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Shane Speal Cigar Box Guitars - ships within 24 hrs. HO HO HO!

Cigar Box Guitars by Shane Speal

I've added six more to the online store in the past week.  Some are budget models ($99) while others are some of the best work I've ever done.
  Every order is shipped via Priority Mail within 24 hours of purchase.  You can still order today and have it in time for…
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Added by Cigar Box Nation on December 16, 2013 at 2:30am — No Comments

***SHANE SPEAL HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE***

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Added by Cigar Box Nation on December 9, 2013 at 5:23am — No Comments

Help bring Shane Speal to your local 2014 Music/Art festival!!!

I'm booking 2014 festivals for PA, NY, NJ, MD, DE and VA areas.  Want to see cigar box guitars at your local music/art festival?  Email me the fest link at shanespeal@yahoo.com and I'll apply.  Any and all fests considered! 

-shane

Here's the info I'm sending out.  Feel free to copy/send to your local fests as well:

I would like to submit Shane Speal's Snake Oil Jug Band for consideration in the 2014 ___________ Festival.  The act is quite…

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Added by Cigar Box Nation on December 3, 2013 at 3:31am — No Comments

New Shane Speal album released - FADED MEMORIES (instrumental CBG and other explorations)

The Shane Speal newsletter:  Shane releases brand new album today, posts two new "how to play cigar box guitar" videos and performs at the New Jersey Cigar Box Guitar Festival this Friday.

Sounds From a Trailer Park



Shane Speal: "Faded…

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Added by Cigar Box Nation on November 12, 2013 at 3:15am — No Comments

The Blues Life (Shane Speal newsletter + free mp3 download!)

The Shane Speal newsletter for 10/29:  What it's like to be the "King of the Cigar Box Guitar," two major Snake Oil concerts this week (York PA and NYC) + a free unreleased song for you to download (link at the end of this letter).



The Real Blues Life.



The ragged wood…

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Added by Cigar Box Nation on October 29, 2013 at 2:19am — 5 Comments

CIGAR BOX GUITAR NEWS

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Added by Cigar Box Nation on September 24, 2013 at 9:38am — 3 Comments

Shane Speal's Worst Concert

It was July 19, 2009 when I performed my worst show ever...



The gig took place at a film festival in Bethlehem, PA, right after we did a featured showing of Max…

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Added by Cigar Box Nation on September 16, 2013 at 4:15am — 5 Comments

Thoughts on a Double Neck Cigar Box Guitar

The Shane…

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Added by Cigar Box Nation on July 31, 2013 at 12:20am — No Comments

New Shane Speal instruments on sale - http://shanespeal.bigcartel.com



Shane Speal has just posted seven new guitars to his ever-expanding online store. These latest cigar box guitars are a bit more "upscale" and artistic, using all wooden boxes, antique yardstick fretboards and internal contact mic pickups. Browse the latest selection at http://shanespeal.bigcartel.com . Most orders shipped within 24…

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Added by Cigar Box Nation on June 13, 2013 at 9:16am — No Comments

When Cigar Box Guitars Ain't Enuff...



This is me, eighteen years ago...



You probably can't tell, but I was petrified in this picture.  This was my very first public performance with a cigar box guitar and the local newspaper covered…
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Added by Cigar Box Nation on June 3, 2013 at 1:13am — No Comments

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