In this video, Ben “Gitty” Baker and Glenn Watt illustrate how easy it is to increase the versatility of the 2.5 watt amplifier boards that are the heart of their Cigar Box Amplifiers.
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Category: How to Build
Here is our library of How-To information specific to building cigar box guitars. Browse all articles below, or choose a subcategory:
· Design and Decoration
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· Fretting
· Necks & Headstocks
· Other Hardware How-To
· Tuners
· Tunings and Strings
Advanced Cigar Box Guitar Building guide by Joshua Gayou
Josh Gayou of Smokehouse Guitars created this 179-page guide back in 2010, and decided to give it away for free to the cigar box guitar community. In it, he covers some of the more advanced techniques involved in building a high-end solid-body 6-string electric guitar using a cigar box body.
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