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"A classic."

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"great fit that beetle logo ! "

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"Coolest Sound Hole Cover I've seen for ages, and agree with Unc definitely in the high 9's category of builds! :-) "

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"High 9s. Rear enigine?"

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"Yup. That does the neck proper justice."

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"Great looking markers. What is the material?"

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"High 9s, all around, Alex. Now you need a mighty fine box for this to go with."

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How did you learn about Cigar Box Nation?: Shane Speal Youtube Videos

How many instruments have you built so far?: 3

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 dont know whats more fun building them or playing them. It's therapeutic either way for me!

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At 4:49am on August 28, 2019, BrianQ. said…: Welcome to the nation Alex, check out the Resources tab as well as the cigarboxguitar.com archives located down on the right hand side of the page :)

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