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Want to know how to install tuners on your cigar box guitar? In this post, you'll learn how to install cigar box guitar tuners, whether your guitar will have 3 or 4 strings.  The instructions in this post are adapted from our free plans on how to build a complete cigar box guitar (CBG).  They include simple directions and helpful pictures that will guide you through the short and satisfying installation process.What You'll Need To complete this part of your project, all y …

When I first started performing live with my cigar box guitar in 1995, I would shove a tie-tack microphone into the sound hole to amplify it. It was just a cheap $20 mic from Radio Shack that was originally intended to clip on a speaker’s tie or collar when giving seminars.  I was nervously playing coffee-shop gigs at the time, and the mic was good enough for the job at hand. Picture above: Performing with a tie-tack mic in my original Macanudo, Rehoboth Autumn Jazz Fest, …