Posted by John McNair on September 14, 2018 at 8:35pm
---------------This photo is from the website https://www.homemade-guitars.comBill Coliins said this, I thought paraphrased it would be a great write up for inspiration to post over here."There's a certain rawness to a homemade cigar box guitar. It's a sound that has grit. There is an unrefined quality that you don't find in guitars being made in a factory. Cigar Box Guitars have a ruff, dry attack and an unruliness to them.A lot of cigar box guitar builders today try to fix and correct the nuances of a homemade guitar, and there is definitely a place for that, but I don't think a {cigar box guitar} needs to be completely balanced in tone and playablity from end to end to be a great guitar.Some of the best notes of a cigar box guitar may be a standard guitar's worst. Some might say it's what gives a cigar box guitar its character."There is always another point of view....."I don't play cigar box guitar, I use tin cans"---------
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Great photo and insight Beetle. Thanks.
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