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Huge news this week!  We have just posted a full set of Cigar Box Banjo plans from 1886.  These are not the 1884 Uncle Enos plans we posted a few months ago. 

psst!  Scroll down for a first-hand account of a cigar box guitarist, also from 1886!  We're on a roll here, folks...

Aren't you glad I didn't paint your house?

This week's featured instrument was created and painted by Cigar Box Nation member, "Lapsteel Washboard" of Winnipeg, Canada. See his full profile here.

130 YEAR OLD, FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF A CIGAR BOX GUITARIST!  Read the entire article from a Galvaston TV newspaper from 1886.

VIDEO: Shelley Rickey is back with her new trio, The Mourning Glories. Plastic washtub bass, uke and banjo...plus some amazing 3-part vocals. Check out their latest video, "Jailhouse Blues." >> See the video...

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