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Cigar Box Guitars
The Ultimate DIY Guide for the Makers and Players of the Handmade Music Revolution- Regular price
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Part DIY guide, part scrapbook - this book takes you behind the music to get a glimpse into the faces, places and workshops of the cigar box revolution.
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| Pages | 224 |
|---|---|
| Publish Date | 2012-03-01 |
| Series | |
| Size | 8.5" x 11.0" x 0.625" |
| Author | David Sutton |
| Product Form | Paperback / softback |
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A great new book devoted to Cigar Box Guitars and the people who build them has just been released by Fox Chapel publishing...
Filled with beautiful full
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depth profiles and photographic portraits of fascinating builders and performers.
Basic information about learning to play and tune a cigar box guitar are also included.
A perfect opportunity to put a real American tradition in your own hands.
art DIY guide, part scrapbook ? this book takes you behind the music to get a glimpse into the faces, places and workshops of the cigar box revolution.
Cigar box guitars have never been more popular and now you can learn to make your own. You don't need to spend a lot of money and you don't need to have a shop full of tools. All you need to do is follow the author's step
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depth profiles and photographic portraits of fascinating builders and performers.
Basic information about learning to play and tune a cigar box guitar are also included.
A perfect opportunity to put a real American tradition in your own hands.
art DIY guide, part scrapbook ? this book takes you behind the music to get a glimpse into the faces, places and workshops of the cigar box revolution.
Cigar box guitars have never been more popular and now you can learn to make your own. You don't need to spend a lot of money and you don't need to have a shop full of tools. All you need to do is follow the author's step
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and that's beginning to mean cigar box guitars."
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to source. The book is laced with images and tutorials on how to design up to three different models of Cigar Box Guitars, courtesy of author/photographer David Sutton.
There?s nothing more rootsy than a Cigar Box Guitar. If you?re not familiar with this musical art project, it?s time to get acquainted. D.I.Y. craftsmanship is a plus when embarking on this dexterous adventure. And, it?s time to get on board with your music
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guitar blues), sometimes with tens of thousands of views apiece. In addition, websites such as cigarboxnation.com and handmademusicclubhouse.com have racked up thousands of subscribers.
What?s behind the sudden rise in awareness about the joys of homemade music?
?Well, we?re not as rich as we thought we were,? Sutton said, with a laugh. ?Perhaps because of the economy and perhaps just as a reaction to the idea that only professionals can be artists and entertainers, the idea that you have to buy your fun is petering out. People are realizing you don?t have to have the biggest, finest, most expensive stuff to have fun, or make music. If you?ve got a cigar box and some old strings and a few used tuners, and a real desire to play, that?s all you need.?
You might be accustomed to seeing Evanston photographer David Sutton with a camera in one hand.
These days, though, he?s just as likely to have a homemade cigar box guitar in the other.
Sutton, whose fame as a photographer of people and their pets is such that Forbes magazine has called him America?s best, has written a book about his newest passion entitled Cigar Box Guitars: The Ultimate DIY Guide for Makers and Players of the Handmade Music Revolution (Fox Chapel Publishing, 2012).
And, as you might expect, it?s full of Sutton photos illustrating how to make your own musical instrument ? and your own music.
A longtime amateur woodworker who has also played guitar since he was a boy, Sutton said he started thinking about making one around five years ago, when his five
