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UKETOBERFEST Submissions page - Win $75 CBGitty Gift Certificate
Welcome to Uketoberfest 2016! It's a celebration of all things cigar box ukulele... from building secrets to awesome photos and videos.
We're looking to hear from you. From October 3-16, we are asking for photos, videos and building tips of your b
Read more…Mini documentary: "What Kind of Music Comes from a Cigar Box Guitar" by Randy Flaum
Photojournalist, Randy Flaum posed the question, "What kind of music comes from a cigar box guitar" in this revealing, short documentary. Featured performers include Ben "Gitty" Baker, Tim Trimble, Henry Lowman, Parker James Hooker and Rick Stepina
Read more…Who is Seasick Steve? Was He Formerly a Disco Star in France?
Wielding a war-torn guitar with only three strings and keeping the beat on a homemade foot stomper, Seasick Steve rocked the world when he appeared on the Jools Holland show on New Years Eve in 2006.
"Seasick" Steve Wold performed his trademark son
Read more…FOLLOW UP: A NEW APARTMENT FOR WESSEH, THE OIL CAN GUITARIST! YOUR DONATIONS DID IT!
You've been waiting for this report for two months...
Personal note: Nobody told me about the threat of ransom when wiring money to Liberia. I guess it's something I never considered. However, the threat was real...and it took us over two month
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Build This Simple Cigar Box Uke for Under $20!
These cigar box ukulele plans by Shelley Rickey of the Mourning Glories offer some of the easiest methods for constructing your own playable uke.
Originally published in Bust Magazine in 2011, the design requires no fretting tools (the frets are bla
Read more…VIDEO - Brushy One String brings the groove to NPR Tiny Desk Concert
What's not to love about Brushy One String, the viral sensation to plays a beat-up acoustic guitar that sports a lone bass string. He recently played at NPR's Tiny Desk Concert Series and we just had to share it with you all.
FROM NPR: Artists sh
Read more…VIDEO: How to Woodburn Custom Text Up the Neck of a Cigar Box Guitar
Shane Speal ditched his $15 woodburning pen for a professional Colewood system and hasn't looked back yet. In this episode of Cigar Box Nation TV, he shows his techniques for adding custom text up the neck of a cigar box guitar.
Here is the fin
Read more…T.J. Wheeler Live on Cigar Box Nation TV
Bluesman/historian, T. J. Wheeler joined us at the C. B. Gitty Mill Stage for a special midday concert. We were able to capture him with our newest audio gear and multiple camera angles, giving you the best experience for his multi-faceted playing.
Read more…VIDEO - Freak Folk Pioneer, 3-String Stephen Cohen
Portland based 3-String Stephen has made his way across the US, performing at as many cigar box guitar festivals as possible.
This former Tree People guitarist has a style that mixes spoken word, drone acoustics, ethereal soundscapes and poetry int
Read more…One Hand Dan's Triple-Neck Cigar Box Guitar
It's like a cigar box guitar straight out of the world of science fiction! It's the TRIPLE NECK THAT ATE ALABAMA!
The guitar was built by Rusty Taylor out of Atlanta with Second Hand Smoke Guitars. It is used in concert by "One Hand" Dan Russell o
Read more…AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" Played on a 3-String Cigar Box Guitar
Thunderstruck (AC/DC) - Cigar Box Guitar 3 strings Cover by JEROME GRAILLE.
2016 PA Cigar Box Guitar Festival - Full Broadcast!
PA CIGAR BOX GUITAR FESTIVAL - FULL BROADCAST:
The Tremoloa - History's Weirdest Slide Guitar
If Rube Goldberg ever designed a slide guitar, it would look like this.
This monstrosity is the Hawaiian Tremoloa, a strange fretless zither first patented in 1932 and produced by the Oscar Schmidt factory until the 1950's.
Insane Microwave Guitar - fully functioning instrument built from a microwave
Jam out and make your ramen, too!
BUILDING TIPS: How to Use Capacitors with Piezos in Cigar Box Guitars
Ben Gitty and Glenn Watt filmed this episode of Cigar Box Nation TV to answer those questions you've had on taming the brittle sound of piezo pickups.
CIGAR BOX NATION TV - UNDERGROUND TESTING BUNKER
Shane Speal's Snake Oil Band unveils the brand new www.CBGitty.com Tin Can Microphone Kits, the Shane Speal Foot Stomper and goes nuts with some stomp boogie jamming.
One String Willie's Authentic "Uncle Enos Cigar Box Banjo"
Last week, I caught up with the master of the diddley bow, One String Willie over lunch. The musician, whose real name is David Williams, was one of the early participants of the cigar box guitar movement and has been active in our historical rese
Read more…VIDEO LESSON: How to play "Summer of 69" on cigar box guitar...with ONE FINGER!
C. B. Gitty craftsman and all-around Renaissance man, Glenn Watt returns with another great video featuring one-finger playing techniques.
He has also tabbed out this lesson. Get the TABS here.
UNREAL VIDEO: Richard Johnston's Double Neck CBG, Double Slide, Foot Drums & Wah Pedal!
If you've ever seen Memphis-based one man band, Richard Johnston in concert, you know that he is an absolute monster. Johnston plays an entire drum set with his feet, performing both bass and guitar parts on his double neck Lowebow... and in this v
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