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Cohiba 3 String Fretted Cigar Box Guitar with flatpup

2013-02-09T10:29:24.134Z

http://bemuzic.bandcamp.com/

I put everything I've learned about Cigar Box Guitars over the last 3 years into this build and am really pleased with how it turned out!!
For more info about the guitar go here http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/3-string-fretted-cbg-with-flatpup?context=user
To buy or find out more about a flatpup pickup go here http://www.original-flatpup.com/index.php

Bourbon Blues - On Three String Bourbon Biscuit Tin Guitar

2012-05-04T13:07:10.747Z

I loved the look of this tin like a giant Bourbon biscuit, and thought it would be fun to make into a guitar...didn't expect it to sound so good!!
These are still available from M&S for about a fiver. They are selling on eBay for much more...and with no biscuits in??!!
My husband spotted them. He also got a Custard Cream one which he is planning to use to make his first guitar when he can find the time. They'd be great to play together : -)
I'm using one of my favourite slides, made by diamond bottlenecks http://www.diamondbottlenecks.com/DB08/index.asp
The amp used is a Roland AC33, absolutely clean with no reverb or anything.
I used a rod piezo (from CB Gitty) which I put just under the bridge inside the tin, between the tin and the neck. It's wedged in so there is downward pressure on it which I think is important. This is the second one of them I have used and I think they're great!! Less feedback and a more rich and mellow tone than the disc piezos.

The Bourbon was introduced in 1910 (originally under the name Creola) by the Bermondsey biscuit company Peek Freans, of London, originator of the Garibaldi biscuit. The Peek Frean brand is now owned in the UK by United Biscuits, although the Peek Frean name is no longer used in the UK. In the US and Canada the brand is owned by Kraft Foods.

"The Forest" from the album "Playing (No Rules)" OUT NOW!!!

2011-12-01T09:21:18.654Z

"Playing (NO Rules)" is available here: http://bemuzic.bandcamp.com/

YOU CHOOSE THE PRICE!!! (£5 minimum for a CD, NO MINIMUM for the digital download)

You can listen to the tracks in full and pay whatever you think it's worth : -)

If you like it please…

The Line - Demo (with Red Dog 3 string Cigar Box Guitar)

2011-10-26T13:02:45.379Z

LYRICS

THE LINE

You drew a line
You stepped across it
I drew a circle
I sat inside

Squares of black and white
all around me
The King can only move
one space at a time
Your eyes are shining
but the feeling's gone

My hands are shaking now
I can't control it
I sit and wait
for your final move
You drew a line
You stepped across it
I drew a circle
I sat inside

As I sit here waiting
for your final move
the song we're singing
fades away
Yeah the song we're singing
fades away
It fades away......

The Forest - Demo

2011-10-12T16:35:21.586Z

I'm not too sure about this one. I wrote it ages ago, but left it off my EP.
I've changed the tune a couple of times since first writing it. I'm worried it maybe sounds too repetitive??....but I've noticed that if I play it while busking that people often prick their ears up and stop, so maybe it's got something....
Opinions welcome on whether it should go on my album or not?!
I recorded the sound from the amp (Roland AC33) to my Tascam DP004 instead of just using the video sound.
I think it sounds better, but not sure if I'll do that every time as it takes quite a bit longer!!

LYRICS

THE FOREST

I woke up in a forest,
there was silence all around,
no other people with me,
there was frost upon the ground

I started walking slowly,
with no energy to run,
time it had no meaning,
I just moved towards the sun

After months and months of walking,
every night and every day,
the trees came to an end,
and I heard music start to play

Inst break

Some people came to meet me,
there was food and there was wine,
I listened to the music,
and the sun began to shine

I suddenly felt tired,
but I wanted to stay,
so I laid down on the grass,
and I began to drift away

1st verse repeated