*NOTE: FAT ZEPPELIN SHIRTS ARE IN STOCK!  SHIPPING TODAY!!! photo by Kevin Stiffler The Art of Handmade Music
(or "How DIY Infiltrates Every Aspect of This Career.")
DO IT YOURSELF!  Why?  Because no one else will do… Read more

Shane Speal has just been featured in a great 4-page article about the modern Cigar Box Guitar Movement in Rolling Stone: Spain.  Speal also provided some history, including his discovery of the origins of jazz and cigar box guitars… Read more

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…Read more

The Shane Speal Newsletter for February 4, 2015:  New cigar box guitars, Updated website with all the free video lessons, Shane writes for Guitar World and two shows this weekend (with lots of beer!)


A little something for everyone… Read more