How to Play Like Seasick Steve + Build Your Own "3-String Trance Wonder"

In all my years of teaching cigar box guitar through Youtube videos, no lesson has been more popular than a quick class I filmed on Seasick Steve's playing style.  Recently, I fired up the camera and updated the information, giving closeups to the fingerings and strumming patterns.

If you want even more lessons, make sure to subscribe to my Youtube channel.  There's a lot more videos on their way!

Shane Speal

Seasick Steve lesson #1:  How to Set Up Your Own "3-String Trance Wonder" guitar

Seasick Steve lesson #2:  Dog House Boogie

Seasick Steve lesson 3:  Cut My Wings

Seasick Steve lesson #4:  I Don't Know Why She Love Me (But She Do)

Seasick Steve lesson #5:  The original "3-String Secrets" video

 

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Permalink Reply by Richard Dean on December 2, 2017 at 11:05am

Very nice, thanks for taking the time to do these, close ups and all.

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