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i see people dumping good money into these folkart builds , fact of the matter is if yer spending 3-4-5 hundred dollars into a box guitar , ya have more money than common sense .ive been bouncing around between the nation and handemade clubhouse since 2009 , there are some awesome builds coming out of both places , fact of the matter is , some seem to be forgetting the fact that a box guitar is exactly what it is , and to think that your buying a Martin or Taylor ,Gibson quality , your sadly mistaken50.00 or 500.00 its a BOX GUITAR , ive seen in the past 3 years some very greedy builders , they throw out a half a dozen BOX Guitars , and think that theyre going to make millions on them , how foolish is this too even think that way , this is a hobby , there are no profrssional builders here , or they would be working for Martin or Taylor ect.

What ive been seeing here in the past few years is that greed is taking over the hobby and ruining the fun and friendships that were originally the good intensions of the building process and these great websites , i see alot of poor sportsmanship , gingerbread these builds up all you want to , but facts are facts , it is a BOX GUITAR,what are people not understanding here ? i find this to be a sad situation to ruin friendships over a box and a stick.

If you expect a certain type or style in one of these FOLKART pieces , then build it yourself , thats what started this whole deal , and not buying and expecting a personalized build from someone else .sure a few have made some awesome quality builds ,great going guys ! , and awesome creativity from those that have.

the other thing is , if you dont know the builder PERSONALY, you shouldnt be sending money in advance , thats just down right stupid , no matter what the reasons told may be , if you do , you stand a good chance of loosing out , for instance , if you front up moneys for a build from a certain person , and tragedy occures such as death or injury , and the builder cant get the build finished , are you going to go try to sue the family of the deceased ? thats just dedundant and unheartful, and again greedy as hell , when a build is posted and its already complete , thats when you buy it and not until then

just my opinion , but i feel this all makes sense , thanx for reading , lets get back to the fun of it , and not making this HOBBY into a grudge match of backyard builders

steve smith

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Comment by Lonman on May 24, 2012 at 11:57am: interesting...........

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on May 24, 2012 at 10:58am: Now, who can argue with that?

Howard Johnson is right.

Comment by Andy Eight Spades CBG on May 24, 2012 at 6:56am: I'm what you would call a newer builder(long time singer though!) and my opinion probably ain't worth shit to most of you, which is fair, but I must say that I have never come across a site like this, or a group of people where everyone is friendly and supportive like this place is. It's really remarkable how everyone is willing to give advice and tips and help each other out. I see some egos every once in a while but nothing like other sites I've been on. I comment on it to my wife all the time how surprised I am at the level of respect on here.

I take nothing away from builders that sell for high dollar amounts....more power to them, they deserve it if they can demand that money. I hope to be among them one day. I build to build but I also love to get the reward of filling my gas tank and buying a cold 12 pack with money I earned(not to mention a few bills here and there) with CBGs. There are millions of players out there and only thousands of builders......plenty to go around.
Anyway, just my 2 cents....Carry on

Comment by steven smith-- dewy on May 24, 2012 at 6:56am: thanx steve for the reply / point being here is/was , that greed and selfishness should not be playing such a big role in such a simple endvere, i as well agree with alot of what youve said , thanx again, but to build a personalized guitar for someone , i would think that youd have to know that person personaly , to know what they excpect or vision in theyre own views, if not its always a shot in the dark so too speak

Comment by Slowpaw Steve T on May 24, 2012 at 6:40am: Hi Steve - i agree with a lot of what you say but not everybody is the same, some can only play, some can only build, some can do both...CBG is after all a Folk art music hobby as you say, but there are no rules - i can build a playable instrument for around £50 of my own good hard earned money for my own use, it'll never compete with a Martin but i built it and gain a lot of pleasure from it , it becomes more than just a box on a stick to me, though if it got stolen or broken i'd just go and build another one, possibly improving on it, the knowledge is there, but many on here are entitled to have one made to their own spec., they can have any size or shape, scale length, gold plated tuners, P90 soap bars.or whatever takes their fancy - the options are wide open, miles more choice and more unique than factory made trophy guitars, and there will always be an experienced builder prepared to make it, labour and parts cost money, in a perfect world everybody would be honest, things sometimes go wrong in any endeavour, but everybody is human!

The pride and pleasure factor gleaned from a nicely built stick on a box is inestimable...enjoy your hobby, do what you wanna do, and others will too. (-: