ProfWaldo

Male

Waterford, WI

United States

Profile Information:

How did you learn about Cigar Box Nation?
From my friend LaurieLee, who inspired me to learn how to play a CBG.
How many instruments have you built so far?
About 30
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).
I was attracted by the idea of making a guitar out of "junk" because I build a lot of other things out of junk, and to have a simple instrument that even I might be able to play. As I have progressed I find it fun and challenging to play with the wood and decorate everything in an artsy fashion. I Love 'em !

Comment Wall:

  • Ice Bob

    sorry but a freind named Keith at KSW guitars built it and all my CBG's CBU's i love playing them. right now i'm in love with my padron ukulele fastest playing uke i got

    Jul 8, 2010

  • Ice Bob

    i did help design the double neck and the padron was built to be a mando but i converted it into a uke i do mess with electronics i built a talk box and i circuit bend electronic stuff

    Jul 9, 2010

  • Laurie Lee Campbell

    Enjoyed the campfire Wally!!!!!!!!you are well hooked now.......no turnin back..and no campfire, complete without strings.........LOL.............
    mosquitoes will have to find their own CBG's hehehe

    Jul 9, 2010

  • Barry Evan Russ

    Walter, thanks so much. Now I have a tear in my eye. So much work went into this, more love labor for Laurie, and it's nice to hear someone say so elloquently how much this came through. Million thanks, and yes, a day without Laurie is like a day without sunshine.

    Jul 10, 2010

  • Tess LHeureux

    Hey thanks Walter! I swear you're makin' me blush!

    Jul 10, 2010

  • darren brown

    thanks walter morgens a good blues man toured the planet he wrote whyd you lie for collin james started the daved wilcox band up here in canada .

    Sep 25, 2010

  • bemuzic

    thanks for the vid comment : -)

    Sep 30, 2010

  • Shawn

    I have a few pictures of my bracing in my photos. Shows how it all comes together. Great talking with you and if you ever want to get rid of some brass gears I could use some work out a trade or something. It was great to meet you and shoot the CBG BS

    Oct 18, 2010

  • Shelley

    Hi Wally,
    I'm trying to figure out exactly who you are! :)
    What was your monicker?
    And where is YT?

    Oct 19, 2010

  • Shelley

    Hey Wally,
    Nope, i'm pretty sure it was me..pretty sure it was you too!
    Nice to see you on CBN whoever we are. : )

    Oct 19, 2010

  • Shelley

    Thanks for stopping by and for your lovely compliments.
    I grew up spending a lot of time in my grandfathers shop where i learned all kinds of great stuff using simple hand tools. If it were up to me, i'd be in my shop working away all day, every day. Love it!

    Oct 28, 2010

  • Theo

    Thanks, i'm looking forward to the next one.

    Jan 28, 2011

  • bairfoot cajun

    thanks for the comment profwaldo,on the hundred dollar cigar box build,i kinda like the old boxes more here lately-- it seems like i have several of them in a row lined up to build a cigar box guitar with them. my latest one is a wizard cigar box--still haven't got the neck and box together yet but when i do i think it will look and sound great.take care and thanks for the comment once again.

    Feb 4, 2011

  • Strolling Tone

    Thanks for your comment on my rendition of 'The Soul of a Man'. Such a great tune. And once again, I'd like to congratulate you for producing what I think is one of the most fantastic stringed instruments I'm ever likely to see. Absolutely outstanding - and massively inspiring. Cheers Wally!

    Feb 20, 2011

  • Darwin Gentry

    Thanks

    Feb 22, 2011

  • Bad Finger (Eric)

    Thanks for the comment on my blog post.

    I have to admit, when I clicked on your "Heavy Metal Guitar" video, I didn't get what I was expecting. :)

    Feb 23, 2011

  • bemuzic

    Hi prof...thanks a lot for your comment on my video : -)

    Feb 23, 2011

  • Liam Stirling

    Congratulations from the contest Professor, Truly inspiring work good sir.

    Feb 25, 2011

  • Heidi Harris

    hey thanks!!! not sure if you saw our link but it just so happens to be: www.sirensofsilverware.com  !! Glad to hear you enjoyed it!

    Mar 3, 2011

  • Laurie Lee Campbell

    thankyou Wally-----:-) kind word on the vid...soon to launch another,, ....we expected a beautiful sunny day here, supposed to be spring like (think M-O-W)---think they sprayed the skies , yet again.........looking forward to brighter days.......:-) XosLaurie

    Mar 28, 2011

  • Roger wilson

    hey it roger that sounds good give me some info on the group and hell your only 15 min away thats cool

     

    Apr 10, 2011

  • JonBouye

    Actually mom called me JonBoy a long time before the TV show aired. When I started on the internet in the 90's JonBoy was already taken as a username. I knew a lady from Louisianna with the last name Bouye that was pronounced Boy so I started using it. It works for me...lol.

    Apr 25, 2011

  • Laurie Lee Campbell

    had to do a double take, one of your how to tune a brass guitar pics appears as tho the guit is on the ceiling!!!...thanks Wally for listens.......I have puter trouble...this morning had sound, now none.......

    was hard hit with gremlins....

    so i abandon the glowbox, for now!!

    have a great saturday!!

    Laurie

    May 7, 2011