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Hi, I'm HazelFyrebird, and I'm a wannabe luthier (I feel like I'm standing up at a Builder's Anonymous meeting...) in Virginia. I'm a bit of a lurker, as I've been reading and reading for a while, and this is my first post. I'm a musical social butterfly: in addition to being a lifelong singer, I seem to collect instruments and play some, pretend to learn others, and "just gaze at the pretties" for still others. I want to get back into playing fiddle, and money's tight, so here I am. I plan…See More

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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'm actually more interested in cigar box fiddles and cookie tin canjos than in guitars, as we have a guitar and 2 ukes already, but want to expand my family's repertoire and "arsenal" on a budget. (Champagne dreams, beer budget.)

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