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Comment by ChickenboneJohn on June 23, 2013 at 6:38pm

Curmudgeon away Ralph...I've heard some stunning stuff turned out on cigar box guitars, and most often these are well outside the ambit of the familiar 3 chord 1-4-5 changes. One thing I've been increasingly aware of is that people come to Cigar Box Nation as a focus of interest, a place to exchange ideas and get information, which is great and as such, an invaluable resource, but there's an unsettling tendency for things to get a little self-congratulatory and self-indulgent. It can all get a bit internalised and "closed shop"...I like to get shaken-up and surprised every so often, exposed to new ideas...so I'm all for a bit of intelligent discussion and icnoclasticism.

It's all too easy to develop the "little fish in a big pond" syndrome...so being exposed to new and challenging stuff is all good in my opinion. I love to see people discovering that they can make music, often for the first time, especially on an instrument that they've made for themselves (although that can be bit of a mixed blessing in terms of it's listenability...and I suppose that's all subjective), and it's exciting to hear how far people can push the boundaries.

Comment by Ralph Cardall on June 23, 2013 at 10:46am

Comment by Clock The Wolf on June 23, 2013 at 10:33am

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