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I'm Shane Speal & I'll be filming more "How To Play CBG" vids. Post lesson requests and questions here.

I'm Shane Speal, the guy who started this website a few years ago. Lately, I've been filming simple "How to Play Cigar Box Guitar" videos to help everyone get better on these awesome instruments.

If you've missed the video links, I've compiled everything into one Youtube playlist at

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpET_ZZI7rmROAInFkbD9szyuIXn2zM-T

I've got a definite style to my playing and have learned lots of tricks and cool short-cuts since I started playing these things almost 20 years ago. Use this forum for the following:

What type of lessons would you like to learn?
Do you have any questions on the videos already posted?
If you're a fan of my music, are there any of my songs that you want explained?

Can you do me one favor? Can you post the following status on your Facebook today:

Have you seen the new video series, "How to Play Cigar Box Guitar?" Easy stuff to learn. Cool licks that sound great. Link: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpET_ZZI7rmROAInFkbD9szyuIXn2zM-T

Ok, that's all. Ask away. Trolling comments and threadjacks will be deleted

Shane

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Permalink Reply by Clock The Wolf on October 13, 2012 at 8:45pm

Keep up the good fight, Mr Shane. Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!

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Permalink Reply by Lonman on October 13, 2012 at 10:40pm

very good. I will check them out and learn to play better! Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by c# merle on October 14, 2012 at 2:18am

hey shane, what about a lesson on this?

keep on rockin'!

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Permalink Reply by Shane on October 14, 2012 at 9:42am

C# Merle: Some of those licks come straight from the 3 String Secrets lesson except the tuning is much higher (I think it was tuned in the key of C). I played my Kurt Schoen "Turbodiddley" cigar box guitar on I Don't Live Today. I need to get some new strings on it and I'll do a lesson with it soon.

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Permalink Reply by colin mcgrath on October 14, 2012 at 8:59pm

Yup, I have questions: What are all the tunings you have on the 3 strings you have? I saw from the video introducing your arsenal there was a git tuned to C. What are those strings tuned to?

Is there a 3 or 4 string equivalent to a dropped D?

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Permalink Reply by Shane on October 14, 2012 at 10:54pm

Colin, you're inspiring a video lesson! Thank you! I'll plan out the concept and film it this week.

Drop D: String your cigar box guitar with EAD strings. Tune it DAD

Drop C: String your cigar box guitar with EAD strings. Tune it CGC

My baritone cigar box guitars are tuned CGC

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Permalink Reply by colin mcgrath on October 15, 2012 at 10:24am

thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Rand Moore on October 15, 2012 at 5:23am

The main complaint I have against CBN is that almost all the videos are stored on Youtube,com which is banned in China, so expats like myself can not see most the CBG videos produced by CBN members. There are a few videos which I can seem, and I suspect they are being hosted by CBN. Wish I could get your training videos hosted the same way so I could watch them here in China. [I appreciate your efforts in making the videos. Keep up the good work.]

-Rand.