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Double cake box guitar

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Six string nougat tin guitar

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Tin reinforcement question

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Truss rod without power tools

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Adding some kind of weight to balance CBG?

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Glue for carbon fiber rods?

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iRig HD2 - any experiences with CBGs?

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Little armadillo guitar

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How did you learn about Cigar Box Nation?: I googled "cigar box guitar"...

How many instruments have you built so far?: Nine

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).: It's always the next one that will be perfect...

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(top ltr:) #4 one string cigar box diddley bow; #3 cigar box ukulele; #2 four string cigar box guitar; #5 eight string cigar box mandolin; #8 six string nougat tin guitar; #6 three string cigar box guitar.
(bottom ltr:) my Seagull acoustic; cigar box amp & cigar box preamp box; #7 four string wine box guitar; #9 four string double cake box guitar; #1 four string archive box guitar.

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At 6:54am on February 15, 2019, John Bennett said…: Many thanks for your comments, Hans.Yes - a lot of screws! I wanted to be sure I wouldn't get any vibration noise from the body, and I hope it also adds to the CBG visual effect. I fitted a separate plate for battery changing to avoid having to unscrew them all again!

At 9:08pm on October 17, 2018, BluesBob said…: I really like your stuff, Hans! This is some really creative building you've got going!

At 3:04am on April 7, 2018, Korrigan said…: Hi Hans, thanks for the friend request.

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