My 13-year-old son has been begging me for an iPhone and I keep thinking about my Mailbox guitar...
He's saved his money and even planned out how he's going to pay for his data plan. Yet, I just can't sign off on the idea. It's because of the Mailbox guitar.Back in 1998, I was in the lowest point of my life: Lost marriage. Living in a tiny apartment. No TV. No internet. Yet in all my boredom and depression, I was still obsessed with music. Most importantly, I wanted to own a metal bodied Dobro guitar.
It was 2am when I found myself wide awake, nothing to do and $15 in my pocket. I decided to go to the one place that was open (Wal-Mart) and find find materials that I could build an instrument using the cash I had. After trolling around the empty store, I walked past a cheap metal mailbox in the hardware area and the voice inside my head screamed
there's my dobro!
I took the mailbox home and started making plans to create the one instrument I was obsessing over.
The next morning, I sacrificed an old acoustic guitar for its neck and parts and created this monstrosity in about 4 hours. It was perfect. It sounded just like a metal bodied dobro and it was mine!
There's something to be said about being bored. My kids think boredom is the greatest sin and I think it's the greatest opportunity. We explore when we're bored. We create.
He's not getting an iPhone.
Stay primal,
Shane Speal
Save 20% off all cigar box guitars... now until tomorrow night. Use the code SNAKEOIL at Shane's Online Store.
I am about to change servers for my online store and will transfer everything next week. (Don't worry, I'll send you the new link.) In the meantime, I activated the SNAKEOIL coupon code so you can save 20% off any cigar box guitar in stock. (Use the code during checkout.) The sale runs until Thursday at Midnight. Shane Speal Guitars
IN CONCERT THIS WEEK: Shane Speal's Snake Oil Band performs live at Roosevelt Tavern in York PA on Friday @ 9pm. No cover. More info here. (This is our first time there. We're gonna go nuts!)
Visit the all-new www.ShaneSpeal.com
We've added lessons, more photos and made it a helluva lot easier to get around!
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The next morning, I sacrificed an old acoustic guitar for its neck and parts and created this monstrosity in about 4 hours. It was perfect. It sounded just like a metal bodied dobro and it was mine!
There's something to be said about being bored. My kids think boredom is the greatest sin and I think it's the greatest opportunity. We explore when we're bored. We create.
He's not getting an iPhone.
Stay primal,
Shane Speal
Save 20% off all cigar box guitars... now until tomorrow night. Use the code SNAKEOIL at Shane's Online Store. I am about to change servers for my online store and will transfer everything next week. (Don't worry, I'll send you the new link.) In the meantime, I activated the SNAKEOIL coupon code so you can save 20% off any cigar box guitar in stock. (Use the code during checkout.) The sale runs until Thursday at Midnight. Shane Speal Guitars
IN CONCERT THIS WEEK: Shane Speal's Snake Oil Band performs live at Roosevelt Tavern in York PA on Friday @ 9pm. No cover. More info here. (This is our first time there. We're gonna go nuts!)
Visit the all-new www.ShaneSpeal.com
We've added lessons, more photos and made it a helluva lot easier to get around!
The Shane Speal newsletter is sponsored by C. B. Gitty, the world's biggest cigar box guitar parts superstore. Visit them at www.CBGitty.com
