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Here's a wild guitar concept I haven't seen before. This three-stringer was crafted from a discarded exit sign by Gary Desrosiers. According to Desrosiers, he came across the plastic sign at a job site and inspiration struck.
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Read more…You've shaped the neck, cut the soundholes and put all those glorious electronics inside. Now it's time to attach the lid to the box!
In the video below, I show the simple way that I attach the lid. As you can see, I prefer to use "drop in lid" ci
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Muddy Waters was one of my very first heroes when I was introduced to the blues. He had the swagger and the bravado like no other man who has walked this earth.
He also had a badass guitar technique played with reckless abandon.
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Read more…Get the most out of your acoustic/electric cigar box guitars with an inexpensive piezo rod & preamp unit.
In this video, I show a simple mounting technique for neck-through cigar box guitars. The sound is fantastic and really allows a great tone re
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"Come on, brothers and sisters, KICK OUT THE CANS!"
For our final build-off contest of 2017, we're looking for your best canjos, cookie tin banjos and any other playable stringed instrument made from discarded metal containers. It can have one st
Samantha Fish is currently on her Chills & Fever 2017 tour and she sat down with Reverb.com to show off her pedalboard and main guitars (including her Stogie Box 4-string cigar box guitar). Check out the wild space effects she gets from her delay!
Read more…She's the favorite darling of cigar box guitar fans worldwide. Now Samantha Fish is back with a sexy new video, "Chills & Fever," the first single from the album of the same name.
The album, Chills and Fever hits March 17, 2017.
Thoughts?
Samantha Fish is the 26 year old blues phenom from Kansas City. Her latest album, Wild Heart was just released last month. It was produced by Luther Dickenson of the North Mississippi Allstars. Check out her website at www.samanthafish.com and t
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