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    Wash. man crafts guitars out of lowly cigar boxes
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    he asks, selecting a length of rugged lumber. "This wood is from New Orleans, from homes that didn't make it through Hurricane Katrina." Running his hand gently over the wide plank, Schoen (pronounced "shane") explains the wood originally came from a barge that brought supplies down the Mississippi River once upon a time. Full Article at The Bellingham Herald
    This wood is from New Orleans, from homes that didn't make it through Hurricane Katrina.
    SOURCE: The Bellingham Herald 3 weeks ago
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Wash. man crafts guitars out of lowly cigar boxes
  1. The whole reason to make it visually exciting is to entice the owner to pick it up and play with it. It's non-threatening. It's a cigar box. How approachable is that? It's something you saw in Boy's Life magazine growing up.
    SOURCE: The Bellingham Herald 3 weeks ago
  2. The great thing about what I do is the relationships with people.
    SOURCE: The Bellingham Herald 3 weeks ago
  3. It's like sending a child off to college ... You've put so much of yourself into it ... wondering how it's doing. I need to know this instrument has met the mark.
    SOURCE: The Bellingham Herald 3 weeks ago
  4. Cigar-box guitars have really come to mean homemade instruments. Cigar-box music is not going to sound all that well produced.
    SOURCE: The Bellingham Herald 3 weeks ago
  5. You don't want something new on something that looks old.
    SOURCE: The Bellingham Herald 3 weeks ago

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