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Permalink Reply by Korrigan on May 19, 2018 at 5:30am

You want to play fingered fretless or just slide?

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Permalink Reply by Andreas Fischer on May 19, 2018 at 7:24am

Just slide right now. The CBG I have, has a very high action.

Fingered later i think. I will built a frettet one, for that later. Anyway a book can contain both, i wouldnt mind. As long as i get enough input for sliding right now. Maybe a Tabcollection would help right now.

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Permalink Reply by Korrigan on May 19, 2018 at 9:14am

There is a ton of free information on 3-string slide here on CBN and on YouTube.

If you don't mind paying for lessons I highly recommend LearnCigarBoxGuitar.com by Mr. Patrick Curley. He has online courses for basic 3 string slide, 3 string fretted, 3 string blues slide, 4 string fretted and a lot more. You pay a one time fee of $47 and get access to all of the site content (currently 85 video lessons and 5 E-books) plus all future content. It's a great value and I really like the way he teaches.

Oh, almost forgot to mention that the video lessons are accompanied by supplemental information (in PDF format) such as tablature, music theory and detailed explanations of key concepts covered in the video.

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Permalink Reply by Andreas Fischer on May 19, 2018 at 10:44am

LearnCigarBoxGuitar.com  sounds good, thats something for my Birthdaywishlist ;-)
Untill then i check the other stuff.
Anything else?

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Permalink Reply by Andreas Fischer on May 21, 2018 at 9:42am

Need some more help to decide.

I am thinking about either take that LearnCigarBoxGuitar.com deal or buying some Justin Johnson dvd`s for starting.

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Permalink Reply by Timothy Hunter on May 21, 2018 at 10:18pm

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/forum/topics/uncle-mark-my-new-favori...

try this guy out. doea lessons and songs. both slide and fretted..

Also Shane Speal has quite a few lessons on this site...

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Permalink Reply by Andreas Fischer on May 22, 2018 at 2:34am

Thanks for the hint

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Permalink Reply by rodger moore on May 22, 2018 at 8:29am

I've been using Keni Lee Burgess' DVD purchased from ebay.

$10.99 USD and he will ship internationally too.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/332652798746?ViewItem=&item=332652798746

I know everyone wants one source, but I tend to collect as many beginner tutorials as I can afford. Ever teacher is a little different and  each student learns in a different way too.

Lots of great video here and on YouTube, couple of my favs. One cover and one tutorial; 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIIEhH7xOXg&list=RDiIIEhH7xOXg&...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOgdPkE6EWY

Good luck, and good music!

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Permalink Reply by Andreas Fischer on May 23, 2018 at 5:15am

" I tend to collect as many beginner tutorials as I can afford. Ever teacher is a little different and each student learns in a different way too."

I agree, and i dont mind to use several different resources, but sometimes it happens that the use of one makes the other one less usefull for one, isnt it?

The links are cool, thanks

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Permalink Reply by 3 String Blues on May 23, 2018 at 5:31am

I would like to offer advice, and hopefully it doesn't offend anyone, you'll do much better to learn a fretted cigar box guitar, to at least you'll need to properly mark out fret lines,

if you can, get a fretted cigar box guitar first, otherwise you will not learn, it is very hard to learn on a fretless guitar with no experience, otherwise you will never know where to stop the slide! 

unless you are gifted with an "ear" and the ability to hear pitch, you will find it very difficult to learn on a fretless. 

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Permalink Reply by Andreas Fischer on May 23, 2018 at 8:47am

Oh i play "regular guitars" for many years already. So i have experiance with frets.

My CBG has (burnt) fretmarks. And my first built will have marks too. But no real fretts

Ther reason why i want to learn slide on a fretless is:

- i have a fretless

- i like that its limited, just sliding, no fretting, i like the idea, its more "minimalistic" i think

i am sure  i will (Later) also try fretted 3 strings, or 4 strings or slide on my 6 strings, .... who knows

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