Have been watching your videos since february, man you blow my mind your passion and enthusiasm is unbelievable, i had heart surgery and when I tried to return to work they made me redundant after 15 years you have made isolation bearable, I am 62 years old and never played an instrument before going to now i am building my own cbg with your wonderful tips and tricks, hopefully i can be 1 fifth as good as you. I will be watching and also like this EBE tuning think i will try it.
Puck you sing just fine never stop, we only get old when we stop doing the things in life that we Agape . Live free from within you were made for Worship same as me .there ain't no change in the weather Lord knows He the change in me ,there ain't no change in the weather ,Let it rain Lord for the weather just has to be ,For it rains on the just and the unjust alike Lord may my feet not slip and may your Spirit keep me Free ,For your garment of praise has kindled a Blaze within this wretch You've freed. Worship does the heart good .
Your channel is addicting! I admit i used to think of CBGs as trinkets you might buy to hang on your wall maybe, but these things are serious instruments, and deserve the time to explore what I could do with one. I bought a cheap 000 size Recording King Dirty 30s guitar to have a kick'n around guitar at close hand in the living room and it plays and sounds so good that its the first guitar I grab now. These cigar box guitars have unique vintage sound that I think would blend really well with this Recording King in a mix. That version of The Breeze set my mind in motion.
Drop Tune Del...yes I agree 100% sounds thicker and rocks out more, as mentioned in a previous episodes, the lower string tension will extend the life of the instrument...and of course, it's the unique Puckett fretboard intonation that allows your playing to blossom and bloom...because if you wanna be a flower...................................... \m/
Hi Del, thank you for this video, it's the first of yours I've seen, just found it today (June 5, 2023). I really like the EBE sound over the GDG. As you mentioned it fits these types of guitars, and I really like the blues sound, which EBE makes sound much better.
@@PuckettCigarBoxGuitar Thanks, Del. I'm picking up my first CBG tomorrow from the gentleman that just made it for me this past week. I'll be watching more of your videos for tips and tricks along the way.
"The highest 2 strings on a guitar are also B & E meaning your licks transfer over" BREAKTHROUGH!!!! If I tune EBE I can get solo lick lessons from 6 string guys - - - or I can pickup a 6 string and still play lead licks. AWESOME!!! THANKS!!!
if you like that i tried 13 17 26 gauge strings and did his fsharp b and d sharp which is open b but strings were to tight soo i tuned to open a which is e a and c sharp this give you exactly the same scales on all 3 strings as the guitar on the d g and b strings plus its easy to find power chords scales and modes up neck just like guitar
Hey Del. This is a great video and I am all in on EBe tuning. Yours is also an excellent rendition of the Breeze! I see what you are doing with the simple, but fun, lick at the end of each line, but I'm struggling to see your chord progressions on each line of the song. Can you share the chord progression you used for this version of the Breeze? Thanks from Wisconsin!
it’s your ’basic’ 1 4 5 - open… to the fifth fret barr… back to the open … then to the 7th fret barr … i usually hammer the middle string up two frets for that boogie sound
Been watching BOTH of these guys vids (Del & Michael) for the past couple of months and have always thought....what if these guys played together? Wouldn't that be cool?!
@@bryantscott I, "Second that emotion"...😊...😊....! Worlds apart in their distance; Oregon in the Pacific North West, and Florida in the Atlantic South East, but together in their playing styles! Both of them, always a treat to watch and hear! Take care. all!....😀...😀...! P.S. I've also dropped my CBG from open G to open E!...a different experience and sound!
Some guitars just flat-out sound better in EBE. Trouble is, my vocal range can be measured in semitones at best, and EBE is just too low for comfort, so I have to keep some GDGs and AEAs about the place if I need (heaven forfend!) to add vocals to anything. Have to admit though that my bluesiest instrument is a 27” LPG tuned EBE...
I have a 4 string so I tried e, b, e, Ab and I get string vibration at the bridge on the low string. I am using medium strings 44 34 34 17. I'd say I have a lower action. Also my scale length is 23" I use a tail peace and a floating bridge. My guess is I need to bring the angle down between the bridge and tail peace with like a retainer. I also heard maybe use heavier gauge strings. Do you have any input? It sounded like yours did it a few times in this video also.
I lost where you tuned the middle string from D to B. I tried tuning from the 2nd string 5th fret like in the video and then tuning too string to that but it didn’t turn out right.
@@PuckettCigarBoxGuitar WoW.... that's fantastic. Wanting to learn historically how the poor man did it from the 1st time in 1800s. Just wondering it you can re-tune it like they did... to your voice. Would love to see you do a historical tuning n song play.... you'd be very good.
Your video have inspired me to have a go at building my own cigar box guitar.. I have a question.. What is the difference between the fret board perfectly level with the cigar box top surface and the fret board raised basically resting on the box lid? Is it simply design taste or does it have an actual effect on the finished guitar.. As I'd like to make mine inset into the box and level with the box top surface
what size stings do you use? I broke all mine trying out different combinations and now i have to buy more. I didnt realize you had to put wound stings with wound strings.
Of all your builds this one really sings to me, the Lowe's yard stick, the staining, the box, the sound!! Looks like it fell through a time portal from 1930! Nailed it!! But most of all I expected a short scale to sound banjo like....how wrong am I!!! What scale length is this??
What is the rest of your EBE tuning..? Like what are the other 3 tuned to if I wanted to translate that my 6 string..? I'd like to noodle around with that...!
Guys, Mister Puckett, universe...: I need some "tutorials" for beginners BUT for 4 strings cigar box. It's the same with 3 strings ones ?, I mena, can I follow 3 string lesson for doing it with a 4 string cigar box ? Help please.
333, 535, 555, 757, 777....F# A...repeat and walk up with....8 (middle string) 7, 8, 9, 10 (top string), 7, 8, 9, 10 (middle string) 9, 10, 11 ,12 (top string) 9, 10, 11, 12...sustaaaaaiiin and repeat.....Hey Del, where you going with that wood in your hand...2, 5,2, 5, 7.......Hey Del, watcha gonna do with that wood in your hand \m/
I just finished my guitar a few days ago. It only has a piezo but works beautifully. Anyway a song kind of came natural in ebe but I know it is supposed to be in d so I tuned to dad.
Have been watching your videos since february, man you blow my mind your passion and enthusiasm is unbelievable, i had heart surgery and when I tried to return to work they made me redundant after 15 years you have made isolation bearable, I am 62 years old and never played an instrument before going to now i am building my own cbg with your wonderful tips and tricks, hopefully i can be 1 fifth as good as you. I will be watching and also like this EBE tuning think i will try it.
Good to hear you're getting creating what you want to play LP. I hope things are going well, and you are now 3/4 as good as Del!
I really enjoy hearing your 3 strung guitar renditions of classic rock songs.
This one tangled all the way to my toes! I just discovered this tuning on my slide.
We are in the presence of a true Master
You have found favor with music thank you for introducing us to her
Keep strumming
Papa Smurf called and wants his beard back.
I think he lent it to him to make it cooler.
@@dcmurphy5157 YED SUR REEEE
@@dcmurphy5157 YES SUREEEEEEEEE
Always like open e for low grunt sound and ease of playing didnt no why till you explained it great video as always
Puck you sing just fine never stop, we only get old when we stop doing the things in life that we Agape . Live free from within you were made for Worship same as me .there ain't no change in the weather Lord knows He the change in me ,there ain't no change in the weather ,Let it rain Lord for the weather just has to be ,For it rains on the just and the unjust alike Lord may my feet not slip and may your Spirit keep me Free ,For your garment of praise has kindled a Blaze within this wretch You've freed. Worship does the heart good .
Your channel is addicting!
I admit i used to think of CBGs as trinkets you might buy to hang on your wall maybe, but these things are serious instruments, and deserve the time to explore what I could do with one. I bought a cheap 000 size Recording King Dirty 30s guitar to have a kick'n around guitar at close hand in the living room and it plays and sounds so good that its the first guitar I grab now. These cigar box guitars have unique vintage sound that I think would blend really well with this Recording King in a mix. That version of The Breeze set my mind in motion.
Drop Tune Del...yes I agree 100% sounds thicker and rocks out more, as mentioned in a previous episodes, the lower string tension will extend the life of the instrument...and of course, it's the unique Puckett fretboard intonation that allows your playing to blossom and bloom...because if you wanna be a flower...................................... \m/
Being a JJ Cale fan, I loved your version! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
JJ R I P
Hi Del, thank you for this video, it's the first of yours I've seen, just found it today (June 5, 2023). I really like the EBE sound over the GDG. As you mentioned it fits these types of guitars, and I really like the blues sound, which EBE makes sound much better.
hey Marc !! welcome to the rabbit hole!!! 😜
@@PuckettCigarBoxGuitar Thanks, Del. I'm picking up my first CBG tomorrow from the gentleman that just made it for me this past week. I'll be watching more of your videos for tips and tricks along the way.
I also like E tuning because you can go a little heavier on the strings and have wound strings which in my opinion sound better.
I've been using the EBE tuning lately and it is awesome!
"The highest 2 strings on a guitar are also B & E meaning your licks transfer over" BREAKTHROUGH!!!! If I tune EBE I can get solo lick lessons from 6 string guys - - - or I can pickup a 6 string and still play lead licks. AWESOME!!! THANKS!!!
Exactly!!!!
if you like that i tried 13 17 26 gauge strings and did his fsharp b and d sharp which is open b but strings were to tight soo i tuned to open a which is e a and c sharp this give you exactly the same scales on all 3 strings as the guitar on the d g and b strings plus its easy to find power chords scales and modes up neck just like guitar
Would you please show us how to play Hallelujah using the EBE tuning?🤗
Any chance of a lesson on " The Breeze". Like your version.👍👍👍
What a pro player love it Del thanks
Awesome vid. You rule with CBGs. What say you about D-A-D tuning? I stumbled on it and think it's pretty dope. 1👍😎❤😎👍
Nice. I gotta get one of those guitars.
You should!
Awesome ! Thank you for sharing .
Also a good idea if you play with someone with a 6 String. They tend to play blues on E......
поддерживаю, такой строй имеет свои неоспоримые плюсы.
I did that the other night, it was Sunday, and maybe I didn't have it tuned just exact. Anyway, I will have to give it another try.
I like to keep a CBG in 3 open tunings... open E , open G, and open D. It gives more songs to match with my voice
I felt some JJ Cale in vocals. Great stuff.
Hey Del. This is a great video and I am all in on EBe tuning. Yours is also an excellent rendition of the Breeze! I see what you are doing with the simple, but fun, lick at the end of each line, but I'm struggling to see your chord progressions on each line of the song. Can you share the chord progression you used for this version of the Breeze? Thanks from Wisconsin!
it’s your ’basic’ 1 4 5 - open… to the fifth fret barr… back to the open … then to the 7th fret barr … i usually hammer the middle string up two frets for that boogie sound
Very good informative video Dell
Nice tune. Open E Rocks!!
Good to see Michael pop in!....😊....😊...!
@@paulfosbery6026 Hey Paul :)
@@SouthernFireGuitars Happy CBG'ers together!...LOL...😊...😊...!
Been watching BOTH of these guys vids (Del & Michael) for the past couple of months and have always thought....what if these guys played together? Wouldn't that be cool?!
@@bryantscott I, "Second that emotion"...😊...😊....! Worlds apart in their distance; Oregon in the Pacific North West, and Florida in the Atlantic South East, but together in their playing styles! Both of them, always a treat to watch and hear! Take care. all!....😀...😀...! P.S. I've also dropped my CBG from open G to open E!...a different experience and sound!
Why not drop the EBE tuning a half step down to Eb, Bb, Eb?
Love your 3 string version of a Southern rock classic.
Is there a similar version of Lay Down Sally we have not heard?
Hey Del! You ought to sell a open E chord chart
Play Free Bird Man 😂. Awesome stuff Del👏👍
love your song!!
Well Del, you went down to Albuquerque….
i did - i did
Excellent man!!👍👍
Some guitars just flat-out sound better in EBE. Trouble is, my vocal range can be measured in semitones at best, and EBE is just too low for comfort, so I have to keep some GDGs and AEAs about the place if I need (heaven forfend!) to add vocals to anything. Have to admit though that my bluesiest instrument is a 27” LPG tuned EBE...
Is that yet another new CBG?
Rings my bell. For sale?
Dell is it possible to do a video with you playing guitar and cigar box guitar at the same time
I have a 4 string so I tried e, b, e, Ab and I get string vibration at the bridge on the low string. I am using medium strings 44 34 34 17. I'd say I have a lower action. Also my scale length is 23" I use a tail peace and a floating bridge. My guess is I need to bring the angle down between the bridge and tail peace with like a retainer. I also heard maybe use heavier gauge strings. Do you have any input? It sounded like yours did it a few times in this video also.
I lost where you tuned the middle string from D to B. I tried tuning from the 2nd string 5th fret like in the video and then tuning too string to that but it didn’t turn out right.
🤔 I wonder what they tune historically at the start when they 1st made these....
probably tuned to match their voices 👍🏽
@@PuckettCigarBoxGuitar WoW.... that's fantastic. Wanting to learn historically how the poor man did it from the 1st time in 1800s. Just wondering it you can re-tune it like they did... to your voice. Would love to see you do a historical tuning n song play.... you'd be very good.
Your video have inspired me to have a go at building my own cigar box guitar.. I have a question.. What is the difference between the fret board perfectly level with the cigar box top surface and the fret board raised basically resting on the box lid? Is it simply design taste or does it have an actual effect on the finished guitar.. As I'd like to make mine inset into the box and level with the box top surface
there are no rules ... the options and ideas are endless ... be thou creative 😎
U r mind reader brother...i always wondered why you prefer it!
what size stings do you use? I broke all mine trying out different combinations and now i have to buy more. I didnt realize you had to put wound stings with wound strings.
I have one tuned this way DGB
Thanks for that Del, what gauge strings are you using here?
Very helpful. I can use this.
Of all your builds this one really sings to me, the Lowe's yard stick, the staining, the box, the sound!! Looks like it fell through a time portal from 1930! Nailed it!! But most of all I expected a short scale to sound banjo like....how wrong am I!!! What scale length is this??
If you have a four string cbg, what would the high string be in E tuning? Thanks!
I still don't understand CGB tuning, E what E2? E3?
same as low string on a guitar
Why not make a 6 String Cigar Box Guitar tuned to Eb Standard?
You can do it if you want. Remember, there are no rules when it comes to building a CBG ^^
@@classico1132 Dale Pucket is right. I prefer to tune my instruments down a half step to make the high notes easier to sing.
Why don't you tuned a Cigar Box Guitar DGB, it sounds so nice.
what key is that??
Open G, but a real chord, not a power chord, just remember a chord has three notes, but the power chords have two notes only.
Second, third and fourth strings of a standard guitar
What is the rest of your EBE tuning..?
Like what are the other 3 tuned to if I wanted to translate that my 6 string..?
I'd like to noodle around with that...!
That’s above my pay grade... Heheheee you’ll have to experiment!?!? Lemme know what you find out 😎
What gauge strings are you using or recommend? Building my first CBG. Thanks.
I saw him respond on another video with another guitar (same tuning) that he was using .044, .034, and .026.
Guys, Mister Puckett, universe...: I need some "tutorials" for beginners BUT for 4 strings cigar box. It's the same with 3 strings ones ?, I mena, can I follow 3 string lesson for doing it with a 4 string cigar box ?
Help please.
Four strings is one string too many. Way to confusing........ just give up a get a three string 😂😂😂
What scale is it and what gauge strings are you using?
What scale is the guitar?
333, 535, 555, 757, 777....F# A...repeat and walk up with....8 (middle string) 7, 8, 9, 10 (top string), 7, 8, 9, 10 (middle string) 9, 10, 11 ,12 (top string) 9, 10, 11, 12...sustaaaaaiiin and repeat.....Hey Del, where you going with that wood in your hand...2, 5,2, 5, 7.......Hey Del, watcha gonna do with that wood in your hand \m/
E B F# try that
5ths !!! 😎
@@PuckettCigarBoxGuitar Im not to polished but here is what I like...th-cam.com/video/ngKA6PGFQU8/w-d-xo.html
I just went from ebe to dad.
I just finished my guitar a few days ago. It only has a piezo but works beautifully. Anyway a song kind of came natural in ebe but I know it is supposed to be in d so I tuned to dad.
If dropping the tuning, would it sound better to use the 6th, 5th, and 4th string gauge from a regular guitar?
M B that is what i use
if the fretboard isnt perfect..you will get buzzing
You need practice JJ Cale would get sick.
It looks old and crusty, just like some of us!
I resemble that remark !! 😎