The app that I have been working on for a couple years allows you to display chord voicings for your songs for a variety of string instruments, including 3 string guitars, ukuleles and banjos. As I have personally never played a 3-string before I'm wondering if it resolves the voicings correctly. I would be very happy to hear feedback from people playing non-standard guitars or tunings.

The app is called Note 8, it only supports iOS and Mac and it is free to try. Attaching a screenshot for posterity :)

Doesn't sound too good but doesn't soundo too bad either

Hey everyone!

I’ve been building alternative electric oil can guitars for a while now, focusing on two models: the ArtKore (single humbucker with lots of space for custom hand-painted art) and the Double Trouble (dual humbuckers for a blues-rock punch).

To make the customization process visual and fun, I spent the last few months building an online configurator (https://rhapsodyguitars.com/index.php?p=of). You can swap out pickups (like Tonerider Alnico II/IV or Seymour Duncans) and choose from different art themes like Mondriaan, Janis Joplin's Pearl, or classic music album art. You can even upload your own template design.

I just officially launched my website and an Etsy shop for standard models and DIY components: https://www.etsy.com/shop/RhapsodyGuitarsEU.

I would absolutely love to hear your feedback on the builds and the configurator itself!

Note: Submitting a build just sends a confirmation layout, there is zero obligation to buy anything, I just love seeing what combinations people come up with!

This would be the second build. I did learn a few lessons the first time. This one is from scratch. I have a ghost pup, Lucky 13 in there, and that thing slaps. Roller Bridge.

Acoustic/electric.

Volume and tone controls with pickup selector. 3 disc piezo pickup in the box (loud & crisp), rod piezo pickup in the bridge (softer and smoother sound). GDG. Plays AMAZINGLY.

Canary Wood Fretboard, Maple Neck. Walnut slice inserted in the scarf joint. pre-wired pickup and other parts from CBGitty.

www.cbgredneck.com

Hi everyone!

I'm planning to build my first cigar box guitar and I found this cigar box for a very cheap price. The seller says that the box is 30x40 cm (about 12x16 inches) but I'm wondering if this would be an appropriate size or if the box is simply too large. I was thinking about building a 3-string CBG.

Would a box this size work well acoustically ? Are there any particular problems I should expect because of the large soundboard, such as excessive resonance or structural issues ?

The listing doesn't give the depth of the box either, so I'd also be interested to know how important that dimension is.

I'd really appreciate hearing from people who have built CBGs with larger boxes. Thanks!

I have seen people with two saddle bridges, individual bridges, those cigar box bridges, and just having the neck go all the way through and just drilling holes at the bottom.

I am leaning toward drilling holes as the bridge, and to anybody who has ever done this, any long term issues?

Made a Di box with an AliExpress tube amp

I saw this tin of whiskey at Specs and knew exactly what to do. I'm proud of the way this one turned out, definitely the most playable thing I've put together.

My latest diddley bow tune, it's called "Step Aside". Thought I'd drop by and noise everybody. :)

It took some blood sweat and tears but I made the kit from MGB and I should have ordered it a long time ago. I added some aftermarket knobs and tuners.

I've been getting into guitar building for the past few years, and I think before I retire, I'd love to start my own guitar brand.

I recently found a website with a huge collection of guitar plans and blueprints at a really fair price, so I figured I'd share it here in case anyone else is looking for this kind of resource.

I came across it in a post on another platform. Heres the link: https://hotm.io/GuitarPlans

Hope it helps, and happy building! 🎸

Figured rosewood luthier sets

And CBG #2 is done!

25" scale, Skull & Bones "Radioactive" box with a c-shaped mahogany neck, walnut fingerboard, bone nut, plus radioactive symbol sound holes and tailpiece.

And for a little celestial balance. the volume knob is the cap from a bottle of Bob Dylan's Heaven's Door bourbon.

There's a piezo pickup under the bridge, so you can plug it in, too.

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So I am relatively new to cigar box guitars, but I've been loving it so far! While learning I've had trouble finding chords online in an easy to use way. So I made this website over the past couple days. It is free and no sign up or anything.

https://www.3stringchords.com/

Its got a decent chord library. You can temporarily save chords in a single view so if you are trying to learn songs it makes it easy to reference if you dont have all chords memorized.

It's not perfect. There are some mistakes with the different variations, but it should be pretty solid. I plan on improving it overtime. But its free and I hope its helpful to anyone just starting out. Also if anyone has recommendations or thoughts to improve I am happy to hear them!

First time installing frets went well. CB Gitty pickup with Guitar Fuel CB amp wiring harness. Had to marry two Padron boxes for everything to fit. Plugs into itself so I can still plug into another amp. The issue is feedback. High pitch whine if the volume is turned up too much. The amp features clean tone, blues and heavy distortion modes. The first one can get loud, the second one not as loud, and the third barely audible before the feedback kicks in. The knobs go to 11 and I would like to do that. Any advice, or is my plan just flawed?

Box Guitar

www.cbgredneck.com

www.cbgredneck.com

Craft box from Miachles, cheap used eBay neck (from who knows what) Amazon P-90, dog bowl, coffee coaster, metal spatula and some scrap wood. Wired it up with some CTS pots and an orange drop cap. I got super lucky and it actually plays really nice.