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Steve Holladay's Videos (43)
BANJO BUILD-OFF Fret-less Gourd Banjo - Mole in the Ground.
BANJO BUILD-OFF I built this banjo and recorded this video back in the spring, so please disregard… Steve Holladay Oct 14, 2020 33 views
Cigar Box Banjola
Wormwood cherry neck, Cuesta Rey cigar box, fishing line strings, "22 scale. Julianne Johnson Its… Steve Holladay May 20, 2020 14 views
Bile'en the cabbage on the boxes...and a junky old guitar.
No video effects purposefully used. I ran Acapella inside an android emulator on a PC and it came o… Steve Holladay May 11, 2020 40 views
Stop! Banjo Time
Tea Box Banjo. Internal tension "8 drum banjo. Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine. Steve Holladay May 4, 2020 31 views
Paradise - Cigar Box Guitar.
John Prine cover / tribute on my new 6 string box guitar. Steve Holladay Apr 27, 2020 23 views
CBF - Hobo Fiddle
Contest entry video for the Cigar Box Nation "Hard times make great music" event. Steve Holladay Apr 3, 2020 27 views
New travel banjo test - Julianna Johnson
Full "26.5 scale. "31 overall. "8 drumhead top tension. Internal tuners. Steve Holladay Mar 11, 2020 30 views
Old country store Unplugged CBG picking.
Thursday night at the Casey Jones Village Old Country Store. Steve Holladay Jan 3, 2020 25 views
CBG an gourd Banjo. Finished one last night and the other today.
Good way to end the old year and start the new. Steve Holladay Jan 1, 2020 36 views
Arturo Cigar Box Guitar sound test
4 string cbg acoustic only Steve Holladay Dec 30, 2019 27 views
Angeline the Baker
One man band treatment of Angeline the Baker on some of my homemade instruments. Steve Holladay Sep 15, 2019 26 views
Mole in the Ground
Clawhammer wood top hubcap back full legnth 5th. Steve Holladay Aug 16, 2019 84 views
Motel Hell CBG JB Festival.
Steve Holladay Jul 25, 2019 33 views
Walking Stick Cigar Box Guitar
#42 Walking stick. 4 string acoustic electric. Single piezo pickup. Tuned to open A (E,A,C#,E) Steve Holladay Aug 21, 2018 104 views
Acoustic Cigar Box Guitar #41
No Pickup. 4 string guitar tuned to open A Steve Holladay Jul 3, 2018 112 views
Wood top full length 5th hubcap reso banjo.
Steve Holladay May 2, 2018 102 views
Angeline the Baker
Pretty rough. I blame the guitar player. Messing around with some of my home made instruments. Steve Holladay Apr 22, 2018 93 views
motel hell - Murdering Hotel California on CBG (cedar box guitar)
Acoustic 4 string from a small cedar hope chest. Steve Holladay Apr 17, 2018 128 views
Jangle Can Rock
On the canjo in the headlight. Merry Christmas! Steve Holladay Dec 19, 2017 102 views
Electric Tin Can Banjo
#10 bean can cut off and crimped over. Headlight ring (60s Simca) on the popular resonator. Hand ca… Steve Holladay Dec 4, 2017 97 views
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Build this Wooden Kick Drum Pedal
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3 string or 4? Trying to make a decision
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Redeemed myself after a dumb mistake!
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My next creation,I’m hooked…I guess
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Neck though corner
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Part 1 HUBCAP guitar build series!
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Vintage Hub Cap Guitar Build
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Considering wood tuners
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Playing a bit!
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The Fred BassJo, aka the Sore Thumb banjo
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Stereo recording with a looper pedal
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