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Blue, Blue Christmas

Instrumental on a three string, tin can guitar. Tags: can, guitar Tim LaFave Dec 17, 2015 112 views
"Creep" on a Cigar Box Guitar

"Creep" on a home made three-string cigar box guitar. Tags: LaFave, Tim Tim LaFave Dec 15, 2015 110 views

Blue and Lonesome on a 3 String Electric CBG

Demonstration on a three-string electric "La Escepcion" cigar box guitar. Tags: LaFave, blu Tim LaFave Oct 20, 2015 100 views
Tin Can Tenor Ukulele Demo

Demonstration of a home-made tenor ukulele, using a round tin can. Tags: Tim, LaFave Tim LaFave Oct 20, 2015 102 views

Salt Shaker Retro Microphone

Demonstration of a home-made, hack-built retro microphone, using a salt shaker tin can. Tags: microphone, Tim Tim LaFave Oct 20, 2015 83 views
Danny Boy on a Three String Tin Can Guitar

""Just noodling around in my workshop ... Tags: can, three-string Tim LaFave Oct 6, 2015 108 views

home jam on home made six string cigar box guitar

Jam session on a home-made six string guitar, using a DigiTech JamMan looper. Tags: LaFave, jam Tim LaFave Sep 29, 2015 114 views
"Banjo My Way"

Demonstration by the builder and artist of a five-string banjo made from a Figis candy tin. Tags: Tim, LaFave Tim LaFave Jul 6, 2015 97 views

"Unforgettable" on a Cheese-Box Acoustic guitar

Demonstration of a home-made acoustic guitar, built from a cheese box and played by the builder. Tags: LaFave, Unforgettable Tim LaFave Jul 6, 2015 160 views
Time in A Bottle

Time In A Bottle on a three-string tin can guitar. Tags: tin, can Tim LaFave Sep 12, 2014 112 views

How Great Thou Art

"How Great Thou Art" Memorial 9-11 Tribute played on a homemade Three-String Tin Can Guitar. Tags: tin, three-string Tim LaFave Sep 11, 2014 126 views
The Unclouded Day on a Tin Can Guitar

Demo on a home made tin can guitar. Tags: guitar, demo Tim LaFave Sep 4, 2014 104 views

Demonstration video Canimao Cigar Box Guitar Amplifier Combo

Demonstration video Canimao Cigar Box Guitar Amplifier Combo Tags: amplifier, Tim Tim LaFave Jul 28, 2014 118 views
Up A Lazy River

Demonstration of a DIY cigar box resonator guitar with an original composition "Up A Lazy River". Tags: box, cigar Tim LaFave Jun 12, 2014 98 views

Wade in the Water on a 3 string tin guitar

"Wade In The Water" on a DIY three-string tin can guitar demonstration. Tags: tin, guitar Tim LaFave May 1, 2014 104 views
via dolorosa played on a home made cigar box guitar

"Via Dolorosa" guitar instrumental played by the artist on his home made cigar box six-string guita… Tags: cigar, box Tim LaFave Apr 17, 2014 94 views

Wade In The Water

Old spiritual played on a home-made Jules Destrooper bisquit tin four-string guitar. Tim LaFave Jan 17, 2014 100 views
Key To The Highway played on a Jules Destrooper Cookie Tin Guitar

Fingerstyle version of "Key To The Highway" performed on a home-made four string tin can guitar, cr… Tim LaFave Jan 2, 2014 186 views

I'll Be Home For Christmas, played on the musical saw, dedicated to deployed US military personel.

"I'll Be Home For Christmas", played on the musical saw for the entertainment and best wishes of de… Tim LaFave Dec 25, 2013 64 views
Silent Night on a 3 string cigar box guitar, dedicated to Phil Robertson

Fingerstyle demonstration playing Silent Night on a 3-string cigar box guitar, dedicated to Phil Ro… Tags: Tim, picking Tim LaFave Dec 24, 2013 126 views

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