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Edward McCarthy replied to Cigar Box Nation's discussion An update from Shane: I’m home, God is good

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Edward McCarthy replied to Cigar Box Nation's discussion Six Guitars That Break All the Rules: Bart Hopkin's "Guitar-Like Things"

Jun 30, 2021

Edward McCarthy replied to Michael shrader's discussion Obvious overlooked error. Do I rebuild this neck? in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

Mar 25, 2020

Bob Johnston commented on Edward McCarthy's photo

2. Diddley Bow

"Nice one Edward. On first look I thought this was a skate board. I may have to visit a Goodwill store to see if they still have any."

Mar 11, 2020

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"Nice!"

Mar 10, 2020

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2. Diddley Bow

"Good on you. Old style."

Mar 10, 2020

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3. Blue Vanilla

"That is a cutie."

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Red No.4

"I like that mesh under the sound holes."

Mar 10, 2020

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Red No.4

"Very pretty box and all you did. I favor having the saddle inboard a bit more for better acoustic sound. I hope you can lower the action to a spot you like."

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"Thanks for the positive feedback. I'm now addicted - I've got wood in my veins!"

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Gary W aka Rev. Bluejeans commented on Edward McCarthy's photo

"Poorness, three is the sweet spot! ;-) I've built a single 4-stringer at the strong request for a commissioned build; may have to try another someday, but so far I don;t miss that 4th string! Nice array of gitties, Ed Mac! Really like the red…"

Mar 9, 2020

Gary W aka Rev. Bluejeans commented on Edward McCarthy's photo

1. Crow Slider

"Kudos! Welcome to the addiction of CBG and roots instrument building and playing! Good job on the eye bolt tuners - I've not built any with that option. I do like the look, and the 'old school' nature of them, though!"

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How did you learn about Cigar Box Nation?: Searching for CBG build info. / Shawn Speal

How many instruments have you built so far?: 0.5

What do you find most interesting about cigar box guitars? (If you do not enter something meaningful here (at least one sentence long), your membership may be rejected as a spam/bot fake account).: Designing, building, graphics and yeah, learning to play the dang thing!

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At 5:43am on November 27, 2019, BrianQ. said…: Welcome to the nation, the Resources tab is highly recommended as is the YouTube channels of Glenn Watt & Del Puckett? The Posts tab is where the groups are, join a few. The Forum is for questions/comments & Blog posts are to show your build processes? :)

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