In a prior post concerning the acoustic guitar kit I received, I mentioned the need for special tools and jigs, and there are many.  I resea...

To me there is a giant crevasse on the journey of making cigar box guitars and transitioning to dreadnaught acoustics, but I made the leap. ...

I picked up the last oak neck I had in the inventory, looked it over, and thought, 'what am I going to do with this?'  A Padron ciga...

I most nearly froze my butt this morning shooting photos of 'The Lion' , which is the most recent creation coming out of my shop. ...

Testing the magnetic pickups (pups) I've been making has been a pain in the butt, because I have been lazy and not created a method by w...

'Romeo' is a four-string electric guitar created from a Romeo y Julieta cigar box. The box construction does not facilitate mak...

You may remember a post several weeks ago, where I posted a photo of the main parts of a vintage vice I found at the flea market.  Well, her...

I'm not back in the guitar shack, yet, but I'm getting close. It's only been two weeks (almost to the hour) since I got a n...

I got this really cool Montecristo 'Epic' cigar box from my buddy Ed Paxton, owner of Woodland Cigars, but I didn't have a clue ...

The 'Hurricane' is a three-string acoustic/electro guitar created from CAO Fabrica de Tabacos cigar box.  The cherry wood neck...

Check out what I scored at the flea market this past weekend. An ol' boy from Loosyana was peddling all sorts of interesting stuff, an...

Paul Smith, who lives in Worcester, England, is pretty happy with the guitar pickups I've created for him, which is the root of a cou...

The 'ElectraGlide' lap steel guitar is a done deal.  It fits nicely into the vintage violin case, which my Irish friend Carlton Gil...

This is my friend Paul Smith, aka 'Stompin' Hog', laying down some cool blues with the magnetic pickup I created for him recentl...

A couple months ago, I received a note from a lady in the UK, who wanted me to create a bow she could use to play her Gusle, while reciti...

On a recent trip through southeast Montana, this bison bull had traffic slowed in the oncoming lane for more than a mile, and it's obvio...

The winner of the 're-purpose the vintage violin case' contest is announced. Scott Moodie is the winner of the TotalRojo 'Th...