I'm building an old fashioned one-string cigar box guitar and decided to use copper wire frets.  Here's the simple way of doing it. 

You'll need

• bare copper wire (found in the picture hanging section of a hardware…

HAHAHA!  I put a $70 Lace Alumitone Matchbook pickup in a $25 cigar box guitar!   This has to be the most unfair gear review ever!  This was my version of a Mythbusters challenge where the gnarliest equipment was used for maximum results...

Swamp Witch Guitars built me this tribute to my friend, Wesseh Freeman.  I review the guitar and tune it to "Wesseh Tuning."

Ok, so I finally broke down and got a shovel guitar.  Guess what...  I LOVE IT!  This is the top-notch Shovel Caster built by Richard Newland of Bakersfield, CA.   I also talk about WHY you should play a shovel guitar...  

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There's a snarky meme floating around the sewer of Facebook that has the Charles Bukowski quote, "Find what you love and let it kill you."

Ah Facebook, you never fail to disappoint.

Tonight, I looked up the exact quote and realized the meme was criminally incomplete.  The full text of the quote is inspiring, profound and something I needed to share with you.

Here's the full Bukowski text:

• New Seasick Steve lesson
• Cool brass guitar slide
• Concert this Friday

February can bite me!  How about you?

Hi all, it's Shane.
Well, I'm still on the one-year sobriety thing...plus now I added a diet to the mix.  On…

Back -mounted resonators in banjos are a commonplace item.    A resonator provides a hard surface for the sound to be reflected back to your audience via the sound holes in the flange. Put simply, a resonator banjo is going to be louder and brighter.

Originally published at Cigar Box Nation.

Thanks to Seasick Steve's buddy, Davey (the maker of the hubcap guitar) for helping on this article.

Seasick Steve's "3-String Trance Wonder" guitar is the stuff of legend.  The guitar was…

I've had some people tell me that my beginner's lessons are too advanced for the person who just picked up a cigar box guitar.  Let me step back from all the detailed cigar box guitar lessons and give you the…