Cigar box guitar 3 strings folk music
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Permalink Reply by Mark Lillo on
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Permalink Reply by Scott aka Farmer Ted on
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Drool
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Permalink Reply by Dane Donato on
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How is this played? On the lap, like a lap steel, or more like a regular guitar? Is this your own design or is there historical precedence? It seems almost medieval to me.
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It is my version of a Weissenborn lap guitar. Here is a sample of one being played, it is a different body shape but played the same. Here
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Pretty spiffy sound. Thanks for the link. It is playing right now.
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Permalink Reply by Bad Finger (Eric) on
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Eric, what tuning & strings do you use on your 5 string builds?
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Open G - GDgbd
Keef style. It is great tuning since you get
151 GDg
513 Dgb - Keni Lee's Devil Tuning
5135 Dgbd Banjo Tuning
1513 GDgb Typical 4-string tuning
All are easy to isolate with 513 being the most difficult, but not inaccessible. 5 strings and 5 common tuning voices/chord shapes and advantages. It is very easy to just play GDg to play shuffle rhythms, etc.
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I forgot to mention the strings. It varies. Tuning is always GDGbd
Bendy are Ernie Ball Super Slinky ADgbe (The pink pack) This would be a set of 9s. Strings 2-6 from the pack.
Slidy are Super Slinky EADgb I think this makes it like a set of 11s by bumping up one string. Strings 1-5 from the pack.
Resonator - Martin Bluegrass Medium Electric Resonator (56-16). I don't use the 56. GDg are 46, 36, 26w then I think it is 18 for the b and 16 for the d.
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Permalink Reply by Joe O'Connor on
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that is awesome!!
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Permalink Reply by Rob Uker on
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This is my favorite guitar. It has super hot pickups and it always blows people away when they play it for the first time.
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Permalink Reply by Bama Hound on
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I wondered that happened to my '54 Chevy, that was my first car.
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