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A 1921 homemade 4 string guitar and special case! A true Portuguese story!

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A 1921 homemade 4 string guitar and special case! A true Portuguese story!

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"@Jan Pili; It's normal agriculture rope (the one you put on sticks to measure), originally that would have to be gut rope, but I didn't buy anything for this build (I hardly by any parts, that's the whole idea of making these kind of…"

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I have never build a Cigar Box Guitar!

Posted on June 14, 2019 at 11:45pm 3 Comments 2 Likes

Now, I am one of those people who has never build a cigar box guitar. Really!

That's because I'm living on a lonesome hill in central Portugal and I just didn't find any cigar box here. Call me a "purist" but I do not want to buy a box or any other part for that matter. Not only because of the choice once made to go and live in a place where modern gadgets…

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The "Coevorden Special" on the road

Posted on August 22, 2015 at 11:47pm 0 Comments 1 Like

After a week of playing several gigs on the "Coevorden Special" it turns out to be a reliable little box guitar with a great sound, especially during the jazzy solo's.

(balcony concert at the town square, Tomar)

It's new owner, Canadian singer/songwriter Robert Burton Hubele, seems to be very happy with it. Even though we…

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Four times a RGB part #2

Posted on June 14, 2015 at 1:30am 0 Comments 0 Likes

Unloading wood in the middle of the night.

It's hard to find the right wood here in Portugal. Thanks to a local furniture maker we got…

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Four times a RBG part #1

Posted on June 14, 2015 at 1:30am 0 Comments 0 Likes

Starting a new project...

4 Recycled Box Guitars....

nr.1 beetle perforated pine

nr.2 a recycled phonograph panel

nr.3 combined oak drawer pieces

nr.4 a 17th century curved panel…

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