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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 4188753, member: 55&quot;]It isn&#039;t a cigar-box guitar, because it isn&#039;t made from a cigar-box; and nothing I recognize.</p><p>I&#039;d be pretty sure this is simply a home-made guitar, made in that shape because it is so much easier than making jigs to bend the sides for a normal guitar shape.</p><p>The boxiness of the heel would indicate that the neck also was home-made, not scavenged from an existing guitar;&nbsp; and that the maker was not a sophisticated or experienced builder, but was just looking for a fast easy way to make a guitar.&nbsp; Plywood would not be the wood of choice for a decent instrument.</p><p>(One reason that cigar-boxes worked fairly well was that they were often made of rather light, resonant wood).</p><p>And I&#039;m sorry, but if that is an accession number, I doubt it means anything much, unless it can be traced to a famous person....like if Elvis made it in his basement.</p><p>But that&#039;s what it is - a very simplistic guitar that someone made in their basement or garage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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