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From WWR

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I discovered WWR in early 2005 after picking up a copy of The Appalachian Voice at the offices of WildSouth. There was an ad in there for internet radio station hober.com. I listened for a while; it was ok. Then I googled for internet radio and found Whole Wheat Radio and it was much more to my liking. A listener called Cigar Box Guitars caught my attention. After checking out his website (http://cigarboxguitars.com), I got interested in building Cigar Box Guitars and now I spend all my free time in the shop making them.

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Here are some pics of cigar box guitars that I have made.

CBG number 3 played by Microwave Dave	CBG number 4	CBG number 5 owned by Steve Norris Steve Norris	CBG number 6 in progress
CBG number 6 in progress	CBG number 6 detail of scarf joint	CBG number 6 detail of heel	CBG number 6 closeup
CBG number 6 finished	Poor man's bending iron	Clamping banjo ring around mold	Banjo ring and back
Banjo back	Banjo showing dowel rod and heel	Headstock	Headstock
Just put the skin head on	All finished!	All finished!	Herb Trotman giving it a test drive. That's me on the left.

• CBG3 is a three-stringer made with a Fuente box and an ash neck. It has two handwound pickups. It is not fretted.
• CBG4 has four strings and is fretted with a cocobolo fingerboard and a Macanudo box. It also has two handwound pickups.
• CBG6 has a curly maple neck with a scarf joint (angled neck) with a cocobolo fingerboard and purpleheart accents on the headplate and heel plate. It uses a Gloria Cubana box. It will have 4 strings and two pickups when complete.

You can learn more about Cigar Box Guitars here, a site maintained by Wheathead Cigar Box Guitars.