This week's featured instrument is this wild Ammo Box Resonator by Marko Natri of Onttola, Finland. Some details include a box of 7.62 ammos, catfood bowl as a resonator, birch neck, mahogony fretboard, slim frets, piezo pickup, vol & tone, bolt saddle & bridge and a kalashnikovs belt...
It was one of those magical things that could only happen at the NAMM Musical Instrument Convention in California: Sacred Steel legend, Robert Randolph passes by the booth of FunGuy Mojo Cigar Box Guitars and is smitten by their 2x4 lap steel (a design we first featured at Cigar Box Nation). >> Watch the amazing video...
"Seduced Into Crafting: My Life as a Sound Searcher" is a 7 minute TEDx style speech delivered by Shane Speal on cigar box guitars and how they radically changed his life. We have the full video.
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Man Creates Entire Song Using One Note on a Guitar + a Few Pedals
What Nathan Shafer has done is radically different. He has taken one note -- in this case, a G -- and put it into a repeating loop. Then he tweaks several pedals to create a beautiful soundscape song, similar to new age music.
The Atchison Trio Perform "My Babe" on Homemade Instruments
Not only is band great, but they also deliver a well filmed video that features tons of delicious antique cigar box guitars behind them. Oh...and the guitar tone has some of the greasiest distortion you'll hear all day.
Check out this drum set made from plywood!
Here's a wild idea: combine various sized CAJONS into a fully functioning drum set. That's exactly what the folks at German-based Schlagwerk Cajons did at this year's NAMM convention. Cigar Box Nation's owner, Ben "C. B. Gitty" Baker filmed this quick demo.
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