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It's currently Spring Break time and summer is coming up fast. Are you going on a cruise any time soon and hoping to get a little picking in while on vacation? The Acoustic Guitar Forum has a thread discussing tips on taking your guitar along with you on the cruise ship. I'd say the most important tip boils down to keeping your guitar with you during the orientation/emarbarkation time and not leaving it with the rest of your luggage that may just be left outside your door. Consider your guitar your carry on. Other than that you should have no worries and plenty of time and great settings to practice.

This picture was taken from user selputura, on flickr

Strat-o-Blogster brought our attention to this great photograph. Apparently the picture you see is the result of taking two pictures: one with the guitar, and one without. The outline of the guitar is traced with a "pen light" and then the guitar itself is removed from the picture. Check it out

The interesting and intriguing picture above is of a guitar made from a cigar box by Daddy Mojo. You can check out their site to learn more about cigar box guitars and even purchase some. You even get your choice of cigar boxes to use for your own custom guitar. Here's an excerpt from their site:

"Skeptics be warned: a Daddy Mojo Cigar Box Guitar is all you need for super fat authentic slide work. Tune it how you want -- we ship most of ours tuned in open G, but you can try E5 or open D for a great Delta Blues vibe or perhaps G6 or C6 for a more laid back Hawaiian feel. There are just loads of variations! Experiment! On a cigar box guitar your technique gets stripped down to a bare-bones simple approach for both chord and melody work, reminding us of the fat sounds of the olden days."

The guitars were originally built in poor rural parts of the country who didn't have access to the money or tools required to build a high quality guitar. To this day it remains a cottage industry that only a select few know about. For a cheaper selection of cigar box guitars and also a few instructional videos check out Blues Boy Jag's cigar box guitar site.

For a larger version of this photo click here. You can also check out erikrasmussen's photo of the miniature musician

Side View, originally uploaded by Davo.

This picture is from a series of photos taken of an Electric Gypsy. The Gypsy is made by Teye Guitars and is definitely a beauty.

Guitars, originally uploaded by hampshiregirl.

Great photo. According to Hampshiregirl: "1881 guitarists played Hey Joe. They broke the Guinness Record...again!"