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• March 27, 2017

  PRICE INCREASE!!!

  IMPORTANT NEWSBusiness at Chickenbone Guitars has been steadily growing, and as a result, we’ve had to register for VAT. This means that from 1st April our prices will be going up, but we will try our best to keep the price increases to a minimum. We will be phasing this...

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• March 10, 2017

  State of the Nation

  I've been at this cigar box guitar thing quite a long time now, over ten years, and it's interesting to see what's happened over the years; who's come and gone, who's flavour of the month and so on. That's only just observing what is happening on the internet, which is...

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• March 09, 2017

  Boxstock 2017, the return of the UK Cigar Box Guitar Festival

  After a break of over 3 years, I decided to revive Boxstock, the UK Cigar Box Guitar Festival. I must admit to a degree of trepidation, as I wasn't sure if there was still a demand for the event, and I had to face the prospect of filling a proper...

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• January 27, 2017

  New parts...made in the UK!!!

  We've just had some new stainless steel parts made, and I'm so pleased that we can get this done right here in the UK.  It's all cut on some very powerful and hugely expensive laser cutting machinery , so of course it's not something that we do in-house. What is...

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• October 11, 2016

  Pilgrimage to Bremen

  Autumn, and time for me to make the annual pilgrimage to Bremen to attend the Van Thom Weekender, accompanied by my travelling companion of old, Hollowbelly. It's an  extravganza of alternative music organised by Andreas Reidel, aka DJ Tourette van Thom, and a great opportunity to catch up with old...

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