OK, since I'm already in a pissy mood because of the shipping snafu LOL I'm going to start this discussion and see what people think.
Am I the only person that thinks it's going against what CBGs stand for when you see someone who has basicly a store bought guitar but they just swapped the body with a cigar box? You know what I mean? They have a Strat neck and fret board, and 4 pick-ups placed in it, and 7 tone knobs and switches. All the bells and whistles of a $500 to $2,000 guitar with a cigar box body. I don't know why but it pisses me off something fierce LOL
I know the motto is that there are no rules, but isn't it like someone putting a suround sound speaker system on a moped? A diamond necklace on a catfish? An elevator in an outhouse? Spandex on Shane Speal? LOL It just aint right LOL
What's your opinion folks?
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Well I may need a flame suite but I'm one of those who just have a hard time getting past the sound from the cigar box. I'm new here so I would hope I get a little slack for saying this. I have been playing for almost 40 years and always wanted to build instruments. So I was inspired by the cigar box movement to start building my own. I am only on my third build and not one made from a cigar box. This latest guitar started out on paper in a box shape. The plan was to just build it out of traditional tone woods. Then I decided it was just as much work making a rectangular box as it would be this.
From a playing comfort perspctive, this beats a box hands down, at least for me. I had one of the 3 string strum sticks (A friend gave it to me). I liked the idea of it, just could never comfortably hold the damn thing. I built the support frame for a box shape and mocked it up to see how it feels. Decided that curves were for me.
This one is all built by me. The bridge, tailpiece, pickup, neck, fingerboard the works.
I think cigar box guitars are a really cool idea. Just trying to build something a little better sounding perhaps.
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