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The Glitsch...Gretsch inspired Cigar Box Guitar

Posted by Jim Junksville Sharkey on April 27, 2012 at 11:43am
Always wanted to try a Gretsch style cigar box, and finally got round it. Started life as a wine gift box with 2 bottles of red inside....several weeks and several bottles later I kind of got the sort of thing I had in my head made. The hardest bit now is to remove the orange wood dye that has seemed to got it's self splattered on the majority of my househouse belongings!
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Tags: Gretsch, bigsby, box, cigar, cigar+box+guitar, guitar, junksville, tremelo
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  • Michael Stevenson May 11, 2012 at 11:30pm

    I am just floored!!

  • Ronald P.D. Brandt April 29, 2012 at 7:23am

    Wow. Just, wow.

  • Jim Junksville Sharkey April 28, 2012 at 2:31am

    thanks for the kind comments guys, appricate it. I'll try and get a video done this weekend so you can check out the sound.

  • David "Gitz" O'Corley April 27, 2012 at 11:58pm

    Very cool build...

  • Medicine Man CBG's-Mikel Doktor April 27, 2012 at 11:51pm

    The ultimate cigar box porn. Cheers!

     

  • Lonman April 27, 2012 at 11:17pm

    Awesome job! that would look nice hanging next to my 'chess paul'. Gretsch is one of my fav guitars.

  • Dave Lynas April 27, 2012 at 4:11pm

    This is splendid. Museum quality. Worth a few orange spots. A masterpiece!

  • timothy chessel jr April 27, 2012 at 1:39pm

    super sweet build

  • PapaSimone April 27, 2012 at 1:30pm

    Beautiful!

  • FretMonkey April 27, 2012 at 12:26pm

    omg I love it :)

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