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- DIY Instruments - Cigar Box Guitars!
- A workshop with Elmar.
When?
- Tuesday, 2012-05-29, 20:00 at the Metalab, WhateverLab (shop/hardware lab)
Why?
- it's simple to build them
- it's cheaper than buying a guitar
- it's easier to play them even with now previous knowledge
- it sounds and looks cool!
In the workshop we do not only talk about building such a cigar box guitar. We build one with three strings!
All the necessary steps will be considered
- Where to get the material from?
- Which tools are needed?
- Which scale length and how the corresponding fret positions are calculated
- How to tune it
... and: How to make it an ELECTRIC CBG?
The workshop shall be concluded by a short introduction into chords to start playin' da blues.
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That's how it could sound ;-)
That's how it could sound ;-)
More resources
- original-flatpup.com (Elmar)
- cigarboxnation.com (Join the revolution!)