Hear a Guitar Made from a 100 Year Old Box

Ever wonder what an authentic Turn-of-the-Century cigar box guitar sounded like?  Me too... so I built some!  (Scroll down for the video.)



"On Saturdays, barbers sat their customers in the shade on the porch of the Store, and troubadours on their ceaseless crawlings through the South leaned across its benches and sang their sad songs of The Brazos while they played juice harps and cigarbox guitars."
-Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings


Last week, I went searching for very old cigar boxes at a local antique store.  The tickle in my brain was singing old songs on old instruments.  There were three boxes tucked in three corners of the sprawling store, each one in similar size...and each one ready to become a guitar.

After lovingly bracing up the boxes and carefully cutting out period-correct sound holes, I added a neck and two simple guitar strings.  This is the type of guitar that was played 100 years ago.  The antique boxes deliver the tones like a time machine.  


Have a listen...

THE AUTHENTIC Series Cigar Box Guitars by Shane Speal.  Musical time machine instruments by Shane Speal.  On sale now at www.SpealGuitars.com

Stay primal,
Shane
ps.  Have you seen the MUSIC VIDEO for "Widow Someday" by Shane Speal and the Snakes?  Scroll to the bottom!!!

 
 

SEE SHANE SPEAL IN CONCERT!!!
Upcoming shows:
  • THIS SATURDAY:  Feb. 24,8pm  -  The Pub on the Trail, York, PA  - >>Info here
  • Fri., March 2, 2018  7pm  -  Liquid Hero, York PA  >>INFO
  • Sat., March 3, 9:30pm  -  First Capital Dispensing Co.  Acoustic show!
  • Wed., March 28, 7pm:  Opening for Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band!!!  - McGarvey's Bar & Grill, Altoona PA  >>Buy Tickets Now!

 
Shane Speal's www.StubbySlide.com:  The world's best cigar box guitar slides I could find.  Most are handcrafted by various artists and each was tested and selected by me. 

Ceramic for clean, clear tones. 
Glass for classic Mississippi playing
Bone for staccato noting with distinct clarity.
Steel for ringing sustain.
Brass for snarling blues.

 
  1. White Lightnin' artesian ceramic stubby slide - SHOP
  2. Bone Digger tri-color natural clay ceramic stubby slide - SHOP
  3. Shane Speal cobalt blue Ultimate Bottleneck stubby slide - SHOP
  4. Shane Speal clear Ultimate Bottleneck stubby slide - SHOP
  5. Budweiser slide/shot glass - SHOP
  6. Medicine bottle stubby slide - SHOP
  7. Mojobone bone & wood slide - SHOP
  8. The Mutha heavy mass steel slide - SHOP
  9. THE KING - Shane's favorite steel stubby slide - SHOP
  10. The Runt extreme stubby slide - SHOP
  11. The Gumbo Spoon handcrafted stubby slide - SHOP
  12. The Edge pocketknife slide (Blind Willie Johnson style) - SHOP
  13. 50 Caliber Slide handcrafted from a bullet casing - SHOP
  14. The Voodoo Bone hand crafted stealth stubby slide - SHOP
 

SEE OUR MUSIC VIDEO!!!
"Widow Someday" by Shane Speal & the Snakes. 
Animated by Ronn Benway



 
Copyright © 2018 Shane Speal Music, All rights reserved.


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