BJolly Cigar Box Guitars

BJolly Cigar Box Guitars Veteran produced cigar box guitars and other creative musical instruments.

Dear friends, and followers, Many of you may or may not know what has been happening with my absence this long while.My ...
05/20/2026

Dear friends, and followers,

Many of you may or may not know what has been happening with my absence this long while.

My beloved wife since 1974, pasted way with ALS, complicated by RSV, and Pneumonia. She had been in a convalescent home for just over one and a half years.

On Tuesday May 12th, life support was removed, she passed, 30 minutes later. She is no longer in pain and slipped away holding my hand.

She now rests with Jesus, her family and friends.

I have been building things slowly over the time, and will do my best to post things, when things calm down for me.

I have an exciting announcement, some of my instruments will be sold in a store in Woodland Washington. More on that later.

Forgive the photos, but this is one of my latest builds. It is of course a 4-string guitar, along the lines of Paul McCartney's 4 string bass.

It is an actual violin body. Paul's facsimile signature is at the top left face, and the gal that wanted it also added the decals on the back.

I'll see you all soon.

03/11/2026

To all of Terri and I's friends and family.

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PLEASE BE WARNED, we both have been going through some very rough times medically, and emotionally right now. Fire and Ambulance has been called for us both in the last month.
That's why I have been absent a lot since before the holidays.

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IF you receive any communications from her, asking for anything, probably not her. That will include new friendship posts.

These people know a lot about her, and have copied her emails to learn how she talks and writes. IT IS NOT HER.

I have taken all of the steps to protect her, even getting her a new phone, and taking control of her banking. They STILL have tried to charge funds in her name.

She no longer has a debit card, and I will be suppling her wants and needs.

The latest scam is her asking for passwords to my accounts, because she has a computer and needs them for things.

Terri has lost most of her mobility control, and she hasn't had a computer in over a year. Her frontal lobe dementia is progressing.

PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND OR SHARE ANY SENSITIVE INFORMATION TO ANYONE REPRESENTING TO BE HER. DON"T "FRIEND HER" AS IT ISN"T HER.

They can be very persuasive.

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I sent a "Bruce appropriate" reply to them today.

PLEASE KNOW, we both cherish and love you all. Don't get sucked in by these bottom feeders.

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To my cherished follower's here at BJOLLY CIGAR BOX GUITAR'S. I realize this is a very usual post from me, but I hope you understand.

I have been working on new items, but I have been terribly distracted.

I promise you all, I have some new creative builds to share, but my smart phone is smarter than me. I'll get many more builds posted soon.

12/27/2025

SEASON'S BEST, TO ONE AND ALL!!

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In this post, I will bring you up to date with me and BJolly Cigar Box Guitars.

Once again, I do have photos to post, but I want you to know why I have been away.

My wife has ALS and no longer lives here with me. Her condition is slowly getting worse, so I spend as much time with her as possible. She has been up in Woodland now over a year, and I live in Vancouver. Between her trips to doctors in Portland, and mine to various VA places, I have not had a lot of energy for much else.

To compound it, I have been undergoing lower jaw surgeries, with graft's and such, in the hopes that I will be able to once more, smile with confidence.

I myself now have a caregiver five days a week, and other's that come as well. They do most of my driving.

I am hoping to set up a real website but could use some help to get it up and going. If you know of someone, I am able to compensate someone for their time.

Terri and I are looking forward our future. AND I HAVE NOT STOPPED dreaming up and creating new builds.

I beg your patience, and I hope you all are having super holidays.

Best of holiday wishes to you all from BJolly Cigar Box Guitars!

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