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Edward McCarthy replied to Cigar Box Nation's discussion An update from Shane: I’m home, God is good

Jun 30, 2021

Edward McCarthy replied to Cigar Box Nation's discussion Six Guitars That Break All the Rules: Bart Hopkin's "Guitar-Like Things"

Jun 30, 2021

Edward McCarthy replied to Michael shrader's discussion Obvious overlooked error. Do I rebuild this neck? in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

Mar 25, 2020

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"Nice one Edward. On first look I thought this was a skate board. I may have to visit a Goodwill store to see if they still have any."

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"Nice!"

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"Good on you. Old style."

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"I like that mesh under the sound holes."

Mar 10, 2020

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"Very pretty box and all you did. I favor having the saddle inboard a bit more for better acoustic sound. I hope you can lower the action to a spot you like."

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"Thanks for the positive feedback. I'm now addicted - I've got wood in my veins!"

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"Poorness, three is the sweet spot! ;-) I've built a single 4-stringer at the strong request for a commissioned build; may have to try another someday, but so far I don;t miss that 4th string! Nice array of gitties, Ed Mac! Really like the red…"

Mar 9, 2020

Gary W aka Rev. Bluejeans commented on Edward McCarthy's photo

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"Kudos! Welcome to the addiction of CBG and roots instrument building and playing! Good job on the eye bolt tuners - I've not built any with that option. I do like the look, and the 'old school' nature of them, though!"

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How did you learn about Cigar Box Nation?: Searching for CBG build info. / Shawn Speal

How many instruments have you built so far?: 0.5

What do you find most interesting about cigar box guitars? (If you do not enter something meaningful here (at least one sentence long), your membership may be rejected as a spam/bot fake account).: Designing, building, graphics and yeah, learning to play the dang thing!

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At 5:43am on November 27, 2019, BrianQ. said…: Welcome to the nation, the Resources tab is highly recommended as is the YouTube channels of Glenn Watt & Del Puckett? The Posts tab is where the groups are, join a few. The Forum is for questions/comments & Blog posts are to show your build processes? :)

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