Shane Speal

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…

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…

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…

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…

*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…

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…

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…

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…