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Rest In Peace, Anonymous Pick. We Lost a Legend.
Added by Cigar Box Nation on October 13, 2022 at 11:00am — 34 Comments
The Cigar Box Guitar Movement Turns 25 Today
Added by Cigar Box Nation on July 3, 2018 at 2:35pm — 3 Comments
New Guitar Slide: The Preacher - for sale at Shane Speal's StubbySlide.com
Added by Cigar Box Nation on June 10, 2018 at 6:10am — No Comments
Shane Speal's upcoming book - see the cover. Plus cigar box guitars, concerts and more...
Added by Cigar Box Nation on May 19, 2018 at 3:18am — 1 Comment
VIDEO: Gear Review of My New WESSEH Tribute Guitar by Swamp Witch
Swamp Witch Guitars built me this tribute to my friend, Wesseh Freeman. I review the guitar and tune it to "Wesseh Tuning."
Swamp Witch used actual photos of Wesseh's oil can guitar to create the…
ContinueAdded by Cigar Box Nation on April 12, 2018 at 11:30am — 2 Comments
R.I.P. Wesseh Freeman, the Oil Can Guitarist
Added by Cigar Box Nation on February 28, 2018 at 9:30am — 10 Comments
Hear a Guitar Made from a 100 Year Old Box
Ever wonder what an authentic Turn-of-the-Century cigar box guitar sounded like? Me too... so I built some! (Scroll down for the video.)…
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Added by Cigar Box Nation on February 23, 2018 at 5:28am — No Comments
3 Lessons for the Blues, Slide Guitar & Cigar Box Guitar Building
Three brand new lessons for playing the Blues, tasteful slide guitar & getting the best tones from your cigar box guitars.
NEW TODAY: Quick Blues Lick of the Week: The T-Shape Riff A seriously badass…
ContinueAdded by Cigar Box Nation on November 15, 2017 at 5:48am — 1 Comment
What's the worst DIVE BAR in your town? (Shane Speal booking DIVE BAR TOUR)
Added by Cigar Box Nation on October 13, 2017 at 10:16am — 2 Comments
Shane Speal concerts + a new .50 caliber guitar slide
Added by Cigar Box Nation on October 4, 2017 at 1:22am — No Comments
Shane Speal Album Release News + New Stubby Bottle Slide & Seriously Cool Stuff
Added by Cigar Box Nation on September 30, 2017 at 3:00am — 2 Comments
Bone & Wood Slides + the Art of Collecting Guitar Slides
Added by Cigar Box Nation on September 27, 2017 at 3:03am — 2 Comments
SKULLY'S BACK! The cigar box guitar playin' skeleton...
Added by Cigar Box Nation on September 24, 2017 at 4:13pm — 1 Comment
The new StubbySlide.com - strange "curiosities" for Cigar Box Guitarists
It's time to get weird.
Tonight, I've re-launched www.StubbySlide.com, my online catalog of…
ContinueAdded by Cigar Box Nation on September 21, 2017 at 5:41pm — No Comments
"Nobody builds their first cigar box guitar to play nice things" - Shane's thoughts...
There's probably going to be a shakeup in the cigar box guitar community soon. I'm starting to see signs of it already.
After pushing this stuff for more…
Added by Cigar Box Nation on August 31, 2017 at 1:50pm — 12 Comments
CONTEST: Shane Speal "Old Wood" lap steel giveaway
Shane Speal is giving away this "Shabby Chic" 4-string Lap Steel to one subscriber of his newsletter. The winner will be drawn January 13th, 2017. Enter now so you're eligible!
How to enter: Simply go to the home page at…
ContinueAdded by Cigar Box Nation on January 5, 2017 at 9:00am — 3 Comments
Cigar Box Nation News - Harp Cigar Box Guitars, Rolling Stones tribute, Stupid FX tricks
Added by Cigar Box Nation on September 20, 2016 at 3:30am — 1 Comment
Soundmen Hate Me (The Shane Speal Footstomper's long journey)
Added by Cigar Box Nation on August 23, 2016 at 9:07am — 3 Comments
Shane Speal's Top 10 Awesome Things Happening
Shane Speal's Top 10 Awesome Things Happening
Hi all! There's so much going on that I had to turn it into a Top 10 list. Of…
Added by Cigar Box Nation on August 17, 2016 at 3:36pm — 1 Comment
Latest Blog Posts
- Rest In Peace, Anonymous Pick. We Lost a Legend.
- The Cigar Box Guitar Movement Turns 25 Today
- New Guitar Slide: The Preacher - for sale at Shane Speal's StubbySlide.com
- Shane Speal's upcoming book - see the cover. Plus cigar box guitars, concerts and more...
- VIDEO: Gear Review of My New WESSEH Tribute Guitar by Swamp Witch
- R.I.P. Wesseh Freeman, the Oil Can Guitarist
- Hear a Guitar Made from a 100 Year Old Box
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- A Visit to Matty Baratto's Guitar Shop - Hollywood's Cigar Box Guitar Builder to the Stars
- The Electric Guitar Made in Prison
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- Cigar Box Nation News - Vids, Tips, Cool Stories
- Samantha Fish, Free Downloads, Tin Reso Guitar & CBG Fests this Weekend
- Remember "Blind, Gas-Can-Guitar Guy" from Africa? Let's Help Him Out.
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- The Cigar Box Guitar Manifesto - the mission statement and rallying cry for the Cigar Box Guitar Revolution.
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AI Search Query - Curious Answer
Started by Southern Ray in Other stuff - off topic, fun stuff, whatever. Last reply by A.D.EKER 6 hours ago. 4 Replies 0 Likes
UK - Best Place to Buy Cigar Box's
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Are metal frets necessary?
Started by J. D. Woods in Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts. Last reply by J. D. Woods on Saturday. 7 Replies 1 Like
Busking Songs...
Started by Nomad Jack in Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts. Last reply by J. D. Woods Apr 17. 7 Replies 2 Likes
Joseph J. Rogowski about Current Based Pickup Design
Started by Moritz Voegeli in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Southern Ray Apr 14. 6 Replies 2 Likes
crossover guitar.
Started by Timothy Hunter in Other stuff - off topic, fun stuff, whatever. Last reply by Timothy Hunter Apr 10. 14 Replies 3 Likes
Flat bucker under box top. Any Success?
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Has anyone tried this? Thoughts?
Started by Southern Ray in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Southern Ray Apr 4. 7 Replies 1 Like
just came accross this pickup idea on youtube.
Started by Timothy Hunter in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Southern Ray Mar 27. 1 Reply 2 Likes
VIDEO: Building a CBG with limited resources.
Started by Taffy Evans in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Southern Ray Mar 10. 1 Reply 3 Likes
Free PDF Download: Vintage Guitar Effects Plans - 1967 Fuzzbox and 1969 Treble Boost
Started by Cigar Box Nation in Feature Articles. Last reply by BrianQ. Mar 9. 4 Replies 3 Likes
Tune up songs
Started by Ghostbuttons in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Timothy Hunter Mar 9. 5 Replies 1 Like
Duel output jacks
Started by Justin Stanchfield in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Taffy Evans Mar 8. 6 Replies 0 Likes
No Harmonics
Started by Ken I in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Brian partington Mar 8. 8 Replies 0 Likes
Camera suggestions?
Started by Southern Ray in Cool gear discussion - that's not cigar box related. Last reply by Southern Ray Mar 6. 5 Replies 0 Likes
CBG site issues, continued.
Started by Taffy Evans in Other stuff - off topic, fun stuff, whatever. Last reply by Taffy Evans Mar 5. 4 Replies 2 Likes
Anyone used a violin-style tailpiece on a CBG?
Started by Justin Stanchfield in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Carl Floyd Mar 1. 15 Replies 0 Likes
Guitar for the grandson
Started by Joe in Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts. Last reply by Carl Floyd Feb 29. 13 Replies 0 Likes
Building with vintage paper/pressed board cigar boxes.
Started by Chance in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Southern Ray Feb 22. 12 Replies 1 Like
How to Get Your Own Music on Spotify
Started by Cigar Box Nation in Feature Articles. Last reply by Southern Ray Feb 21. 2 Replies 4 Likes
Blog Posts
I'll be fashionable this summer =)
Posted by Vlad on March 31, 2024 at 11:48pm 0 Comments 1 Like
Everyone can make CBG. And I did it =)
Posted by Vlad on March 6, 2024 at 2:32am 5 Comments 2 Likes
.✨. Cover Me ..♪♫•*¨*•. ~ the Delta Blues Outlaws
Posted by billy jones bluez on February 28, 2024 at 2:09pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Q&A with Arkansas-based talented blues musician Billy Jones, one of the very best authentic modern artists
Posted by billy jones bluez on February 17, 2024 at 11:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Big Power Bank for Small CBG =)
Posted by Vlad on February 11, 2024 at 1:06am 1 Comment 1 Like
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