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Cigar Box Nation News - New Seasick Steve video, contests, cool instruments & more
Cigar Box Nation member, Richey Kay of Manchester U.K. built these superbly clean 3 string electric cigar box guitars. Details: Oak & walnut neck, Mother-of-pearl dots, walnut & bone bridge, bone nut. Hand wound pickup (9500 winds) with volume and tone…
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Cigar Box Nation Newsletter - Six String Cigar Box Guitars, Historic Instruments and more
Sponsored by C. B. Gitty, the cigar box guitar parts superstore. www.CBGitty.com
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Cigar Box Nation Newsletter - Six String Cigar Box Guitars, Historic Instruments and more
Sponsored by C. B. Gitty, the cigar box guitar parts superstore. www.CBGitty.com
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Cigar Box Nation News! Coffin case lap steel guitar, Seasick Steve, The Budrows and more. Jan 29, 2015
Sponsored by C. B. Gitty, the cigar box guitar parts superstore. www.CBGitty.com
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Cigar Box Nation Newsletter - Folk Art Cello, CBGs in Poland, Free Lessons and more
Sponsored by C. B. Gitty, the cigar box guitar parts superstore. www.CBGitty.com
Gary Herget created this incredible folk-art upright bass…
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The Greatest Rock Legend You've Never Heard Of...
The Greatest Rock Legend You've Never Heard Of.
Edgar Winter's "Frankenstein"
Steve Miller's "Fly Like an Eagle"
The Who's "…
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Steve Miller's "Fly Like an Eagle"
The Who's "…
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"When the Adrenaline Rush Leaves..." (This week's Shane Speal Newsletter)
You Never Realize It At First...
(A note of Monday Morning encouragement)
(A note of Monday Morning encouragement)
Last Monday, 2am: I was driving home from a gig when l felt the adrenaline finally leave my chest. It was at that moment I realized how difficult this show was. The room was almost impossible to command: People were constantly talking…
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Cigar Box Nation Newsletter - Let's rock 2015
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Cigar Box Nation Newsletter - Three gifts to you for the Holidays
Hello Cigar Box Nation members, C. B. Gitty here. We wanted to send out this last CBN newsletter of 2014 with three different gifts to say "thank you" for being a part of this site and the cigar box guitar movement. No ads, no sales pitch,…
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Cigar Box Nation Newsletter - Tips, lessons, cool instruments
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Weird, Freakish Instruments
Weird Instruments and Random News...
Check out the freakish copper pipe guitar (CopperGuitars.com) from Timothy Dlugasz! The entire thing is made from welded copper…
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Check out the freakish copper pipe guitar (CopperGuitars.com) from Timothy Dlugasz! The entire thing is made from welded copper…
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Shane Speal Cigar Box Guitars - HOLIDAY SALE
Ships Wednesday!
Shane Speal has built nine new "The Speal" pro cigar box guitars just in time for the Holidays. Each one is almost done and ships by Wednesday, Dec.…
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Cigar Box Nation News: Mud Pie Canjo, New CBG songs in Tab, DIY Christmas, much more...
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Steam Whistles and Cigar Box Guitars
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Washboard Wizardry
The Shane Speal Newsletter: Ronn Benway and his Magical Washboard, the bombastic Baritone Cigar Box Guitar is now on sale, FREE CONCERT SATURDAY, more...
Shane Speal's Name May Be On the Bill,
But Ronn Benway is the Star
But Ronn Benway is the Star
AC/DC has Angus Young running on stage, dressed as a…
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Weird Musical Instruments - An appreciation
The Shane Speal Newsletter: Shane films new documentary on the World's Loudest Acoustic Concert + TOUR DATES for the next three weeks
Weird Musical Instruments: An Appreciation
Ever since I built my first cigar box guitar in 1993, I've searched…
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SNAKE OIL FANS RULE - Shane Speal News
Love for our crazed fans, upcoming shows + the newest cigar box guitars for this week!
They Wouldn't Let Us Leave!
(The world of rabid Snake Oil fans)
(The world of rabid Snake Oil fans)
Snake Oil fan, Kurt B. snapped this photo Tuesday night as Shane Speal's Snake Oil Band performed our first show…
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CIGAR BOX NATION NEWSLETTER - OCT 17
The Cigar Box Nation Newsletter for Oct. 17, 2014. More great featured instruments, some woodshop secrets and other stuff from the Cigar Box…
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Cigar Box Nation News - Featured Instrument + Lots of Cool Stuff
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Cigar Box Guitar Season: The Shane Speal newsletter. (Go ahead, click the link!)
Shane Speal News for Oct 1, 2014: The season of awesome creativity + a Kickstarter campaign you should really check out.
Cigar Box Guitar Season
Pictured above is "The Speal" cigar box guitar w/P90 pickup.
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Pictured above is "The Speal" cigar box guitar w/P90 pickup.
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Latest Blog Posts
- Rest In Peace, Anonymous Pick. We Lost a Legend.
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- Shane Speal's upcoming book - see the cover. Plus cigar box guitars, concerts and more...
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AI Search Query - Curious Answer
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UK - Best Place to Buy Cigar Box's
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Are metal frets necessary?
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Busking Songs...
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Joseph J. Rogowski about Current Based Pickup Design
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crossover guitar.
Started by Timothy Hunter in Other stuff - off topic, fun stuff, whatever. Last reply by Timothy Hunter Apr 10. 14 Replies 3 Likes
Flat bucker under box top. Any Success?
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Has anyone tried this? Thoughts?
Started by Southern Ray in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Southern Ray Apr 4. 7 Replies 1 Like
just came accross this pickup idea on youtube.
Started by Timothy Hunter in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Southern Ray Mar 27. 1 Reply 2 Likes
VIDEO: Building a CBG with limited resources.
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Free PDF Download: Vintage Guitar Effects Plans - 1967 Fuzzbox and 1969 Treble Boost
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Tune up songs
Started by Ghostbuttons in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Timothy Hunter Mar 9. 5 Replies 1 Like
Duel output jacks
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No Harmonics
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Camera suggestions?
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CBG site issues, continued.
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Anyone used a violin-style tailpiece on a CBG?
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Guitar for the grandson
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Building with vintage paper/pressed board cigar boxes.
Started by Chance in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Southern Ray Feb 22. 12 Replies 1 Like
How to Get Your Own Music on Spotify
Started by Cigar Box Nation in Feature Articles. Last reply by Southern Ray Feb 21. 2 Replies 4 Likes
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I'll be fashionable this summer =)
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Everyone can make CBG. And I did it =)
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.✨. Cover Me ..♪♫•*¨*•. ~ the Delta Blues Outlaws
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Q&A with Arkansas-based talented blues musician Billy Jones, one of the very best authentic modern artists
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Big Power Bank for Small CBG =)
Posted by Vlad on February 11, 2024 at 1:06am 1 Comment 1 Like
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