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How to Get the "Fake Snare Drum" Like Johnny Cash on Cigar Box Guitar Shane Speal shows the simple paper-thru-strings percussion technique that Johnny Cash made popular in songs like "I Walk the Line." This… Started by Cigar Box Nation	0	Mar 20, 2017
How to Play Seasick Steve on 4-String Cigar Box Guitar The original song: The lesson: You'll need a 4-string cigar box guitar set up for slide. In this lesson, Shane Speal strings his guita… Started by Ben "C. B. Gitty" Baker	0	Oct 5, 2015
Favorite Box to use for a cbg build and why ? I'm wondering what boxes other CBG builders look for before starting their build and why, like size or shape of box , plain wood or paper c… Started by Tom Caneschi aka cbg tom	16	Apr 25, 2014 Reply by Wichita Sam
How strong is aluminum hmm...Thinking... How strong is aluminum tube ? Diameters 1,5mm walls, inside 20, outside 23.5 Can it handel lightest bass string what is 0… Started by Jantan ux	20	Mar 12, 2014 Reply by Jantan ux
12 inch compound radius? Trying to drew 12" compound radius on paper to make line on 70 wide block for cutting it . Google didn't help me. I tried to drew half cir… Started by Jantan ux	13	Sep 2, 2013 Reply by Jantan ux
Leveling frets ? I didn't find right discussion for me. I have new oak guitar neck with 12" (305 mm) radius maple fingerboard. frets on neck have never been… Started by Jantan ux	11	Aug 9, 2013 Reply by Andres
Bluesboy Jag's How To Play CBG CD Over 2000 Shipped Since 2006 Bluesboy Jag Is Now In His 34th Year of Teaching Guitar Over an hour of video closeups, tips, tricks and hints. How to tune a CBG How to p… Started by Bluesboy Jag	2	Jul 19, 2013 Reply by Uncle John
Bluesboy Jag's How To Play A CBG DVD 4th Edition (First Edition ©2004)34 Years Experience as A Guitar Instructor, 9 Years As A CBG Maker. " I've been playing six and 12 strin… Started by Bluesboy Jag	2	May 24, 2013 Reply by DeltaglowBoy
warped box ? Fingerboard? I have good cigar box. Bad is that it's in propeller. Can I fix it and how ? I have guitar fingerboard what is 70cm long. I wanna make 2… Started by Jantan ux	11	Jul 10, 2012 Reply by Jantan ux
More how to play videos I discovered these via the post from Shane today and thought they were worth another look. Mike Snowden shows some very basic video lessons… Started by Mark Bliss	5	May 18, 2011 Reply by wes carl

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