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Hi Folks!

I am builder of CBGs and Diddley Bows based in Colne, Lancashire in the UK and I have been given the chance to display my builds in a Shop in the Town centre of Colne on Saint Georges Day. i was wondering if anyone out there would be kind enough to give me any information on the history of the Cigar box Guitar and/or Delta Blues as I was thinking of making a 'cork board' display to have as a backdrop to the builds and the short performance that I will be doing on that day.

Any help will be greatly appreciated

Thanks in advance

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Permalink Reply by Bluesdog on March 10, 2011 at 3:57pm

Well they say the story of the cigarbox guitar goes....

There once was a Man from Nantucket

Who put a string on a stick trough a box and plucked it

He played some Blues that he wanted to choose

And anyone that didn't like it could suck it!

Sorry dude, just joking.

The history of Cb instruments

http://cigarboxguitars.com/about/history

And well, its not exactly a history but a nice summerizing of the toppic of Delta Blues

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_blues

Hope this helps and congradulations on the chance to show your stuff.

Cheers, Frans.

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Christopher Deighton on March 10, 2011 at 4:30pm

Thanks for the help BluesDog!
I shall have a look at those pages and see what information I can put on the display.

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Permalink Reply by Brickdust on March 10, 2011 at 8:25pm

I have absolutely no idea about the history of cbg's - but I hope it goes well and you make lots of sales. :)

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Permalink Reply by David L. on March 11, 2011 at 8:50am

Good luck Andrew.

One idea might be to also have a simple tune Tabbed out for the CBG (for 1, 2, 3 etc strings) so when a potential buyer picks one up they can have a play even if they haven't tried one before.

Also if you stick on the corkboard info for Cigar Box Nation and the UK Home Grown Music Collective/advert for the Boxstock festival - for those interested it will highlight it is a large growing area of music with lots of resources to look at and learn from rather than a musical curiosity.

Regards,

David

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Christopher Deighton on March 11, 2011 at 9:07am

Cheers for the advice david ! i shall print off the info regarding CBNation & The UK Homegrown Music collective etc later in the day.

Cheers

Drew

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Permalink Reply by Tony Davies on July 11, 2012 at 12:30pm

Hope this is useful, I too build cbg's however I also make padded bags as used by chillicool , chickenbone john etc .I am based in yorkshire so if you are interested in purchasing some get in touch ,

Tony

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