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I have never build a Cigar Box Guitar!

Now, I am one of those people who has never build a cigar box guitar. Really!



That's because I'm living on a lonesome hill in central Portugal and I just didn't find any cigar box here. Call me a "purist" but I do not want to buy a box or any other part for that matter. Not only because of the choice once made to go and live in a place where modern gadgets…

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Added by Gerrit Klaassen on June 14, 2019 at 11:45pm — 3 Comments

The "Coevorden Special" on the road

After a week of playing several gigs on the "Coevorden Special" it turns out to be a reliable little box guitar with a great sound, especially during the jazzy solo's.

(balcony concert at the town square, Tomar) 

It's new owner, Canadian singer/songwriter Robert Burton Hubele, seems to be very happy with it. Even though…

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Added by Gerrit Klaassen on August 22, 2015 at 11:47pm — No Comments

Four times a RGB part #2

Unloading wood in the middle of the night.

It's hard to find the right wood here in Portugal.  Thanks to a local furniture maker we got…

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Added by Gerrit Klaassen on June 14, 2015 at 1:30am — No Comments

Four times a RBG part #1

Starting a new project...



4 Recycled Box Guitars....

nr.1  beetle perforated pine

nr.2  a recycled phonograph panel

nr.3  combined oak drawer pieces

nr.4  a 17th century curved panel…

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Added by Gerrit Klaassen on June 14, 2015 at 1:30am — No Comments

A CBG called Amália

Well, technically it's not a cigar-box guitar because the (new) box was made for 3 small sample bottles of booze, Port to be precise. The name Amália has everything to do with a Portuguese Fado-guitar being the inspiration for this build.
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Amália Rodrigues (born July 23rd 1920 in Lisbon) was a…
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Added by Gerrit Klaassen on December 18, 2014 at 3:34am — No Comments

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