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Cigar Box Nation news for May 24

Our live streaming Facebook channel is blazing ahead!  If you haven't subscribed (it's free), go to www.Facebook.com/cigarboxguitar. We've got a full concert by blues/gospel legend, Glenn Kaiser scheduled for this Thursday night, 7-9pm (Eastern Standard Time, US).  

Here's your buffet of cigar box guitar awesomeness for this week:

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  4. "Shane Speal live: full 90 minute concert!"  - Watch now


UPCOMING CONCERT:
Glenn Kaiser & Shane Speal - An evening of cigar box guitar music
Thursday, 7-9pm (Eastern Standard Time, USA)

On Thursday evening, Cigar Box Nation TV will broadcast a very special concert, featuring Gospel blues legend, Glenn Kaiser.  He will be joined on stage by Shane Speal for an evening of cigar box guitar and diddley bow music.  There are two ways to see the concert:


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How to Install a Rod Piezo Pickup in the Lid of Your Cigar Box Guitar - by Glenn Watt

Piezo rod pickups are a huge improvement over standard disc piezos.  They give more definition, clarity and overall tone response with less feedback!  Cigar Box Nation favorite contributor, Glenn Watt shows you how to install one in this great step-by-step tutorial.




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Having the Tremolo is nice. They are a bit big for a CBG though. 

I'm sure C.B.Gitty can use their computer controlled Plasma Cutter to cut out parts to make their own "In House CBG Tremolo" in this style but smaller for 3 and 4 string CBG's.

That was a good video of the C.B.Gitty workshop BTW.

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