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Builder: J. R. Bugg Year: 1919 Description: 4 String Violin Dimensions: 22 by 5 inches Body: Kentucky Belle cigar box, 9 by 5 by 2.5 inches Scale Length:  Notes: From Bill: Was made in 1919 by a Mr J. R. Bugg. The cigar box itself is made from a whisky barrel as what the company Kentucky bell was starting to do a year before this instrument was made. 6 years after this was made swisher sweet bought out the company. This has the same framing as a violin does a sound bar down the bass side along with a sound post  behind the feet of the treble side also has the scale length of a full size violin so no having to find out the positions again. It is a blast to play and is a great eye catcher. Hello i saw the terms and loved the fact and the idea that this is going to a museum. I can fallow its origin to the person it was made. I will hand write that history to where it will be presentable. Any other questions please ask.  I can also give the history on the cigar box itself. Ever heard of the cigar company named swisher sweets? Well 6 years after this was made they bought the company out in 1925 and are still in business to this day.  NEXT: Anita Picard's Build

New from MGB. The Klutch is a portable guitar stand providing great neck support and  prevents guitar slide. It also sits upright to help with changing strings or cleaning the guitar. Fits in your case, your pocket, gig bag, and in the back of your amp Firmly sits on stools, chairs, amps, tables, and counters Made from a TPV (ThermoPlastic Vulcanizate) for no more scratches or burn marks on  your necks Used on many tube stands or wall hangers Made in the USA

Chuck Bouwens here (Charlie to some of my friends). I live in Sparta Michigan. I retired from ATT in 2007 and after a few part time jobs I decided I needed a hobby. I came across a YouTube video with Justin Johnson playing a CDG. I 've always liked working with my hands so I thought this might be a good hobby to try. I've built at least 50 by now, including 3 six string, several four string (mostly ukuleles) a few one string canjos for the young grandkids, a couple tambourines, two cigar box amps and one lap steel. I gave about half of my builds to family and friends. Now I wish I could play.

This Deluxe Kit is similar to the standard product but includes white banding along both sides of the neck and black side fret markers. Includes 15 inch scale neck that is sanded and finished. Neck has hanger bolt and hardware for easy mounting on any box. Fretboard is Rosewood. Frets and fret board are installed, includes bone nut. Four high quality enclosed tuners with hardware. Rosewood bridge with bone saddle and two filler plugs. Four labeled nylon strings. Ukulele Kit Includes: Neck w/hanger bolt & hardware 4 Enclosed Tuners (2 left & 2 right) & tuner hardware Nylon strings (labeled) Rosewood bridge w/bone saddle (two filler plugs) Available with Chrome, Black or Gold tuners Note: Box/body not included! Watch This Video: Watch This Video:

Quality guitar hardware from MGB Guitars. Effortlessly drill through wood and metal. Perfect for drilling openings for tuners. Createa accurate centered holes with smooth walls. Watch this video!

402-750-7295  Hailing from Creighton, Nebraska, this adventurous soul has a passion for creating art and an unconditional love for all types of music. In the last 40 years, Jesse Thomas has lived all over the country. He now resides in Randolph, Nebraska, and is a self-employed carpenter.   Around 2015, Jesse felt the redundant boredom of general construction and wanted to take up a hobby that would keenly reflect his innovative nature. His first three builds were solid body six-stringers. Each of them were lacking precision and fundamental luthier elements. Soon after, Jesse acquired an old cigar box that was left in his father's attic. Great subject matter! He soon realized that he really didn't have to follow any certain rules..... and there was a large community of like-minded builders world wide, that draw their own lines and create beautiful, functioning works of musical art.  Since then, Jesse is constantly learning and growing. He has created an unknown number of instruments, with each one being different from the last. With museum submissions and media coverages under his belt, Jesse is an up and coming luthier, who loves to put smiles on peoples' faces.  Although Jesse uses parts and hardware from many suppliers, he is a very proud customer of MGB Guitars and Parts Supplier. Through Michael Breedlove, Jesse has met and become friends with so many talented luthiers world wide. He is very excited to see what the future holds for this group and will continue his own journey with confidence.  With plenty of instruments in his inventory and the willingness to provide customized products, he hopes to one day turn his dream into reality, by building homemade stringed instruments for a living. 

A perfect stand for displaying your CBG. Sits on the floor, cabinet or shelf. Metal construction with protective foam cover.  Cradles boxes that are 6 1/2 inches wide and up to 3 1/2 inches deep.

Etsy Located at 9318 feet above sea level in the heart of the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado , Scott Craig started building Instruments back in 2010. Since starting his company, San Juan Instruments he has built and sold over 1000 CBGs, Dulcimers, and various other instruments.Throughout his life, Scott has been a carpenter, stone mason, log home builder and involved in historic building restoration.Also owning and operated a retail store geared towards tourism . At some point, he wanted to build something that he could sell in his store and started selling home made Instruments. Scott is a multi instrumentalist musician with a passion for making music and Instruments. The beauty of the small mountain town he lives in inspires him daily and once finished with one instrument, he is eager to begin another.San Juan Instruments has been a proud customer of MGB guitars throughout the years and their products have further inspired his work. MGB parts are in hundreds of his guitars sold through San Juan Instruments and are in homes across the country and around the world!!He no longer operates a brick and mortar shop instead has been selling at festivals from time to time. From Florida to Telluride Colorado.

Builder: Unknown Year: Unknown Description: 1 String Fiddle Dimensions: 25 by 5 1/2 inches Body: Brown cigar box, 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 by 2 1/2 inches Scale Length:  Notes:   NEXT Petite Child's Guitar

Builder: Unknown Year: Unknown Description: 4 String Violin Dimensions: 19 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches Body: Dexter R. G. Sullivan cigar box, 5 1/2 by 8 1/4 by 2 1/2 inches Scale Length:  Notes:     NEXT White Owl Ukulele

Set of 4 ukulele enclosed tuners, gold finish. For 1/2" headstock thickness. Two Right Tuners & 2 Left Tuners. Recommend using the MGB 10mm Tuner Drill Bit for drilling the opening. 

Builder: Unknown Year: 1940's Description: 4 String Ukulele Dimensions: 23 by 5 1/4 inches Body: 5 1/4 by 8 by 2 1/2 inches Scale Length:  Notes: From Bill: Cross between guitar and ukulele instrument. Four strings with neck-through-body construction reminiscent of a banjo. I was extremely fortunate enough to acquire this piece from the Bill Jehle Cigar Box Guitar Museum. I think it is pretty rare that Bill lets anything go and I am beyond grateful. It is a pre World War II cigar box instrument about the size of a baritone ukulele. Incredible piece. He wants to do a 1-string project and find "Sam's" one string. He's done some research. I told him that he really needed to work with One String Willie.   NEXT Fretless Ukulele

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Many builders are not musicians and have limited musical skills. It is often to difficult to know exactly how to tune strings on various instruments. MGB is not a musician and created his own cheat sheet to help him with set ups. While many musicians can get pretty close with tuning a string by ear, others (like MGB) have no idea where they are on the scale. MGB quickly realized it was helpful to use the corelating frequency for tuning. The A note has  frequency of 440HZ. The Pano tuner app is very helpful, it provides the note and the frequency. The 88 keys on the piano are listed on the left, moving to the right are popular note tuning for a number of instruments.  While there are many tuning possibilities for cbgs listed are a few popular choices.

Builder: Unknown Year: 1910-1930s   Description: 4 String Violin Dimensions: 18 by 6 inches Body: Invincible? cigar box, 8.5 by 6.5 by 2 inches Scale Length: 11 inches? Notes: This is an excellent example of a hand crafted instrument. The cigar branding and caution marks are barely legible. The form of the caution notice on the back is typical of the marking requirements beginning in 1910.The box is very fragile and nails have been added along the way to replace the failed glue joints. The neck, finger board, tuning pegs and tailpiece are clearly hand carved. The fingerboard is quite rough. The hand painted snake on the back is an outstanding piece of art that mimics the rattlesnake in the Dont Tread on Me Gadsden flag of the revolutionary war.  Next: J. S, Whitmoyer Build