For those of you who saw the Seattle episode of Zimmern's List, this is the guy with the cigar box guitar. It's our own Ronn Benway!
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JUST RELEASED! Shane Speal & the Snakes - Stay Primal!
The latest album mixes jug band music, hard rocking energy and homemade instruments! Listen to sound clips and get your copy here!!!
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OPEN D Tuning for 3-String Cigar Box Guitar
The beauty of cigar box guitars is that you can try any combination of strings and tunings without judgement!
In this video, Shane Speal has his Rumbler cigar box guitar tuned to a low Open D tuning (DAD) and talks about the pursuit of creativity.
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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…
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...
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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."
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Shane Speal's Snake Oil Band"HOLLER!"
Download the album now! $9.99 for an hour of jug band overdrive rock!
"Holler is...in a word, infectious and Shane Speal's Snake Oil Band is the cure. A mix of blues riffs, field chants, classic rock fuzz that gets your foot stompin'." Guitar World Magazine