Mainely CBG's

Mainely CBG's I make Custom Built Guitars (CBG), mostly made with cigar boxes though violin bodies, gas cans, tins,

So tomorrow on Super Bowl eve my grandsons football booster group is having a fundraiser where all kinds of cool stuff i...
02/08/2025

So tomorrow on Super Bowl eve my grandsons football booster group is having a fundraiser where all kinds of cool stuff is being auctioned off to raise some cash.. of course i made a cbg for it. so here are some photos of the making of it.

I no longer stop at every cigar shop...but when I do I'm pleased to get boxes like this. The white one is cool... anyone...
12/22/2024

I no longer stop at every cigar shop...but when I do I'm pleased to get boxes like this. The white one is cool... anyone build one out yet

So work made up a nice flyer for the raffle... cracks me up though as they are hardly famous...
12/06/2024

So work made up a nice flyer for the raffle... cracks me up though as they are hardly famous...

Super score today! Picked up some original surface mount super thin (yardstick thick) 60's Mij Guyatone gold foil pickup...
12/04/2024

Super score today! Picked up some original surface mount super thin (yardstick thick) 60's Mij Guyatone gold foil pickups and pic guard for 60 bucks! I could tell right away that they were not the normal Teiscos. Not sure if these will see a cbg or be used in a rebuild.

11/26/2024

Another video with Memphis Lightning playing Alex Lopez' Blues shoes cbg at the Swick in OOB.

This one for a seasonal "Helping Hands" raffle at work. I was going to do a work themed one but Linda questioned why and...
11/26/2024

This one for a seasonal "Helping Hands" raffle at work. I was going to do a work themed one but Linda questioned why and she was right as this one should raise more. I love the look of these boxes. This one came from MGB as Michael Breedlove knew i liked them and shipped an order in one. Using one of the composite fretboard with this one!

On the bench!
11/24/2024

On the bench!

11/20/2024

A beer bottle and a 2x4! Who knew.. Memphis Lightning having some fun

#203 Alex Lopez' "Blues Shoes" CBG! The image is of his actual shiny shoes!.. I initially thought the Joe Jackson Look ...
11/20/2024

#203 Alex Lopez' "Blues Shoes" CBG! The image is of his actual shiny shoes!.. I initially thought the Joe Jackson Look Sharp look and we went back and forth with photos, but I wound up thinking this way with the amp was more blues/rock and roll. Went with the MGB lucky thirteen ghosted under the Marshall logo, Wilkinson Imperial tuners, and Arveys' Killer Strings 4 pack. Maple mahogany and oak for the neck.

11/20/2024

Memphis Lightning picking up Alex Lopez' new cbg... and giving it its trial run.

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Another video with Memphis Lightning playing Alex Lopez' Blues shoes cbg at the Swick in OOB.

A beer bottle and a 2x4! Who knew.. Memphis Lightning having some fun

Lightning with the "Blues Shoes" cbg
Lightning with the "Blues Shoes" cbg

Memphis Lightning picking up Alex Lopez' new cbg... and giving it its trial run.

the 2x4 guitar
the 2x4 guitar

The next video of the "one offs".This is the Stick... made from a 2x4 with vintage teisco Mij pups and bridge, played here by the one and only Fat Knuckle Freddy .

Fat Knuckle Freddy with the Goalie stick guitar
Fat Knuckle Freddy with the Goalie stick guitar

FKF rips into playing a guitar made from an old goalie stick. The first of a series of videos of the "one off's from my prior post.

So recently went and saw the Lightning Xpress tour ..one hell of a show. There was a Marilyn sighting as the only cbg on stage. So here's Memphis Lightning The Guitar Man with Alex Lopez. (more on him later)

The pitch fork git with Fat Knuckle Freddy at Amigos.

Not a cbg but...its my page so i make the rules here. I have this old 69 mustang and it doesnt make it out much so I jumped at the opportunity to get it in Lightning 's hands while he was traveling light. Plus ive got a few cbg versions the Surf Medley already posted. This one was great how many snippets can you count?

Got many great videos... Here we have Fat Knuckle Freddy with one of the hybrids I have of grown fond of making. A Cigar box put into an old Harmony husk...it just came out so well...its powered by one of the Gitty mini humbuckers and as you can hear sounds really great.

On the other end we had Memphis Lightning closing with a song from the porch naturally. Lightning playing one of the only two 6 string cbgs I've made.

So we started the Madness on Maple with some drizzle and my only shovel build to date... in its owners hands Fat Knuckle Freddy ... Al, Tim, and dancer Jill with a great start to the day.

Here's another test run with Fat Knuckle Freddy, this of a repurposed 60"s Orpheus guitar, this was a fun one to make. Come out and hear it @ amigos friday.

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