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Guitar Cam strikes back!

My Hero Hector Pena :- )        

Check out this ebay find! Old Hand Made Folk Art “Box Violin” and Case.  Violin Stamped and Signed inside 1934.    Small hand written label on inside case cover; ‘Romeo Goulet, Violin, 10-4-34′.  

In the UK!  

Three string WhiteBread!

A one-string cigar box fiddle cigar boxnation.com member Suspect Device ’s grandfather  ”invented” and marketed as an educational toy in the 1920s. Apparently, he occasionally played this onstage at the local opera house. That’s him in the photos.  

I don’t get no cooler than this!….a four stringer made by Kel Wilson check out that neck and fretboard  

cigar box guitars play the best X O X O love songs!

If it’s cool enough for Lennon, it’s totally cool enough for me! Check out this photo of Beatles Legend John Lennon and his square guitar, how cool is that? Ok, so it’s not a “cigar box” guitar, but it’s strange for … Continue reading →

  Alexandria — Twelve Hammond Middle School students stood before their teachers, classmates, School Board members and administrators Feb. 1 as they gave a musical performance using their own hand-crafted cigar box guitars.  As a result of an after-school program … Continue reading →