Newb from New Brunswick, Canada

Posted by Eric Horncastle on September 4, 2016 at 9:54am
Hello CBN! My name is Eric, and I'm from east coast Canada. Province of New Brunswick. Thought I should introduce myself since signing up a day or two ago. Came across this site on Facebook and quickly became a fan and wanted to join..many thanks for opening the doors with a welcome. I'm 59, a retired graphic designer and illustrator, with inherited musical interests...my grandfather played tenor sax during the big band era, my mom and aunt played and taught piano, and I dabbled in both piano and guitar as a youth and still strum occasionally on the old 6 string. I have played, taught and competed with bagpipes now for close to 40 years, but look forward to building and learning to play the cigar box guitar. I'm totally intrigued. Just starting to tear into this site, but am amazed at the amount of info and resource material included here. What a great community to become a part of. Thanks to everyone who has shared and contributed something here...very much appreciated by newbs like myself. I look forward to sharing some pics and vids once my first attempt at a build is complete. In the meantime, I intend to immerse myself into the awesomeness of this site! Cheers everyone and thanks for having me!

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  • Metal hic September 5, 2016 at 3:27pm

    Welcome here!

  • Blues Frog September 4, 2016 at 2:05pm

    I too am down here in the States, New York to be exact, but all are welcome on this site.

    Hope when you are done building the first one, you enjoy it as much as you've enjoyed the site.

    Welcome, and good building to you.

    • Eric Horncastle > Blues Frog September 4, 2016 at 4:26pm
      Many thnx Blues Frog! I'll be sure to post some pics. Thanks for the warm welcome! Cheers :)
  • Paul Craig September 4, 2016 at 1:33pm

    Well shoot, I'm in Mississippi, but welcome anyway.

    • Eric Horncastle > Paul Craig September 4, 2016 at 4:24pm
      Thnx Paul...no worries, Im enjoying this whole site! Glad you stopped by to say hello. :) cheers!
  • Thomas "Duck" Petry September 4, 2016 at 12:13pm

    Welcome to the Nation Eric. Lots of good folks here and some great craziness to enjoy. CBGs are more fun than a sack full of squirrels at an acorn party. Enjoy your builds, there will be more than one as once you start, it's hard to quit.

    • Eric Horncastle > Thomas "Duck" Petry September 4, 2016 at 12:47pm
      Thank you Thomas. I can't wait to get started. I find I'm already quite 'hooked' on the guitars with all this great info here...can't wait to try my hand at building one. Cheers!
  • Gilles C. Caron September 4, 2016 at 10:38am
    Welcome to the site neighbor.

    I'm quite new myself, from Quebec.

    Didn't know either about the Canadian Club...
    • Eric Horncastle > Gilles C. Caron September 4, 2016 at 12:04pm
      Thank you and hello Gilles. Nice to hear from you. :)
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