Want to capture that awesome sound of Seasick Steve’s 4-string cigar box guitar? Shane Speal shows you how to set yours up and then get his playing style for the song “In Don’t Know Why She Love Me (But She Do).”
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VIDEO: How to Install a Piezo Rod Pickup & Pre Amp in a Cigar Box Guitar
Shane Speal demonstrates how to install the C. B. Gitty Piezo Rod pickup with pre-amp. His method keeps it simplified with great results.
Increase the Price of Your Cigar Box Guitars with These Secrets
Want to increase the price of your cigar box guitars? Shane Speal demonstrates several parts from C. B. Gitty that will make your cigar box guitar POP with a clean look.
Corners, neck collars and colonial door handles are all sold at http://www.cbgitty.com
PHOTOS: New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival 2016
The New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival took place January 10-12, 2016 at the Frenchmen Theater inside Bamboula’s in New Orleans. The event featured concerts, seminars, build-off contests and more. See our entire photo gallery of the event here.
Vintage Homemade Bass & Lap Steel [the Legacy of Our Instruments]
I recently purchased this Beatle bass and mahogany lap steel guitar from two different sources. I got them because I have a fascination with homemade instruments, cigar box and otherwise. These two are prime examples of a person wanting a very specific instrument to play and then taking it upon themselves to build their own.
The tragedy of this story is that neither builder signed their work. Continue reading “Vintage Homemade Bass & Lap Steel [the Legacy of Our Instruments]”
Star Wars Guitar Memes – The Empire Strikes a Chord
The guys at Cigar Box Nation’s Facebook page recently ran this series of Star Wars Guitar/Music Memes. Enjoy…
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Guitar Memes Pt III
From Cigar Box Nation’s hilarious meme gags posted on their Facebook page. Share ’em everywhere… 
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Guitar Memes, Part II
Cigar Box Nation’s Facebook page continues its daily guitar meme postings. Here’s some of the best.
Shane Speal Interviewed by Offbeat for NOLA Cigar Box Guitar Fest
Shane Speal’s goal is simply stated: “I want to help make New Orleans home to the premier cigar box festival in the world.”
A musician and historian hailed as “King of the Cigar Box Guitar” and the man responsible for the instrument’s recent revival, Speal spoke with OffBeat from his backyard woodshop in York, Pennsylvania as he put final touches on a handmade cigar box guitar—he’s built more than 2,000 since 1993. >>Read more…
How to Play “Auld Lang Syne” on 3-string cigar box guitar
Make your New Years Eve celebration even better by performing the classic Auld Lang Syne on cigar box guitar! Glenn Watt has taken the time to transcribe the traditional tune for you in 3-string Open G. Get the TAB here and start practicing!
Chasing Steam – Shane Speal’s documentary on the York PA Steam Whistle Concert
Chasing Steam, starring Cigar Box Nation’s own Shane Speal with Ben “Gitty” Baker. Speal searches for the sound of a 100 year-old steam whistle Christmas concert and is joined in by Ben Baker, who creates his own homemade version. Continue reading “Chasing Steam – Shane Speal’s documentary on the York PA Steam Whistle Concert”
How to Build an Uncle Enos Banjo [historic cigar box banjo / banjar plans]
by Daniel Carter Beard
Originally published as Christmas Eve with Uncle Enos in newspapers in the early 1800’s. First book appearance in 1884, as printed in The Book Buyer 1884-1885. These plans would eventually be published in Beard’s American Boys Handy Book in 1882.
Edited and expanded: December 22, 2015 by Shane Speal. Continue reading “How to Build an Uncle Enos Banjo [historic cigar box banjo / banjar plans]”