Guitar
Unusual "pyramid box" La Flor Dominicana 4-string cigar box guitar
guitarz.blogspot.com:
Here is a
unique cigar box guitar (actually if a CBG
wasn't unique that would be something unusual in itself) featuring a so-called "pyramid"-shaped
La Flor Dominicana cigar box, four strings, and a fully fretted neck. I think perhaps if I'd been the maker and had this box to work with, I might have been tempted to make a doubleneck.
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Shonky 2-string Fretless Upright-convertible Cigar Box Bass
guitarz.blogspot.com: Here's an instrument that I've been using a lot recently. It's one I commissioned to be built by Antony Moggridge of Shonky Musical Instruments and its very simplicity is a nice juxtaposition against the over-the-topness...
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Blue Box Acoustic Guitar Is Most Likely A Wall Hanger
guitarz.blogspot.com: This one-off self-built guitar has echoes of cigar box guitar building, although with a much bigger box. The seller readily admits that it is most likely just a "wall hanger" and a "conversation piece" rather than a player - I mean,...
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Cubist 10-string Classical Guitar Built By Juan Garcia Ojeda In Las Palmas Spain In 1957!
guitarz.blogspot.com: I do hope that this 10-string classical guitar does not sound as boxy as it looks. According to the information on the label inside the soundhole it was built by Juan Garcia Ojeda in Las Palmas Spain in 1957. I have to wonder if...
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Vintage & Rare Guitar Of The Week: Mervyn Davis Doubleneck Guitar And Mandolin
guitarz.blogspot.com: I think these "Vintage & Rare guitar of the week" posts have gotten a little out of sync recently, which wasn't helped by me being sick all last week (but thanks again to Bertram for posting in my absence). So to make up,...
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3-string Boat Oar Guitar
guitarz.blogspot.com: Do you really need me to write an in-depth blog post about this boat oar guitar? It's a boat oar, strung up with three strings and with a pickup mounted on it, and would be used for sldie playing in cigar box star style. Currently...
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