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How did you learn about Cigar Box Nation?: I ordered some box coeners from C. B. Gitty and discovered cigar box guiotars and have been building them since.

How many instruments have you built so far?: 19 going on twenty

What do you find most interesting about cigar box guitars? (If you do not enter something meaningful here, your membership may be rejected).: The feel of the of a finely carved neck. The excitement of someone playing my guitars. The drive to build even better the next time.

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At 10:23am on October 20, 2015, Andries D. EKER said…: Hi there sparky ,or is it The JOKER ! thanks for the kind comments ,if you plan on doing one like that ,the trick is to take as thick a plexiglass you can get 5mm or more, i had to do a lot of filing down of the frets, so the string don´t clatter to much while playing, the more thickness on the P Glass the deeper your frets can go for variation on the play, my dean stick was olso twisted so it was even more work,just so you know ! thanks again and good luck on your undertaking.

At 1:10pm on September 17, 2015, Preston J. Laisure said…: It looks like "Uncle Lou" doesn't currently have plans to play anywhere before 15Nov2015. He does bow hunt, so I thinks what is taking up his free time. I'll keep ya informed. Preston

At 5:09pm on July 18, 2015, Preston J. Laisure said…: So did you use a piezo rod combined with the pre-amp in your Lacewood 6 string? I've been contemplating that idea for a build too.