James McCarthy
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SWAMP WITCH GRADER GUITAR

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Dec 29, 2021
James McCarthy replied to Cigar Box Nation's discussion 2021 Throwback Holiday Build-Off Contest!
"I had an antique push mower with a wooden tee handle and thought I might make a guitar out if it someday. When I saw Shane’s throwback holiday video that became the day. So I made a tee handle guitar with a Coca Cola serving tray body which…"
Dec 29, 2021
James McCarthy replied to Cigar Box Nation's discussion 2021 Throwback Holiday Build-Off Contest!
"I had an antique push mower with a wooden tee handle and thought I might make a guitar out if it someday. When I saw Shane’s throwback holiday video that became the day. So I made a tee handle guitar with a Coca Cola serving tray body which…"
Dec 29, 2021
James McCarthy replied to Cigar Box Nation's discussion 2021 Throwback Holiday Build-Off Contest!
"I had an antique push mower with a wooden tee handle and thought I might make a guitar out if it someday. When I saw Shane’s throwback holiday video that became the day. So I made a tee handle guitar with a Coca Cola serving tray body which…"
Dec 29, 2021
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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).
What I find most meaningful about cigar box guitars is the simplicity of the design and they all have there own unique sound. I play the blues guitar and this it right up my alley.

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At 4:20pm on December 29, 2021, BrianQ. said…

Welcome, check out the Resources tab for build/play info and join some groups located in the Posts tab? Forum is for questions and Blog posts are for sharing your build processes? Site has a glitch, here’s the trick:

 
 
 

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