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John Nickel's Sonic Alchemy: Double Pickup CBG + two Queens of the Stone Age Covers One of the most exciting solo acts on the cigar box guitar scene is Muscle Shoals one man band, John Nickel. Taking the stage with drum tri… Started by Cigar Box Nation Official	2	Jan 31, 2017 Reply by Andy Busch
Three Strings of Django Fury: Brett Gardner's Gypsy Jazz Cigar Box Guitar Brett Gardner is one of the most exciting new forces in the Cigar Box Guitar Movement today..and he's doing it without wading in the old bl… Started by Cigar Box Nation Official	7	Jan 25, 2017 Reply by Mark Bliss
Emi Sunshine Gives Special Cigar Box Guitar Performance Americana singing phenom, Emi Sunshine gave this special performance on Facebook Live yesterday and features a custom 4-string cigar box… Started by Cigar Box Nation	3	Jan 24, 2017 Reply by Skeesix
SURVEY: What do I build with these antique tobacco tins? I recently scored a bunch of these tobacco tins at a flea market. I have no idea what to do with them, so I posted a survey on Cigar B… Started by Cigar Box Nation	18	Jan 16, 2017 Reply by Gordon Cooper
Have Your Guitars Played On Stage at New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Fest Attention instrument builders going to the New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival this week: If you'd like me to personally play one of y… Started by Cigar Box Nation	0	Jan 16, 2017
The Mysterious "Ukulele Echo Device" From the 1920's In our relentless pursuit of strange and unusual tone for cigar box guitars and other instruments, we were floored when we tripped over th… Started by Cigar Box Nation	25	Jan 15, 2017 Reply by Gordon Cooper
Classical Music & "Game of Thrones" Theme on Cigar Box Guitar France's cigar box guitar master, Jérôme Graille has just released two new videos. The first has him performing an improvisation of Rodrig… Started by Cigar Box Nation	0	Jan 9, 2017
Guitar made from Tennis Racket, Lita Ford's cigar box guitar, building secrets, more... Welcome to 2017, the International Year of Homemade Boogie! There's exciting things happening behind the scenes at Cigar Box Nation HQ. W… Started by Cigar Box Nation	1	Jan 3, 2017 Reply by Dano Schultz
Hack an Old External Hard Drive Into a Mini Disc Sander! Here's a bizarre little hack. Anyone want to try this? Started by Cigar Box Nation	26	Jan 3, 2017 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
Cigar Box Guitars appear in CBS drama, "Bull" - Nov 15, 2016 at 9pm Cigar Box Nation has the inside-scoop on the Nov. 15 episode of Bull. Our own Ben "C. B. Gitty" Baker was involved in the set design, prov… Started by Cigar Box Nation	8	Dec 29, 2016 Reply by Cigar Box Nation

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