Six Strings. Thousands of Stories.

The Six String Nation guitar is made from 63 pieces of history and heritage from every part of Canada representing many different cultures, communities and characters from across the country. One additional piece is found on the guitar strap and 3 others are found in the lining of the guitar case.

To hold the Six String Nation guitar is to hold history in your hands. To play the Six String Nation guitar is to bring that history to life. To encounter it as a player or a listener is to add your own story to its growing legend.

On February 14th, 2008 - at a press conference at Fort Gibraltar in St. Boniface at the launch of the Festival du Voyageur, the official nickname of the guitar was announced. The announcement was the culmination of an 18-month-long contest to nickname the guitar. The winning entry was chosen from among more than a thousand entries from the public. The winner, Lt. Col. Susan Beharriell, was flown to Winnipeg courtesy of Air Canada and stayed as a guest of the Festival du Voyageur. She was on hand at the press conference to help announce the official nickname: VOYAGEUR.

So far, we've taken nearly 60,000 portraits of almost 6,000 people holding the guitar at festivals, concerts, schools and other events across the country. Our most recent portrait event was BarrieFolk in Barrie, ON.
If you have not received your photos by December 5th - or if you've had your picture taken at another event and somehow not yet received it, please contact us to make sure we've got your email address right. To see samples from all of our festival sessions, visit our Flickr site.