Comments - Online Cigar Box Guitar Instruction - One man's journey...plus a review of www.learncigarboxguitar.com - Cigar Box Nation2024-03-29T11:52:50Zhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2592684%3ABlogPost%3A1932101&xn_auth=noHi Pat
I'm almost certain I w…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2014-03-20:2592684:Comment:19353092014-03-20T08:12:30.290ZGlen Irvenhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/GlenIrven
<p>Hi Pat</p>
<p>I'm almost certain I will be signing up for the starter pack as I want to learn good technique first and go from there. If you can reference some fretted stuff soon and maybe post a snippet of the new material once its ready. I'm sure I will be interested in that too.</p>
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<p>Hi Pat</p>
<p>I'm almost certain I will be signing up for the starter pack as I want to learn good technique first and go from there. If you can reference some fretted stuff soon and maybe post a snippet of the new material once its ready. I'm sure I will be interested in that too.</p>
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<p></p> I do reference fret lines Jef…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2014-03-20:2592684:Comment:19350232014-03-20T02:10:23.374ZPatrick Curleyhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/PatrickCurley
<p>I do reference fret lines Jeff. And yes much of what can you do on a fretless you can still do on a fretted guitar. I guess that as my course is about technique and I don't teach how to fret properly or take advantage of the extra things that you can do with frets I just prefer to make it clear to people exactly what they'll get. It's better than having people sign up for a course and find a chunk of what they wanted was missing.</p>
<p>My update for fretted instruments will focus on 4…</p>
<p>I do reference fret lines Jeff. And yes much of what can you do on a fretless you can still do on a fretted guitar. I guess that as my course is about technique and I don't teach how to fret properly or take advantage of the extra things that you can do with frets I just prefer to make it clear to people exactly what they'll get. It's better than having people sign up for a course and find a chunk of what they wanted was missing.</p>
<p>My update for fretted instruments will focus on 4 string guitars, I just think that they are better suited to using frets. As I said though, as it's mainly about technique and these things transfer very easily, I'll reference 3 stringers as well. Just have to get this thing built, I don't how you guys do it.</p> Patrick,
On your fretless cbg…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2014-03-20:2592684:Comment:19350002014-03-20T01:02:13.787ZJeff McFaddenhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/JeffMcFadden
Patrick,<br />
On your fretless cbg's aren't you still referencing fret lines? (I confess I haven't checked your site out very well.) I would think the fret marker information would carry over to a fretted git.
Patrick,<br />
On your fretless cbg's aren't you still referencing fret lines? (I confess I haven't checked your site out very well.) I would think the fret marker information would carry over to a fretted git. Hi Glen
I remember your emai…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2014-03-19:2592684:Comment:19347262014-03-19T22:16:48.681ZPatrick Curleyhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/PatrickCurley
<p>Hi Glen</p>
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<p>I remember your email, here's an update. I'm home now and the next project is the update for fretted 3 or 4 string instruments. I don't have a fretted cigar box guitar however so need to either source or build one. I could do it with a six string but that just wouldn't be kosher would it.</p>
<p>Hi Glen</p>
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<p>I remember your email, here's an update. I'm home now and the next project is the update for fretted 3 or 4 string instruments. I don't have a fretted cigar box guitar however so need to either source or build one. I could do it with a six string but that just wouldn't be kosher would it.</p> What I I've seen on the site…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2014-03-19:2592684:Comment:19348072014-03-19T21:51:40.135ZGlen Irvenhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/GlenIrven
<p>What I I've seen on the site is that he using a fretless CBG and mine is a fretted one. I have emailed him and they in the process of adding some more fretted videos. Not sure when as there on the road for at least a month?</p>
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<p>I'm worried that If I'd still get be able to follow along?</p>
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<p>What I I've seen on the site is that he using a fretless CBG and mine is a fretted one. I have emailed him and they in the process of adding some more fretted videos. Not sure when as there on the road for at least a month?</p>
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<p>I'm worried that If I'd still get be able to follow along?</p>
<p></p> Wonder if there's some way to…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2014-03-19:2592684:Comment:19347052014-03-19T19:43:28.184ZTN Twanghttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/TNTwang
<p>Wonder if there's some way to move this discussion over to the "How to Play" group.</p>
<p>I know you put a notice on their Discussion Board; that's how I found the blog, but there are a wealth of ideas on this website about how to learn CBG and what to avoid. Even so, it seems that discussions under "How to Play" always run out of steam.</p>
<p>(I dunno', maybe discussions die under the weight of so many divergent opinions??)</p>
<p>Anybody in the mood for trying once again to get a…</p>
<p>Wonder if there's some way to move this discussion over to the "How to Play" group.</p>
<p>I know you put a notice on their Discussion Board; that's how I found the blog, but there are a wealth of ideas on this website about how to learn CBG and what to avoid. Even so, it seems that discussions under "How to Play" always run out of steam.</p>
<p>(I dunno', maybe discussions die under the weight of so many divergent opinions??)</p>
<p>Anybody in the mood for trying once again to get a continuing Discussion started where people can evaluate the various courses, books, videos, etc.?</p>
<p>My $.02,</p>
<p>TN</p> An excellent and useful revie…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2014-03-19:2592684:Comment:19344612014-03-19T16:16:50.532ZJeff McFaddenhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/JeffMcFadden
An excellent and useful review. Thank you.
An excellent and useful review. Thank you. We-ell, I guess I'm a Type 1…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2014-03-18:2592684:Comment:19339012014-03-18T19:23:02.145ZRon "Oily" Spraguehttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/RonaldSprague
We-ell, I guess I'm a Type 1 with some Type 2 tendencies, then. I've been playing guitar for 37 years, self taught. I started out playing 3-4 hours per night, and did that nearly continuously for several years. But it's only in the last 3, since I've been playing CBGs, that my understanding of music and creativity has soared. It has also caused me to become a better 6-string player. I have Keni Lee's CDs, have picked up useful tidbits from Shane's vids, and have perused Patrick's vids. And yet,…
We-ell, I guess I'm a Type 1 with some Type 2 tendencies, then. I've been playing guitar for 37 years, self taught. I started out playing 3-4 hours per night, and did that nearly continuously for several years. But it's only in the last 3, since I've been playing CBGs, that my understanding of music and creativity has soared. It has also caused me to become a better 6-string player. I have Keni Lee's CDs, have picked up useful tidbits from Shane's vids, and have perused Patrick's vids. And yet, I cannot play slide well. Why? Three reasons: one, I get bored, breaking stuff down into small chunks, just to be able to play I-IV-V blues. I'd rather create new stuff. Two, even if I do manage to have the patience to work on a riff for awhile, other sounds kick in, and I start fingerpicking and banjo rolling. It must be genetic. And three, I don't practice slide with focused intent, to make incremental steady progress over time. I'd rather create a new song on the fly, mess with effects, write weird lyrics, and annoy my family. The blues riffs don't flow naturally through me, and whatever I have created or learned to play blueswise has been through lots of little practice hours. That's the Type 2 bit. However, give me some Latin rhythms, jazz comping, bluegrass or country figures, and it's like old home week; my fingers seem to know where to go almost without thought. That's the Type 1 bit. I do practice at least 1/2-1 hour per day, though. Practice, as. I tell my ball players, should be focused on a few important steps, which are then linked together to create something larger. There is no substitute for it. Great post. There's no subst…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2014-03-18:2592684:Comment:19335512014-03-18T15:03:11.248ZBad Finger (Eric)https://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/ED379
<p>Great post. There's no substitute for practice. All of the idols practice and practice more than you imagine. What looks and sounds natural comes after lots and lots of playing and practice.</p>
<p>From the start, I think it is most difficult for beginners (or maybe anyone) to pick out which lessons are meant to show off and sell guitars vs. which are truly meant to facilitate true learning. Just because there's the word "lesson" in the YouTube title doesn't make it so.</p>
<p>Great post. There's no substitute for practice. All of the idols practice and practice more than you imagine. What looks and sounds natural comes after lots and lots of playing and practice.</p>
<p>From the start, I think it is most difficult for beginners (or maybe anyone) to pick out which lessons are meant to show off and sell guitars vs. which are truly meant to facilitate true learning. Just because there's the word "lesson" in the YouTube title doesn't make it so.</p> Type ll Mel here, good review…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2014-03-18:2592684:Comment:19334642014-03-18T13:23:06.580ZMel Robinsonhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/MelRobinson
<p>Type ll Mel here, good review, you actually sold me. I have been thinking of signing up but the funding has always stopped me, as usual when your 69 and living on a pension. Anyway I reckon two pensions from now I will take the plunge. It took me awhile to save up to buy a Wayne Bigler guitar even after making a kit one and a DIY one I thought I was ready for a professional one lol, not so it seems, it is a quality instrument but I still don't rock it :>))</p>
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<p>Mel</p>
<p>Type ll Mel here, good review, you actually sold me. I have been thinking of signing up but the funding has always stopped me, as usual when your 69 and living on a pension. Anyway I reckon two pensions from now I will take the plunge. It took me awhile to save up to buy a Wayne Bigler guitar even after making a kit one and a DIY one I thought I was ready for a professional one lol, not so it seems, it is a quality instrument but I still don't rock it :>))</p>
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<p>Mel</p>