because this is three strings and tuned GDG, this is a Cigar Box Dulcimer/Cigar Box Dulcitar, NOT a guitar...

@@-jank-willson Thanks Will. OkieDokie. M~

@@SouthernFireGuitars These instruments are an evolvement of the mountain dulcimer. First you had the mountain/lap/Appalachian dulcimer, then it evolved into the 'walking dulcimer' or 'dulcitar'(what the modern recreations are called) which is a version you play like a guitar rather than on your lap, and then finally someone discovered you could make a dulcitar using pre-made items like cigar boxes and paint can lids, and added a guitar-like chromatic rather than diatonic fretboard to it, thus making it a 'guitar'. Similar thing with the 'canjo'. Started out as this one string instrument from Ireland brought over by the Irish immigrants to the southern Appalachian mountains, and was used to keep the beat for other music players in ensembles. At first it was called a 'diddly bow', but then a small, triangular soundbox got added to increase and it began to be called a 'pickin' stick'. Then more strings got added and it became known as a 'chord stick' or 'strum stick'. Then it kind of bled together with the 'walking dulcimer'/'dulcitar' and kind of became the same instrument, although chord sticks were usually longer scale length, had skinnier fretboards with 3 strings rather than the walking dulcimer which had 4 strings in 3 courses (like a regular mountain dulcimer). Then someone discovered you could make these diddly bows out of pre-made items like cans, and they started calling them 'canjos' in more recent times for marketability, although they really have nothing to do with real banjos. Interestingly, canjos seem to have gone back to the one-string design of the earlier diddly bows.

@@-jank-willson Thanks Will. M~

Thank you sixstring, You are right. Thanks for checking it out. M~

Thank you, Steve. Yes, put one of those dog bowls in a CBG. :) M~

Thank you, Linda. M~

Thanks Mr. Thanks for the wiring tip also. M~

Thanks Ferenc. M~

Thank you very much, Steve. Sounds like you have your first CBG build planned out pretty good, that's great. Good luck with it, I hope it comes out awesome. M~

Thanks for the input Steve. I appreciate that. M~

Thanks papat. M~

Your welcome, sixwheels. Thanks for watching. M~

Thank you, Nate. Its a real fun build, and they sound great. M~

Thanks Gary. M~

Your welcome, Howard. Good luck and have fun with your build. M~

Thank you, Paul. You make a good point about the through the box necks. Thanks for checking it out. M~

Your welcome, Thomas. Yes, I think you should go for it. M~

Thanks Posm. M

Your welcome, Mike. Thank you for checking it out. I hope your all better now, and doing good. Sure, use the design, just don't tell anyone the secret, its between you and me ;) M~

Thank you, Jerrel.. M~

Your welcome, Ross. Thank you for watching. Its not easy finding those big boxes, even here, so making them sounds like a great idea. Good luck with the resonator, let me know how it goes. M~

@@SouthernFireGuitars will do bro :)

Thanks Harry. M~

Thanks Joshua, That would be cool. M~

Thanks Tony, I appreciate that. M~

Thank you, s much. M~

Thanks Kevin. M~

Thank you, Clem. I appreciate that, M~

Thank you very much, Rich. M~

That may work, give it a shot.

Thank you, Peter. I need one of these for myself , for sure. I really like the sound. M~ Buster says, Thanks lol

Michael, Tell Buster its my pleasure & Thank you. God Bless all.

@@peterhaynes8258 Will do. Thanks, Peter.

Thank you very much, Gary. Sorry, about the lock down, that sux. It will give you some extra time to work on your craft. You have to try and find some good out of it, I guess. That's what I did here during the lock down, work on building some cool guitars. Good luck with your builds and the pedals. M~

Hi Phil, Thank you very much. Sure, that's a cool little ditty, I will do a lesson on it, on an up coming video. M~

Thanks Ronald. M~

I appreciate that, Thanks. M~

Thanks. M~

Thank you.

Thank you, Tony, I appreciate that. Yes, I used a torch. :)

I liked that f hole tone better also.

Thanks, They were set up pretty much the same.. weird. M~

Thank you David. You may be right. lol M~

Thanks Wes. It sounded pretty good as I remember. M~

Thank you zip zip. M~

@@SouthernFireGuitars youre welcome. i just discovered your channel now and going through your vids. good stuff, probably the best cbg channel ive seen.

@@zipzip8239 Thanks, I really appreciate that. M~

@@SouthernFireGuitars youre welcome and i appreciate the videos. im building my first cbg and your vids are going to be a huge help not to mention you play good and have some good guitar tutorials.

@@zipzip8239 Hey, good luck with your first build.

Thank you Michael, Good luck with the kit. I started out with a kit also from CBGitty. Have fun and thanks for watching. M~

Thank you, Thomas. I don't know of any kits for a dog bowl rez, but I did do a video showing how I built one. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hMmSgMKmmbHMpok.html

@@SouthernFireGuitars thank you. I'm on my way to check it out 😀

Thank you, Mike. M~

I guess you could try it. M~

Lately Ive been really liking open E (EBE)

Thanks Kennith. M~

Thank you, Pat. M~

Thanks TB. I guess that's better than ketchup lol 😎 M~

I'll have to think about that one lol

Thanks, Peter. Great song, I don't know how to play it though, I would have to learn it. M~

Well Michael, I never expected your answer because your such a talented person in so, so many ways, I thought you would be able to play the song without any difficulty. I hope I havent offended you mate, because I wouldn't do that for all the money in the world, also your a lovely person. Anyway, no problem Michael & I hope your all well, God Bless you all.

@@peterhaynes8258 Thank you, Peter. No, not all all. God Bless.

Thank you, Chuck. Yes, I do put a lot of time and patients into my necks. I did turn the volume down on the amp when I pulled the cord to change guitars, I might of turned the volume up a little more after plugging in the second one. M~

Thanks Adam. Strings are nickle would 040 030 022 Here's how I build the neck kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m5mFotCnsKnXlIU.html

Thanks Zack. I just posted new ones. www.southernfireguitars.com/

Thanks Turin. I just may do a few. M~

@SouthernfireGuitar37 heh, nice try scammer. ,,|,, ,,|,,

Thanks, Sure, if the pickup works you can use it. M~

@@SouthernFireGuitars hi, could I 'gouge' out the innards of an electric, recover it (New top), and try it that way too? How do you think it would sound. Think it'd look cool, but maybe not sound too good. What do you think?

@@scify6278 That sounds like it may be a fun project, I think you can make it work, M~

Hi ecalzo. I don't use a back angel. I install my necks straight. M~

@@SouthernFireGuitars ok.. i thought this about your way to build the CBG .. thanks

@@ecalzo Your welcome, Thanks

I agree 😎

You can find there here, under "Guitar Parts and Setup Tools" www.amazon.com/shop/southernfireguitars

Hey Andy, I don't believe they did. M~

Thank you, Bill for checking out the videos. Sure, I can build you a dog bowl resonator. Please send me an email and I can give you more info. guitarandboots@yahoo.com

Ive only used disk.

Hi, Walter. Ive made 3 string CBG's with up to a 25'' scale length. Never done a bass. M~

Thanks, mrrilly. One these 2 I burnt the fret dot markers and side do markers with a soldering iron. ohh yeah.. make sure you get that extended warranty lol What a scam. M~

That's hard to answer, Ive only used the 6'' one, but I guess you could use any size. M~

@@SouthernFireGuitars okay, I‘ll try it. Thanks 😊

Hi Steven, I don't really understand the question. M~

@@SouthernFireGuitars ah sorry, unplugged the resonator would be heard no problem..but would a pickup be affected by the presence of a resonator or just thevibration of the string? Thanks and love your vids👍

No springs.

Its one of my tunes, it has no name. 😎

It's nickle fret wire

Hey Audio, The bowl is 6'' and I got it at the Dollar Tree. You can also get them at CBGitty.com . M~

23'' scale

Thanks!@@SouthernFireGuitars

Thanks Bill, I'm finishing one now that does have a hot rail humbucker and a piezo pickup with a 3 way selector switch. I'll have it in a video when Its done. M~

Hi Eric, the dog bowl is 6 inches round. M~

@@SouthernFireGuitars Ahhhhh. That makes sense. The dog bowl I purchased is 9" across. Tomorrow I shall look for one that's 6" across.

@@mastercom2003 You will need a pretty big box for a 9'' bowl :)

Thanks Phil, That's a good idea. M~

@@SouthernFireGuitars I call me the "Googlelmeister"

Thanks Geno. M~

Thanks Marty, I never looked at them, like that, that's funny lol

Dog Bowl Resonator. 😀