Do macanudo Cigars boxes make good guitars? Im jokin'..well, come to think of it, do they? or is it the OLD ones for tone and timbre? or the new ones for...
All this leaves me wondering about the UK/EUROPE end of things ...................How many are there of us ? And where ? I don't think I could raise the bread...
My head is still pounding and everything is still foggy this morning (whadda night!), but I had to just wish everyone an awesome and cigar box filled happy new...
I think plenty of performers as well as workshops on construction, with booths selling instruments......all well advertised in the blues mags.....that aught to...
hi all, I rent and old house with nearly half an acrea of yard every year i put on several mini festivals , 3 years ago we had bob brozman and woody mann > we...
Hey all, I just found plans for a cigar box ukulele from the 1930's. When I get them in the mail, I'll post 'em for you. If somebody wants to claim it for...
... I've started working on the bass, but I didn't have the right saw and I'm not happy with the results, so I'm starting over. (I have the right saw now) -- ...
... What are Challenge instruments? I've just had a note from Bill with a photo of a Ducijo attached. This is something I've looked for for years and will be a...
Hi AC I started the great Cigar Box Guitar Challenge a couple months ago. In it. I am providing everyone with my collection of historical how- to plans for...
The Uncle Enos Banjo is almost done. I have to buy a 'reamer' and carve the tuning pegs as described in the scan. From the article: "And now we have reached...
Hi Shane, I've a plan (in french!!!!), from an old Boy Scout'book (do you know that in the USA, the Baden Powell'movement?). It's a one string cello (violin,...
Hi Prince! Could you send me the information on the Boy Scout book such as the original title in French and when it was published? I will try to find a copy...
Shane, Sir Robert Baden-Powell was the founder of the World Scout Movement of which our Boys Scouts came from. He was known as the Chief Scout of the World. ...
Thanks for the tip, David. Another invitation for the Challenge builders: I am going to be building a website for the National Cigar Box Guitar Museum in the ...
... Baden Powell was the founder of the Boy Scouts. I think the "Baden Powell movement" just means the Boy Scouts in whatever form it takes in various ...
Thanks for identifying the "folder" in the file section. Gee, you folks must be getting up early----re: "The document you requested is temporarily unavailable...
On the day after Christmas I was working on shaping a maple table leg for a banjo with a 60 grit dremel sanding wheel and uh... I blew up the dremel (laughs...
I've been listing the Jug Fusion cd on eBay lately. I get 2-5 sales every time I put it up there. Four days ago, I sold one to a guy named John Pearse. Some...
Hamjambo , Watu Wote ! Is this John Pearse the guy who wrote the booklet on making mountain dulcimers , in the sixties ? Baden Powell - wrote "Scouting For...
... No way! That's awesome! I used to use John's strings a long time ago, don't know why I switched either, since I remember liking them. Maybe the music store...
Hi Bill, Yes, I think it is the same John Pearse because John Pearse Strings still sells mountain dulcimers. What a conversation I had with this guy. He told...
Dear All , I bin thinkin' (Lord help us , he's at it agin !) , looking around the post-Xmas sales I see a lot of cheap tin turkey-roast oven-ware , now if you...
