Poor Man's Guitar

TODAY'S FIVE COOL THINGS REVISITS THE MIGHTY SWAMPWITCH GUITAR COMPANY, built by someone only known as Anonymous Pick.

I've blogged about Pick before, even showing off a cool Wesseh-inspired three string in this video.

Swamp Witch guitars all feature…

TODAY'S FIVE COOL THINGS is a look back at some unique sound hole ideas that came out of my shop over the last several years.

WHY HAS NOBODY EVER MENTIONED that Bo Diddley's rectangle guitar is one of the most comfortable electric guitars ever built?  

SEVERAL YEARS AGO, MY WIFE MELISSA GAVE ME a cheap clip-on camera lens for my iPhone.  It had two settings: Fisheye and Macro.  The Macro lens allowed me to do some extremely close-up photography experiments.  One of my favorites was a study of my beat-to-hell macanudo cigar box guitar.  Here are five glimpses of an old friend.

I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND GUYS WHO COLLECT HIGH-DOLLAR BOUTIQUE GUITARS.  All my life, I've been fascinated by the cheap, bizarre and downright weird guitars that were sold in department stores in the 1950's and 60's.  I've owned dozens and…

TODAY'S FIVE COOL THINGS INCLUDE some behind-the-scenes set up details for creating the latest display of the Cigar Box Guitar Museum inside Speal's Tavern, located in New Alexandria PA.  

ONE OF THE CRAZIEST EBAY FINDS I EVER SCORED was this original photo of a ladies homemade instrument orchestra.  

TODAY'S FIVE COOL THINGS feature five random photos found in my computer archives of DIY Instrument photos.  Because I didn't have background information and copyright clearance on them, these were some of the many photos left out of my book, …