NEW Carl's Custom HandmadePro Quality 6 String Cigar Box Electric Guitar w/Opening Body
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HANDMADE PRO QUALITY CIGAR BOX ELECTRIC GUITAR!!!
Let me just start by saying this: You may see other Cigar Box Guitars kicking around on the internet, but many of those instruments are tacked together pieces of scrap wood that may make good conversation pieces but can NOT really be played, MY Cigar Box Guitars are each hand crafted (by ME, Carl, the seller who has been playing and building guitars for 30+years) right here in my shop in Massachusetts, they are all quality instruments that are VERY playable and professional, I gig with one regularly!
Carl's Custom Guitars
This auction is for a hand made, FULLY PLAYABLE, PRO QUALITY 6 string electric Cigar Box Guitar with a solid mahogany interior body, 6 saddle fully adjustable Tele bridge and standard 25.5" scale rosewood fretboard neck with 22 medium frets (I have maple fretboard as well, don't hesitate to drop me a line and ask) and quality sealed tuners. This guitar is all setup and ready to play right out of the box, looks, plays and sounds GREAT, includes everything shown in the pictures: volume and tone controls with chrome knobs, string trees, strap buttons, all chrome hardware (including the corner pieces, hinges and clasp on the cigar box!), beautiful handrubbed antiqued finish on body interior and exterior, neck plate and screws, nice ceramic magnet single coil Tele style pickup, input jack and plate and even rubber feet on the body which act as its own built in guitar stand, very cool!!!
Long before the days of internet shopping and large musical superstores many people had to work with whatever limited resources they had available to produce homegrown musical instruments. There is a long tradition of crudely made cigar box "guitars", diddley bo's etc etc which were basically a cigar box tacked to a piece of wood for a neck with some wire attached to pluck on, a lot of fun for the front porch but not something you can realistically plug into an amp and rip into on stage, what I have done here is taken that classic concept and brought it into the 21st century!!!
Yes, there is a VERY real guitar built around this wooden cigar box, and yes it REALLY opens, revealing the solid mahogany body (a GREAT guitar tone-wood!), you can even still keep some cigars in there hehe! The dimensions of the box are 2.5x6&5/8x9.75 inches. Again, this is a handmade custom instrument that is fully capable of being played everywhere from strumming on your couch to a pro stage rig at full volume (and everywhere in between), its a surprisingly versatile instrument, has the warmth of a semi hollow body guitar combined with the bite of a solid body!
Please note the attached video shows a slightly older version without the F-holes the current version (the one this listing is for) has, otherwise the same guitar...
FULL MONEYBACK SATISFACTION GUARANTEE, please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions, I look forward to doing business with you, thank you! -Carl
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