SHANE SPEAL Cigar Box Guitar Rag
July 12, 2010
25 comments
Shane Speal ( www.cigarboxguitar.com ) goofing on the three-string cigar box guitar. He’s been playing this instrument for 13 years. It’s simply a stick shoved thru a cigar box with three strings added. Free plans are on his website. Song Guitar Rag by Sylvester Weaver, 1923. Later made famous by Leon McAuliff as “Steel Guitar Rag.”
What kind of pickup did u put in it. I have one made out of an old wood box and a part of a head board to a bed lol.. I love it.
@sdhughes36 Thanks! It’s my personal goal to incite the apocalypse…via cigar box guitar.
I always ask myself, “What would Yngwie do?”
REAL FUCKING AMERICAN GENIUS!!!!! MR. I can take garbage and jam harder than you guy!!! Awesome. you will be jamming in the apocalyptic wasteland the US will become and you will still be creating cool shit.
@sitkatop sorry hit the wrong button…
dude that was some damn good playing
That is FANTASTIC! WOW!!!♫♥
This is awesome!
This is bad ass!
@InsurrectionRex I also found a steel spacer at Lowe’s that was perfect. $1.51 lol. Great stuff. I just made my first a few months ago, and I’m jonesin’ for another already!
Just awesome!
@hunterdanjones hahhaha yeppp
mr.speal,mr.speal…nice…not nice…GREAT!!!
Fuck that was good!!! The speed and the alternating between the strings was great!!!! I also made a video of a 3 string tin guitar I made.
did i here a cream riff in there?
Badass. Also, glad to still be getting the newsletter via email BTW.
@jkuebler89
In keeping with the theme I’m going to use the bottom 1/3rd of a coffee can on the cigar box.
its tuned AEA
This is good. Sorry for asking technical things, is this tuned to GBD or DGD?
how hard would it be to make a resonator cigar box guitar. or dobro style. would you need a ukulele sized cone or would a regular fit? any thoughts?
There are no rules…and no “best use” when it comes to cigar box guitars. Try any and everything! Nothing is common and everything is uncommon about these instruments. That’s why they’re so freakin’ cool!
I personally use the A D and G strings from a pack of John Pearse Acoustic ‘light medium’ guage strings.
Whats the best strings to use for a 3 string guitar? Nylon or steel? Whats most common and whats used in this video?
William the part by the tuning pegs is called the nut. The bridge is by the picking hand.
I just want to clarify… When I say “bridge”, I mean the point where the strings end… I notice a lot of CBGs where the strings are attached at the end of the neck, and the “bridge’ is just a screw sitting on the soundboard… That is not what I mean by bridge.
Everybody needs to turn and look at their acoustic guitars… You’ll get a better understanding of what I mean
OK, looking close at this thing (I want to make one too) I see a nail for a nut and no frets. Right?
OK, this is tough to explain like this, if I could draw a picture…
So with a normal CBG bridge, there is only pressure downwards.
With a normal guitar bridge, the strings PULL on the bridge and have much more pressure against the soundboard, creating much more volume…
And it should be strong enough. Acoustic guitars don’t seem to fall apart, and they have very thin tops and minimal bracing.
Just my thoughts.