"Butterfly Guitar" by Ed Stilley of Hogscald Hollow, Arkansas.
In the pantheon of great guitar makers, Ed Stilley’s work stands alone like a castaway on its own musical island. Imperfect, bizarre and some even un-tunable to the modern equal temperament scale, his crudely made stringed instruments would make the most adventurous guitar collector shudder.
And yet, his instruments (and even more his story) are just as fascinating as Leo Fender or C. F. Martin. >>Read more...
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A note from Cigar Box Nation owner, Ben "C. B. Gitty" Baker:
Dear Cigar Box Nation,
Welcome to "instrument building season" where so many of you are building cigar box guitars to give as gifts. C. B. Gitty is working at blazing speeds to get your parts orders out ASAP (most times within 24 hours of when you place your order).
Even at our busiest time of the year, we will continue to push Cigar Box Nation forward as a unique news magazine + social network dedicated to Cigar Box Guitars and other handmade musical mayhem. In the world of homemade instruments, we've only started to scratch the surface of ingenuity.
Cheers!
-Ben
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