title: Cigar Box Guitar - Technique Book: Cigar Box Guitar Encyclopedia
author:  Mr. Brent C Robitaille 
description: Brent Robitaille is a professional musician and author well known as a music educator, composer/arranger, and owner of Kalymi Publishing. Brent is the creator of Celtic World Collection Series and Traditional Collection Series available on Amazon, SMP Press and his website: www.brentrobitaille.com He is also a well known music producer recording hundreds of arrangements and compositions with a number of artists and bands spanning a 30 year career. Brent is also a well known YouTuber publishing over 700 music videos. His music videos have accrued in excess of 1.5 million views with thousands of subscribers viewing his videos daily. Brent studied guitar, piano and composition at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Humber College, McGill University, and York University.
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  Build Your Own CBG
  
  
  
  Eric Kasten
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Copyright (C) 2015 by Eric A. Kasten
  
  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
  
  ISBN-13: 978-1508463986
  
  ISBN-10: 1508463980
  
  
  
  Cover design by Therese Joanis
  
  
  
    
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  To Virginia, Thank you for your love and support.
  
  To the reader, thank you for purchasing my book and supporting me as a writer.
  
  
  
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  Introduction
  
  
  
  This book is divided into four sections.  The first section introduces the
  Cigar Box Guitar (CBG), providing a short background and description, followed
  by a review of common guitar parts.  This section covers the basics, provides
  photos of the parts used and explains some of the how and why.
  
  
  
  Introduction
  
  Chapter 1 – So you want to build a Cigar Box Guitar
  
  Chapter 2 – Parts Review
  
  
  
    
  The next six chapters are devoted to an in depth build of a fretless electric
  guitar.  Each step covers sev