Les Paul & the Log guitar
c1948…Les Paul playing “The Log” and tinkering with multi-track recording in his apartment, with Mary Ford in background.
Paul was dissatisfied with acoustic-electric guitars and began experimenting at his apartment in
Read more…Wow, there are currently six servicemembers with open requests on the CBGs for Servicemembers Group! These requests arrived just in the last week. See how many of them say they've seen one belonging to a buddy in their service unit? I remember whe
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Landfill Harmonic – A Film About Inspiring Dreams One Note at a Time
A film teaser entitled "Landfill Harmonic" features 'The Recycled Orchestra', the creation of Favio Chavez, a landfill worker and musician. The film will feature Chavez and an i
Read more…yes, we use to joke about the cigar box "bandwagon' and if china would jump on board...we'll its official!
here is a cigar box "type' uke that they are now MASS PRODUCIING ..by "fox music"and selling on ebay!...these are the same people selling produ
Read more…If it says so on the internet it must be true...
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http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/20/showbiz/music/ray-manzaerk-the-doors-dies/index.html One of the comments on this story offered a great T-shirt line: "You know you're getting old when you hafta hold a seance for all the bands you wanna see." RIP
Read more…Well, the other day was mothers day, my first without my mom who passed away this month last year. So instead of moping around being bummed out, I decided to channel that energy into creativity, and I built my 2nd CBG. All Gitty parts. Blank maple ne
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Legendary pickup winder Abigail Ybarro retires after 57 years with Fender
Mrs. Ybarra joined Fender in 1956 and started winding pickups in 1958. Like that Hendrix to
Read more…I purchased some pre wired peizo pickups ,volume and jacks from a place like...... the blues something or other on E bay. The pickup was imbedded in a couple of slices of thin wood and the name was burned on the wood. Very nice but I can't seem to f
Read more…A big ol' hello!
When I worked as a forklift operator, there was a little tradition in the factory to treat your coworkers with doughnuts on the day of your own birthday. That's right...you would buy your own treats and give them to everyone else in
Read more…From Playboy 1/28/13
DADDY MOJO AND PLAYBOY.COM'S CIGAR BOX GUITAR GIVEAWAY
Daddy Mojo, maker of handmade cigar box guitars, and Playboy.com have teamed up to bring one lucky winner a one-of-a-kind custom guitar with the Playboy magazine May 19
Read more…Sit back and watch an extraordinary documentary following Clubhouse member Keni Lee Burgess. It features footage of him busking in the tunnels of the NYC subway, informal interviews about him & his instruments and even a meeting between him and John
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I need some help. I've been thinking since last year about founding a non-profit, tax-exempt organization for he purpose of spreading the cigar box revolution through demonstrations and exhibitions--especially to children in the form o
Read more…This has no connection to guitars, other than that it's about cool cigar boxes. But that's enough, right?
Check out these awesome cigar box labels:
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2013/04/the-golden-age-of-cigar-box-art.html
Read more…Yes a fellow soldier told me about this site and I was trying to inquire on getting one. I deployed in 2011-12 OEF and got injured Im still on medical hold pending a 2nd surg. I have lots of down time and would love to learn how to play. Any help wou
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