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Apr 16 2018

How to Make Old Time Copper Wire Frets for Cigar Box Guitar

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…

Apr 13 2018

VIDEO GEAR REVIEW: I put a Lace Matchbook pickup in the WORST cigar box guitar!

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...

Apr 12 2018

VIDEO: Gear Review of My New WESSEH Tribute Guitar by Swamp Witch

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

Apr 11 2018

VIDEO: Shane Reviews a SHOVEL GUITAR!

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...  

(Scroll down for links.)

Mar 6 2018

"Find what you love and let it kill you."

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:

Feb 23 2018

Hear a Guitar Made From a 100 Year Old Cigar Box

Ever wonder what an authentic Turn-of-the-Century cigar box guitar sounded like?  Me too... so I built some!  (Scroll down for the video.)

Feb 19 2018

New Seasick Steve lesson + Saturday show & a cool guitar slide

  • 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…

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Nov 22 2017

A New Cigar Box Guitar Resonator Idea by Louie LaManna (video + photos)

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.

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Nov 18 2017

How to Set Up a Seasick Steve "Three String Trance Wonder" Guitar

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…

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Nov 10 2017

Return of my favorite cigar box guitar...

Sep 25 2017

The Beginner's Lesson: How to Play Cigar Box Guitar

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…

Aug 31 2017

"Nobody builds their first cigar box guitar to play nice things" - Shane's thoughts...


There's probably going to be a shakeup in the cigar box guitar community soon. I'm starting to see signs of it already.  
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