Cigar box guitars

BLACKCAT69 · January 3rd, 2007, 11:12 AM

A friend sent me this link and I thought some of you folks might like this. Apparently this guy builds these guitars. If this is them on the recordings they sound pretty good.

http://www.myspace.com/bluesboyjag

FMA · January 3rd, 2007, 11:32 AM

A pal of mine is one of the leading lights in the Cigar Box guitar revolution. Leading light, heck. He's the self-proclaimed King of the Cigar Box Guitar.
Check it out: http://www.cigarboxguitars.com/features/Shane_Speal.php
Here's another link: http://www.geocities.com/cigarboxguitar/macanudo.html

Includes instructions for making your own. Also look around the site for his mailbox dobro. Way cool.

Disastercaster · January 3rd, 2007, 12:05 PM

That is outta sight! I've got to build me one of those!

RCinMempho · January 3rd, 2007, 04:32 PM

I'm a Lowebow fan myself.

The Lowebow

Johnny Caster · January 3rd, 2007, 08:07 PM

More of a diddley bow man myself, Mostly cause it's the only thing I can make (and can't play of course). Once made a 10 foot diddley bow in fact, electrified it and it sounded HORRIBLE!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=z59DSdxlDoo

RCinMempho · January 3rd, 2007, 10:47 PM

John's Lowebows sound fabulous in part due to the custom made pickups.

Pete Galati · January 3rd, 2007, 10:56 PM

If I put one together, it'd have to have frets!

January 3rd, 2007, 11:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
BLACKCAT69 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Canada-Windsor-Ont. Age: 37 Posts: 2,633 5 Photos	Cigar box guitars A friend sent me this link and I thought some of you folks might like this. Apparently this guy builds these guitars. If this is them on the recordings they sound pretty good. http://www.myspace.com/bluesboyjag __________________ http://www.lukefisher.com/blame.wav

January 3rd, 2007, 11:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
FMA Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,176	A pal of mine is one of the leading lights in the Cigar Box guitar revolution. Leading light, heck. He's the self-proclaimed King of the Cigar Box Guitar. Check it out: http://www.cigarboxguitars.com/features/Shane_Speal.php Here's another link: http://www.geocities.com/cigarboxguitar/macanudo.html Includes instructions for making your own. Also look around the site for his mailbox dobro. Way cool. Last edited by FMA; January 3rd, 2007 at 05:15 PM.

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Disastercaster Tele-Holic Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Dublin, Ireland Age: 20 Posts: 781	That is outta sight! I've got to build me one of those! __________________ Mighty Atomics, Garage Rock N Roll!!!

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RCinMempho Tele-Holic Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Memphis, Tennessee Posts: 802 2 Photos	I'm a Lowebow fan myself. The Lowebow __________________ Thanks to sites like the TDPRI, I've gone from pentatonic wanking to vastly more sophisticated wanking.

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Johnny Caster Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Antonio, TX Age: 22 Posts: 1,081	More of a diddley bow man myself, Mostly cause it's the only thing I can make (and can't play of course). Once made a 10 foot diddley bow in fact, electrified it and it sounded HORRIBLE! http://youtube.com/watch?v=z59DSdxlDoo __________________ "I'm gonna toss my telecaster through the television screen cause I don't like what's goin on!" - Radiators From Space

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RCinMempho Tele-Holic Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Memphis, Tennessee Posts: 802 2 Photos	John's Lowebows sound fabulous in part due to the custom made pickups. __________________ Thanks to sites like the TDPRI, I've gone from pentatonic wanking to vastly more sophisticated wanking.

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Pete Galati R.I.P. Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,104 2 Photos	If I put one together, it'd have to have frets!