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The Glitsch...Gretsch inspired Cigar Box Guitar

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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Location: Junksville UK at The Boars Nest Bar & Workshop

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Comment by GIFlush on April 27, 2012 at 2:16pm: This an awesome work of art. You can tell it was a labor of love. I hope it sounds as good as it looks...

Comment by Jim Junksville Sharkey on April 27, 2012 at 10:27am: Thanks Kevin....this one was a real labour of love, it had been in my head for ages to build a gretsch style one, so had to see if it would work and get it out of my system!!

Comment by Boxy Music on April 27, 2012 at 10:21am: Oh my days. I'm getting sick of saying this, but what a piece of work. Lovely, lovely guitar.

Comment by Jim Junksville Sharkey on April 27, 2012 at 10:13am: Thanks for the comments guys, will try and get a video sorted at the weekend James.......though when ever I get a video camera pointed at me I loose all ability to play a note!

Comment by Jon Pruett on April 27, 2012 at 9:32am: Wow! That's beautiful craftsmanship! Bravo!!

Comment by James on April 27, 2012 at 5:05am: love this, now we need to hear it !!!

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