Shane Speal is back with another lesson on how to play your Cigar Box Guitar with a slide.
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Guitarcheology: Cigar Box Guitar History with Shane Speal
Shane Speal dives into some of the history of Cigar Box Guitars and explores the term “Guitarcheology”
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Samantha Fish live at the New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival
This past weekend, Samantha Fish took the stage at the 3rd annual New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival.
Among the many great acts to play over the weekend, Samantha was one of the biggest name in attendance. She even waived her normal fee for playing AND made sure her band was paid.
She’s a great musician with a great heart. Check out this clip from the recent live broadcast that Cigar Box Nation posted to their Facebook page.
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The Secret of Stubby Slides and Cigar Box Guitars by Shane Speal
Need some tips and tricks on how to use a slide with your next Cigar Box Guitar? Check out this video from Shane Speal explaining how he uses the partial slides with his guitars and shares some tips for getting the most out of them!
Muddy Waters on 3-string Slide Cigar box Guitar by Shane Speal
Shane Speal brings you an excellent tutorial on playing Muddy Waters’ “I Can’t Be Satisfied” for 3-String Open GDG slide Cigar Box Guitar!
Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen – Tab for 3-String CBGs and One-String Canjos
While not actually a Christmas song, this classic can be heard quite often around this time of year. Here we offer you two versions of the song, one for One-String Diatonic Canjos and another for 3-String Open GDG Cigar Box Guitars.
Deck the Halls – Tab for 3-string Cigar Box Guitars
Christmas is right around the corner and one of the best ways to get into the holiday spirit is to learn a few Christmas Carols to sing with the family.
Today we are featuring tablature Deck the Halls for 3-string Open G – GDG Cigar Box Guitars.
Learn to play Honky Tonk Woman on 3-string slide Cigar Box Guitar
Shane Speal is at it again, bringing another excellent how-to video showing you how to play Honky Tonk Woman by The Rolling Stones on your 3-string Open G Slide Cigar Box Guitar.
We Three Kings (of Orient Are) – Tab for 3-String GDG Cigar Box Guitars
Today we offer you tablature for the traditional Christmas Carol, We Three Kings (of Orient Are). First written in 1857 for a New York City Christmas Pageant.
How to make a slide from a Copper Pipe with Glenn Watt
Glenn Watt shows you the trade secret of making a slide for your Cigar Box Guitar out an ordinary piece of copper piping.
Using Capacitors with Piezos for Cigar Box Guitars
Back in the early days of Cigar Box Nation TV, Ben and Glenn went in depth on how to use capacitors to improve the tone and reduce feedback when it comes to Piezoelectric pickups in Cigar Box Guitars.
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Albert King’s “Born Under a Bad Sign” – Video Lesson from Shane Speal
Shane has been sharing some fantastic how-to play videos on his YouTube channel and in this video he is going to show you how he plays Albert King’s Born Under a Bad Sign on his Open G – GDG Slide Cigar Box Guitar!