I've discovered, during the past couple years, that anything goes when building a cigar box guitar, and it doesn't necessarily requi...

I was cruising through the swap meet a couple months ago and happened upon an ol' gal peddling car emblems.  So, being the gearhead that...

Several months ago, I happened onto a really cool LaGloria cigar box, which I turned into a CBG.  It's featured here on my site, if you...

This is so funny, you gotta see it.   Enjoy. Two dogs go into a restaurant for a meal, and the rest is history. http://www.youtube.com/w...

I hope all of my wealthy friends and acquaintances read this, and that they decide the tax breaks they've been enjoying for years shoul...

In their most infinite wisdom, the Ohio Legislature passed a bill, which recently went into effect, that allows anyone with a 'conceal ...

Here is Nicki, an OR Doc at Bastion Hospital in Afghanistan, with her new guitar.  She wrote me that she likes it a lot and plays it when sh...

I mentioned in a previous post that my friend Jim has always been interested in horses and that he continues to be involved in raising world...

Nearly sixty years ago, my friend Marv cut my hair on a regular weekly basis.  He is the only guy I've ever met who could cut a 'fla...

Cpl. Ryan Chase is stationed in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan and he asked me to build him a three-string electro/acoustic guitar, which he...

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been long and painful.  Many innocent lives have been lost.  And, there are times when it is difficult...

YO!  Read This! Let's Be Friends, Before You Read Any Further  ! Many readers from Canada to Chile, Finland to Fiji, Netherlands t...

I ripped through the Stieg Larsson trilogy, (a great read, 1500+ pages), so that I could get back to building guitars and amps, but that las...

I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free.  And, I won't forget to start again, with just my children and my ...

I read a lot, probably 25-30 or more novels a year, mostly mysteries - good mysteries - and it has recently gotten in the way of building gu...

I dropped into the Burning Leaf Cigar Shop last week to say hello to Jeff and to pick up a couple boxes for future amps and guitars, and wh...

It's a matter of perspective. Hurricane Irene screwed up my weekend plans, but I learned a long time ago, that for every action there ...

I was all set to head out this morning for York, PA to enjoy the York Fest and the annual Cigar Box Guitar Festival, but Hurricane Irene cha...

The US financial condition and the economic recession has hit everyone so hard, and it is so depressing. I was so depressed last night thi...

US Navy Corpsman Nicki Tarant requested a CBG, and I'm glad that I'm the person chosen to provide her with it. Like all of the fol...

Tomorrow, I'll ship a four-string electro/acoustic guitar to another courageous serviceman, Navy Petty Officer Jeff Noack, who is statio...

Annually, my son Jay hosts a Father's Day ride for all his road bike buddies, from near and far.  Guys and gals of all ages show up in t...

HM2 Eddy Phouthaboun, a Navy Corpsman stationed at Bastion Hospital in sunny and sandy Afghanistan, recently received the San Francisco-them...

Please call your Senator(s) and Congressmen(women) to ask that they set aside their petty political differences, to do what is right for Ame...

This post isn't about guitars or amps.  It's about a friendship that started nearly 65 years ago, when I was a first grader. My fr...

The Defense Department found that several branches of the military had too many non-commissioned officers and decided to offer an early reti...

Summer always brings opportunity . . . to mow grass, water foliage, putter around the flower garden, paint the winter deterioration, cook ou...

Years ago, I was bringing my wife to vist my grandmother.  Grandma never remembered that I had visited her often, so she reminded me where...

My grandfather was aging, and with that came certain discussions, which were sometimes uncomfortable. He took me aside one day and said, ...

http://www.youtube.com/v/ervaMPt4Ha0&autoplay=1 Please view this presentation created by a 15-year-old girl, who has more character th...

The old adage, which proclaims, " It is better to give, than to receive ", is true!  How do I know this? Well, read the response...