CigarFox

I’m making a cigar box guitar and I need a little help?

I don’t have any tuning pegs around… is there anything I can use instead of tuning pegs?

Hello there,

I would advise you to buy actual tuning pegs if you plan to play the guitar. I have played string instruments that used wooden pegs for tuners. That was common with vintage (antique) ukes.

The problem with those sort of tuning pegs is that they do not hold the string in tune as you play. The string constantly goes out of tune. You have to retune the string after a song, sometimes part way through a song. That is no way to play. That is a problem on a lot of cheap guitars. The tuning pegs do not hold tune. Homemade ones will not likely hold tune either.

Avoid the headache and buy the tuning pegs. You can buy some off eBay for a few bucks. Money well spent.

Later,

American Folk Blues Prison Ballad / Cigar Box Guitar / Bottleneck Slide / Open Tuning