference Between A Cigar Box Guitar And A Standard Acoustic?

Cigar Box Guitars are handmade instruments whereas acoustic guitars are usually manufactured unless they are custom built and expensive . There are similarities between the two types of guitar but...

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How Many Frets Does A Cigar Box Guitar Have?

I did some research about the number of frets before I made my first cigar box guitar. I was surprised to see that there seemed to be no hard and fast rules. 21 frets is an average number of...

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Hi I'm Kim and I have played guitar for several years and taught beginner six string guitar.
Now that I have discovered the Cigar Box Guitar I'd like share with you what I have learned.
When I started, I found it difficult to find information suitable for absolute beginners.
I have set up this blog and a YouTube channel to help you.

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