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Started this discussion. Last reply by Russell Coger Aug 30, 2019. 4 Replies 1 Like

hello Everyone My name is Russ Coger I am very new to the CBG world.I have fell in love with both building and playing them I am on Build #6 a custom "Customer" spec Build to his specifications and…Continue

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How did you learn about Cigar Box Nation?: CB Gitty

How many instruments have you built so far?: 6

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).: The sound reminds me so Much of the roots that brought me to love Old blues.I Started out playing regular instruments, I ran across A Justin Jonson video Jam they were playing a 3 string CBG ,a diddley bow and a 4 string Slide resonator the more I dug the more i Fell in love.Now I build and am learning play CBG slide and fretted I love the old Blues sounds!

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