Looking for some like-minded folk to jam with, or want to organise a gig? Maybe you want to give a little something back and run a workshop? Best head on over to the Home Grown Music Collective to get involved with the fastest growing music scene in the UK;
www.homegrownmusiccollective.com
Looking for parts? The only number you need on speed dial is WARMAN GUITARS - fast friendly service and you decide the price! They are at;
http://www.warmanguitars.co.uk/
If you like your blues straight up and hard as nails, you must check out our very own 'Hollowbelly'. His headline act at the 1st Annual Cigar Box Festival is something non of us will forget! Punk blues at its best!
http://www.myspace.com/hollowbelly
Looking for custom wound pickups for your cigar box project? Juju is THE man to talk too.
http://jujus-cigar-box-guitars.webeden.co.uk/#/pickups-for-sale/4536634469
These days its hard to find a good blues club.... unless you live in Birmingham! The Crossroads Blues Club at the Tower of Song (incidentally, also where the Uk CBG festival is held) is the place to be on a Thursday night - they're a great crowd and get some killer acts - plus an open mic session if you want to have a go!
http://www.towerofsong.co.uk/blues/index.htm
You might even bump into the legendary Chickenbone John; Builder / player extraordinaire, organizer of the Uk Cigar Box Fetsivals, open mic regular and all round good egg. Find him at;
If you are in the market for a 'normal' guitar, or any other musical bits and pieces, from sheet music to parts, from drum skins to woodwind, drop in on the good folk at 'The Music Station', Inverness - they are extremely helpful and sympathetic to the cigar box way!
http://www.myspace.com/invernessmusicshop
France may not be the epicentre of cigar box building, but theres one guy there who you got to see.... builder, performer and all round good guy Olivier - check out his site at;
One guy everyone on this scene knows is Ted Crocker, builder of the Honeydripper guitar used in the movie of the same name. He also builds custom pickups and a host of other goodies for your own CBG project. Find him at:
Looking for an awesome handmade bone slide? There is only one man to see... Randy at Mojobone Works.
http://tinyurl.com/MojoBoneWorks
Got the guitar, got the slide... but no idea how to play it? Help is nearer than you might think.... especially if you live in Essex! Dave Crix at RhythmShack runs classes on songwriting, performing, singing, arrangements etc etc, and is a convert to the 'found instrument' sound;
