David Sutton. Builder, photographer and author.

About this episode

David Sutton discusses his book on cigar box guitars and highlights influential builders.

David Sutton is the author of one of the most beautiful books about the cigar box guitar, 'An Obsession with Cigar Box Guitars'. It's 120 pages are beautifully illustrated with his own photographs of his and other CBG builders. Some builders in the spotlight include, Shane Speal, Diane Suttlif and Bill Jehle among other influential builders. Our thanks to CBGitty for supporting our show. If you would like to support the channel please consider using the CBGitty affiliate link below. You will receive 10% off the price of your first 3 orders and we are provided a helping hand to support the show. https://www.cbgitty.com/?ref=birdwood Our thanks for supporting the show go to Steve Arvey and Cindy Morris of www.killerstrings.com You can order your KILLER STRINGS in Australia from www.killerstringsaustralia.com - more stock arriving soon. To check out what I've been up to go to www.birdwoodguitars.com Joe Oltean can be contacted via the Facebook group and at Clutch Creations via Facebook Happy Building!

People in this episode

Host: Adam Harrison

Guest: David Sutton

Topics covered

• cigar box guitars
• photography
• book publishing
• builder interviews
• music instruments

Keywords

• cigar box guitar
• David Sutton
• book
• photography
• builders

Sponsors

CBGitty, Killer Strings

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Steve Arvey, Cindy Morris, Killer Strings, Birdwood Guitars, Clutch Creations

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