And now for something completely different: Notions Cigar Box Guitars

And now for something completely different…

Here’s a plug for Notions Cigar Box Guitars made by my friend Michael Frey.

These three string guitars make it easy to play blues runs and have a surprisingly strong presence with minimal or even no amplification. With larger amps the sounds you can get are stunning and they look pretty sweet as well. I have played one of these through a sound system indoors and it performed well. This is one of my favorites:

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4 thoughts on “And now for something completely different: Notions Cigar Box Guitars”

  1. My son made himself a cigar box guitar a couple years ago and still plays it from time to time.

  2. My son made himself a cigar box guitar a couple years ago and still plays it from time to time.

  3. There is a fellow that (at least used to) sells a do-it-yourself upright bass. I think it was called the Bogdon Box Bass, or something like that. Yep: http://www.edencompanies.com/bogdon/ – the box that forms the body is the packing box they send the rest of the kit in. I saw a show a while back in which the BBB faired well against traditional instruments.

  4. There is a fellow that (at least used to) sells a do-it-yourself upright bass. I think it was called the Bogdon Box Bass, or something like that. Yep: http://www.edencompanies.com/bogdon/ – the box that forms the body is the packing box they send the rest of the kit in. I saw a show a while back in which the BBB faired well against traditional instruments.

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