How to play an old timey cigar box guitar riff

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Song: "Hard Times and Cigarettes" by Shane Speal & the Snakes. Preview and purchase at https://shanespeal.com/stay-primal
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Instrument needed: 4-string cigar box guitar that utilizes the A,D,G & B strings from a conventional pack of guitar strings.
Tuning: G7 - G,D,F,B (low to high)

Guitar used: G. S. Monroe Masterworks:
https://www.cbgitty.com/cigar-box-guitars/masterwork-series-4-string-acoustic-cigar-box-guitar-by-g-s-monroe-antique-boxes-and-lush-rich-tone/

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Comment by Bluesheart on October 20, 2017 at 2:36am

So much fun.  I feel like I need a straw hat and a bow tie!

Comment by Wal Callaby on October 19, 2017 at 8:28am
Do you know, as someone relatively new to this CBG thing, I cannot help but detect a generosity of spirit in the whole enterprise. And here's one of the leading lights effectively saying "here's how it's done, now go out and rip it off"... What I AM going to do this very evening is go and reduce one of my redundo six-strings to a four-string in G7 and have some fun!
Comment by Derek Rose on October 18, 2017 at 1:55pm

I like these kind of chord progressions.

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