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China is now making CIGAR BOX GUITARS!

Posted by John McNair on May 1, 2013 at 6:14pm in Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts

yes, we use to joke about the cigar box "bandwagon' and if china would jump on board...we'll its official!

here is a cigar box "type' uke that they are now MASS PRODUCIING ..by "fox music"and selling on ebay!...these are the same people selling products under "cigar box guitar" keywords and watering down the catagory making it hard for eveyone else to sell becuse theier products pop up first!

your hobby has now been outsourced!

click this link,

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=321118178503&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:3160

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Dustin Aurand April 5, 2017 at 11:07am

I know this is a 2013 post, but is that the Eddy Finn uke? I saw it on Facebook recently. I get why people get so up-in-arms about this stuff. We're supposed to support local builders and small businesses. However, all DIY ends up getting the factory treatment. Also, think of the musician who's never heard of CBGs, and either finds one of these, or receives one. These could be gateway/rabbit hole instruments. Even Gitty sell some of his kits thru Guitar Center now.
Wade June 16, 2013 at 7:36pm

This just the begining.Next thing you know those evil Canadians will start importing their builds here ay?
William H Bonney June 16, 2013 at 5:56pm

Good job!
Clock The Wolf June 16, 2013 at 4:40pm
- John McNair > Clock The Wolf June 16, 2013 at 6:46pm
  
  It makes me smile whenever I buy a product with this label! I fell all good and warm inside like I'm giving my money to a good cause!
Clock The Wolf June 16, 2013 at 9:58am

A straw man or straw person is a type of argument and is an informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position. To "attack a straw man" is to create the illusion of having refuted a proposition by replacing it with a superficially similar yet unequivalent proposition (the "straw man"), and to refute it, without ever having actually refuted the original position. This technique has been used throughout history in polemical debate, particularly in arguments about highly charged, emotional issues.
- John McNair > Clock The Wolf June 16, 2013 at 11:29am
  
  well said! Clocks in my corner!
- Ron "Oily" Sprague > Clock The Wolf June 16, 2013 at 10:11am
  
  Whereas a red herring is similar, but smells worse. The Scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz was a straw man. That's why making him an intellectual, and the subsequent ruler of Oz, replacing the Wizard, was so funny.
  - Clock The Wolf > Ron "Oily" Sprague June 16, 2013 at 10:17am
    - Swamp Dawg Primal Music > Clock The Wolf June 16, 2013 at 4:26pm
      
      teddy bear drawing made in China... also on sale: straw men and red herrings (made in Malaysia)