Let's Have a Sale on All the Cool Stuff We Want...
I have quietly marked down several of the new Shane Speal cigar box guitars, including the Vaudeville Grande pictured above.  See the full selection.

All Rust-O-Phonic beer… Read more

The Art of the Cigar Box Guitar
  This is "Dulcinea," a cigar box 'octave-dulcimer.'  It's a mythological creation of my own that was borne last Saturday in my woodshop.  Although it's only six days old, it was built… Read more

Killing a Cigar Box Guitar
  The picture above is me playing my own "DeltaLectric" cigar box guitar at the Speal's Tavern Guitar-B-Que two weeks ago.  I built that guitar at the end of last year and had been… Read more

Dead Man's Blues
  I love Deep Blues imagery.  It's the mean, gritty, bad-side-of-town feelings. 

My woman done me wrong. 
Nobody loves me but my mama (and she may be jivin', too)! 
You get the idea.

Building cigar box… Read more

When I heard this guitar was built in a prison, I bought it.

This week, I learned the whole story...
The truth is, I've owned this guitar for almost two years.  Late last week, I was looking for a… Read more

Free Lessons, A Speech and a Big Ol' Guitar-Be-Que

I've finally recorded more How to Play videos for you guys. 

Ben Baker, aka Mr. CB Gitty, challenged me to show my secrets to blues turnarounds.  (Turnarounds are those iconic…Read more

Shane's World...
It's like 42 horse-mounted cowboys surrounding you with lassos, each one trying to hog-tie you to their ideas...

That's Shane's World!

Concerts.  Guitar building.  The Cigar Box Guitar Museum at Speal's Tavern.  Guitar World Magazine.  You… Read more

This is my friend, Rob...
  Every year, Rob dresses up like "Green Man" and hosts a huge "Faerie Festival" on his his organic farm.  The fest is coming this week and over 16,000 people are expected to attend (it… Read more

This Cigar Box Guitar Life Is Just One Big Improv Jam
(The Snake Oil Band may end after July, but who knows...)
I just finished these two guitars yesterday...and the whole story to them was invented as I was…Read more

Photo taken by Snake Oil Band fan, Ted Van Pelt The Light of Spring That Shines After a Long Cold Winter
"It's Friday, but Sunday's comin'!" the preacher yelled from the pulpit.  I think about that phrase a… Read more

Sometimes You Stumble Onto
Something Bigger Than Your Dreams...
Several weeks ago, I asked the staff of Guitar World Magazine if I could write a few articles.  I could have never imagined what that action would do...

Guitar… Read more

Build your own 2x4 lap steel guitar + lots of other good stuff!  It's Shane Speal's weekly newsletter.
Shane Speal Newsletter... so much good stuff this week!
Hi all!  I'm so sorry I missed the deadline for last… Read more