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Stunning? Well, just depends on what you think stunning means... curious is how I'd describe this

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that's something clarence "gatemouth" brown needs to take a spin on ! (if he's still with us.) sorry, sept. 10, 2005 RIP. i'm sure he's got one up there.

There was an decent article about cigar box guitars in Premier Guitar last year. It was written by forum member drumbob.
link: http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/I ... uitar.aspx

I was in Pittsburgh Guitars two years ago checking out a Hofner when a guy brought in a homemade cigar box guitar that looked like it cost about $3.00 to build. He plugged it in and everyone in the store stopped what they were doing. It had the most authentic vintage blues sound I'd ever heard, just amazing. He was gone before I could get a good look at how it was actually constructed, what pickup, etc... but the blues guys in the shop were beside themselves.

ken_j wrote:There was an decent article about cigar box guitars in Premier Guitar last year. It was written by forum member drumbob.
link: http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/I ... uitar.aspx

Thanks for that link, Ken.

Over here in Holland making one's own guitar is mostly a thing of the past (1950s-60s) or dedicated luthiers who make regular guitars. Cigarbox guitars is the kind of guitar that's not taken seriously in Holland. Maybe that's doing it injustice though?

don't you hate that ? you're in a muso store, all the worlds best freak guitarists are there that blow the earth out of orbit and some dude struts in and plugs in a pile of worthless laminate lauan plywood junk and everybodys mouths hit the floor. better throw out the "new music gear guide for 2011" macht schnell !

This reminds me of the local guy making cardboard box basses.

Also, I just found out that some other local guy is making wall mount guitar hangers that are painted hands, like zombie hands, Spider-man, etc.

I've never played a cardboard box bass, but I have played one of these: