I received a call this evening from the Mansfield Art Center, to announce that someone had purchased my toilet seat guitar, the 'Stratoc...

While rummaging through junk at a secondhand store today, I happened onto an old lamp shaped like one of Persian origin.  I rubbed on that s...

Finally, today I put the finishing touches on the exhibit for the coming Art Center Holiday Fair. Seventeen guitars and ten amps for discr...

I worked my butt off the past two days creating eight new amps for the Art Center Holiday Fair, which is opening November 19.  These will co...

Remember Them Today!

The 'Indian' is a three-string electro/acoustic guitar created from an Indian Tabac cigar box.  To add a little nostalgia to the...

Annually, a cross section of local and out-of-market artists are selected by a committee to participate in the Mansfield Art Center Holiday ...

There are some things in life that are nice, others that are enjoyable, and then there are those things that hold great value.  Falling into...

The 'Torano' is a straight-forward three-string electro/acoustic CBG created from a Torano Churchill cigar box.  A Piezo transducer ...

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...