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Rest In Peace, Anonymous Pick. We Lost a Legend.

Just got this email.

This is Valerie, Anonymous Pick’s wife.  I'm…

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Added by Cigar Box Nation on October 13, 2022 at 11:00am — 34 Comments

The Cigar Box Guitar Movement Turns 25 Today

Twenty Five Years Ago...

July 4,…

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Added by Cigar Box Nation on July 3, 2018 at 2:35pm — 3 Comments

New Guitar Slide: The Preacher - for sale at Shane Speal's StubbySlide.com



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Added by Cigar Box Nation on June 10, 2018 at 6:10am — No Comments

Shane Speal's upcoming book - see the cover. Plus cigar box guitars, concerts and more...

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Added by Cigar Box Nation on May 19, 2018 at 3:18am — 1 Comment

VIDEO: Gear Review of My New WESSEH Tribute Guitar by Swamp Witch

Swamp Witch Guitars built me this tribute to my friend, Wesseh Freeman.  I review the guitar and tune it to "Wesseh Tuning."

Swamp Witch used actual photos of Wesseh's oil can guitar to create the…

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Added by Cigar Box Nation on April 12, 2018 at 11:30am — 2 Comments

Hear a Guitar Made from a 100 Year Old Box

Ever wonder what an authentic Turn-of-the-Century cigar box guitar sounded like?  Me too... so I built some!  (Scroll down for the video.)…



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Added by Cigar Box Nation on February 23, 2018 at 5:28am — No Comments

3 Lessons for the Blues, Slide Guitar & Cigar Box Guitar Building

Three brand new lessons for playing the Blues, tasteful slide guitar & getting the best tones from your cigar box guitars.

NEW TODAY:  Quick Blues Lick of the Week:  The T-Shape Riff   A seriously badass…

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Added by Cigar Box Nation on November 15, 2017 at 5:48am — 1 Comment

LET'S GET DRUNK!!!

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Added by Cigar Box Nation on October 7, 2017 at 7:12am — 7 Comments

Shane Speal concerts + a new .50 caliber guitar slide

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Added by Cigar Box Nation on October 4, 2017 at 1:22am — No Comments

The new StubbySlide.com - strange "curiosities" for Cigar Box Guitarists

It's time to get weird.

Tonight, I've re-launched www.StubbySlide.com, my online catalog of…

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Added by Cigar Box Nation on September 21, 2017 at 5:41pm — No Comments

"Nobody builds their first cigar box guitar to play nice things" - Shane's thoughts...





There's probably going to be a shakeup in the cigar box guitar community soon. I'm starting to see signs of it already.  



After pushing this stuff for more…
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Added by Cigar Box Nation on August 31, 2017 at 1:50pm — 12 Comments

CONTEST: Shane Speal "Old Wood" lap steel giveaway

Shane Speal is giving away this "Shabby Chic" 4-string Lap Steel to one subscriber of his newsletter. The winner will be drawn January 13th, 2017. Enter now so you're eligible!

How to enter: Simply go to the home page at…

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Added by Cigar Box Nation on January 5, 2017 at 9:00am — 3 Comments

Cigar Box Nation News - Harp Cigar Box Guitars, Rolling Stones tribute, Stupid FX tricks

We've got free plans, cool videos and more in this week's newsletter.…

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Added by Cigar Box Nation on September 20, 2016 at 3:30am — 1 Comment

Soundmen Hate Me (The Shane Speal Footstomper's long journey)

The prototypes for device has ticked-off more soundmen in the last seven years...…


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Added by Cigar Box Nation on August 23, 2016 at 9:07am — 3 Comments

Shane Speal's Top 10 Awesome Things Happening

Shane Speal's Top 10 Awesome Things Happening


Hi all!  There's so much going on that I had to turn it into a Top 10 list. Of…
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Added by Cigar Box Nation on August 17, 2016 at 3:36pm — 1 Comment

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