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"UPDATE: MONDAY Maddie had a tracheotomy this morning as doctors try to deal with a b…" Cigar Box Nation replied Dec 7, 2009 to Prayer Appeal for Shane's Sister	23	Dec 27, 2009 Reply by charles kimbler
"Thanks to everyone. I hope the prayer chain keeps increasing. As Sam said, I'm posti…" Cigar Box Nation replied Dec 5, 2009 to Prayer Appeal for Shane's Sister	23	Dec 27, 2009 Reply by charles kimbler
"Eric, do you want to just burn them to cd and mail 'em to me? I can do a proper host…" Cigar Box Nation replied Dec 4, 2009 to Joker's Cigar Box Guitar Podcast Resurrected!	18	Dec 8, 2009 Reply by TINQUI8
"Let me put a call for anyone who downloaded and saved the podcasts. Maybe we can sav…" Cigar Box Nation replied Dec 4, 2009 to Joker's Cigar Box Guitar Podcast Resurrected!	18	Dec 8, 2009 Reply by TINQUI8
"My TurboDiddley #002 was built back in 2004 using pine. The neck is as straight and…" Cigar Box Nation replied Nov 28, 2009 to Pine	38	Mar 19, 2014 Reply by Belfast Guy
"I had saved my strings from the 2004 CBG Fest to do something like this. Ended up lo…" Cigar Box Nation replied Nov 25, 2009 to Get out your needlenose pliers, folks!	8	Nov 28, 2009 Reply by Vince Stark
"What is all this talk??? Here is the traditional setup for a cigar box guitar: HAH…" Cigar Box Nation replied Nov 25, 2009 to Danelectro Honeytone mini	30	Apr 10, 2012 Reply by Diglydog
"Band: Leeds Castle Album: "Is Good For Nothing" Album Cover " Cigar Box Nation replied Nov 25, 2009 to Band Name Game	20	Nov 30, 2009 Reply by Mortimer Snerd
"DATING CIGAR BOXES (taken from http://www.nationalcigarmuseum.com/Site/Dating_boxes.…" Cigar Box Nation replied Nov 25, 2009 to need help dating a cigar box	7	Apr 18, 2018 Reply by Danny Gordon
"yeah...part of the job " Cigar Box Nation replied Nov 23, 2009 to Groups	19	Nov 23, 2009 Reply by Cigar Box Nation

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Cigar Box Nation's Discussions (1,026)

"UPDATE: MONDAY Maddie had a tracheotomy this morning as doctors try to deal with a b…"

"Thanks to everyone. I hope the prayer chain keeps increasing. As Sam said, I'm posti…"

"Eric, do you want to just burn them to cd and mail 'em to me? I can do a proper host…"

"Let me put a call for anyone who downloaded and saved the podcasts. Maybe we can sav…"

"My TurboDiddley #002 was built back in 2004 using pine. The neck is as straight and…"

"I had saved my strings from the 2004 CBG Fest to do something like this. Ended up lo…"

"What is all this talk??? Here is the traditional setup for a cigar box guitar: HAH…"

"Band: Leeds Castle Album: "Is Good For Nothing" Album Cover "

"DATING CIGAR BOXES (taken from http://www.nationalcigarmuseum.com/Site/Dating_boxes.…"

"yeah...part of the job "