Posted by Shane Speal on November 24, 2011 at 12:38pm
"Leadbaby" cigar box guitar by Shane Speal: A tribute to Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter.
FOR SALE ON EBAY:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LEADBELLY-TRIBUTE-Leadbaby-Electric-Cigar-Box-Guitar-Shane-Speal-w-DEMO-VID-/130603765264?pt=Guitar&hash=item1e68974e10
I always wanted to create a small cigar box guitar version of a 12-string guitar in order to get some cool Leadbelly sounds in my blues. This instrument is basically a 2-string type of cigar box guitar with doubled strings (double-coursed in octaves). I built a handful of these a few months ago and this is the last one left. I took it apart and electrified it with a piezo disc pickup. The demo videos below are older and only feature the acoustic sounds of this guitar. Imagine plugging this into a delay, chorus or other effects pedals.
This auction is for a 4-string, double-coursed and fretless (fret markers are woodburned on) slide cigar box guitar. The body is made from a Partagas. Please see the demo video below for a good idea of the capabilities of this instrument. Details:
Handmade by Shane Speal, known as the King of the Cigar Box Guitar and originator of the modern cigar box guitar movement.
Poplar neck. 18" scale
Played with a slide
Electrified with an internal piezo disc pickup.
2 soundholes w/brass rings
Eye bolt bridge and stove bolt nut.
Signed and dated by Shane Speal
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