Monday, January 20, 2014

Bob is making folk instruments.  He has cigar box guitars, dulcimers and canjos built so far.  He has 2 resonator guitars and 2 ukuleles almost complete. He is selling them at art fairs around the Phoenix area and doing quit well.  We've created a new website for his folk instruments.

www.riverratsrhythms.com   More pics on the website.  They really sound sweet.  Later this week I'm going to post audio of each instrument.


Sunday, January 12, 2014

Bob's picked up a new hobby this past year.  He is busy making and selling canjos and cigar box guitars.  Bob's favorite thing to do is to make a custom guitar specific to the customers order. If you don't see what you want here, give him a call.  He will love to make a guitar just for you. A website is being built with his creative instruments, but not done, yet. Until it is up and running I will post some of his handmade instruments here.

This one is an all-wood cigar box with one string, a "pickup" and fretless.  Fretless makes this a great guitar to use with a slide. This sells for $40.00

Another electric guitar made from an all-wood cigar box. This one has frets and sounds so sweet.  It has only one string, too.  Price is $40.00

This is a tin can with 1 string, fretless with pickup.  $40.00

2 Canjos and 1 Spamjo. the have one string and frets.  $20.00 each.

Left is a fretless 3 string guitar with a lipstick pickup. $90.00.  The other is a mountain dulcimer.  It has 4 strings and frets. Made with cherry, walnut and western red cedar. Nice $190.00