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BellyJelly Guitars™ is committed to using recycled materials to create "new" guitars.
Blurring the line between vintage and new, between relic and custom,
BellyJelly Guitars have a history and mojo built-in right from their beginning.
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BellyJelly Cigar Box Guitars - Everything is an option.
What is a Cigar Box Guitar?
In a word, freedom. A cigar box guitar can be made out of anything. It can be crude or finely crafted, made in 5 minutes or 5 months. Everything is optional and there are no rules that apply to making a cigar box guitar. one-string, two, three, four, it doesn't matter. Frets, only if you like. Finish, doesn't matter. Woodworking skills, sure they help, but it wouldn't stop me (and it hasn't).
More importantly, cigar box guitars, to me, are the answer for teaching the art of lutherie. I have worked hard over the past year to expose guitarists and potential guitar makers to this idea. It's an evolutionary process that will take time. Guitarists look at the world with blinders on and it's difficult to get them to consider a new idea, even one so simple as building a guitar from found objects and a simple wooden box.
Specifications
If you can imagine a specification, a cigar box guitar can be built with that. You may not break the laws of Physics, but you can try.
Photos - Old Headstock Models
Photos - New Headstock Models
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