CIGAR-BOX Guitars... advice?

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I'm posting on behalf of my father who is looking for some help. He wants to get a 3-string CBG cigar-box-guitar to basically fart around on for now - he loves unique instruments. As he gets older he tastes seem to vary

Anyway I'll be making the purchase for him over eBay so we're both at this point researching them separately [he is out of the country]. I'm in Canada and he's in the U.S.

He has about $200 he would like to spend and see if he likes them enough to buy a better quality one but I see them priced anywhere from $50 all the way up to $2000. I'm sure the quality varies but do they really vary that much [like acoustics] since I assume they are essentially just a pickup on a cigar box?

Disclaimer: I apologize in advance if this doesn't really fit the acoustic forum. These may be considered electric guitars but this is the smartest place I know so here I am. Continuing on...

Anyway I guess what I'm asking is - for those who have experience with them - what would be a good first step to take? Should I pitch in more if say a $300 model is a better starter then a $150 model?

I'm personally looking at something like this:


http://www.ebay.com/itm/WEEKLYHOUSE-...item337fe0c23d

...but maybe this thing is a piece of you know what?

I would appreciate any help if someone around here knows a thing or two about them. Completely lost on these as it is.

Hey everyone!I'm posting on behalf of my father who is looking for some help. He wants to get a 3-string CBG cigar-box-guitar to basically fart around on for now - he loves unique instruments. As he gets older he tastes seem to varyAnyway I'll be making the purchase for him over eBay so we're both at this point researching them separately [he is out of the country]. I'm in Canada and he's in the U.S.He has about $200 he would like to spend and see if he likes them enough to buy a better quality one but I see them priced anywhere from $50 all the way up to $2000. I'm sure the quality varies but do they really vary that much [like acoustics] since I assume they are essentially just a pickup on a cigar box?I apologize in advance if this doesn't really fit the acoustic forum. These may be considered electric guitars but this is the smartest place I know so here I am. Continuing on...Anyway I guess what I'm asking is - for those who have experience with them - what would be a good first step to take? Should I pitch in more if say a $300 model is a better starter then a $150 model?I'm personally looking at something like this:...but maybe this thing is a piece of you know what?I would appreciate any help if someone around here knows a thing or two about them. Completely lost on these as it is.

My son bought me one of these WeeklyHouse guitars for Christmas. Not exactly a guitar sound but very cool and bluesy , easy to play with a glass slide, mine's a 4 string tuned GDGD also got a small cigarbox amp. Go to cigarboxnation.com lots of advice. I like this enough that I am now building one myself. Lots of fun !

My son bought me one of these WeeklyHouse guitars for Christmas. Not exactly a guitar sound but very cool and bluesy , easy to play with a glass slide, mine's a 4 string tuned GDGD also got a small cigarbox amp. Go to cigarboxnation.com lots of advice. I like this enough that I am now building one myself. Lots of fun !

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