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Brian Loy on mrbangham Cigar Box Slide Guitar

Posted by Mike Bingham on May 4, 2012 at 5:29pm

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Brian Loy, owner of Paradise Music in Franklin, NC jamming on a cigar box lap steel built by Mike Bingham. Brian played it like a traditional slide guitar rather that in the lap steel position. He plugged it into an Orange AD-30 tube amp and lit it up. The video camera mic just doesn't do justice to Brian's playing. The tone was absolutely wicked in the store.

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Mike Bingham May 13, 2012 at 12:22am

Thanks John! That rig sounded huge in the music store. He had the volume pumped up enough that the two 12" speakers were moving some air. I could feel the vibrations but it wasn't hard on my ears.
Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw May 12, 2012 at 9:56am

That sounds great. Such a full tone.
Mike Bingham May 6, 2012 at 9:51am

Thank you Fernando! I appreciate that.
Mike Bingham May 5, 2012 at 11:55am

Thanks Wes! That was one of the best surprises I've had in a while.
Mike Bingham May 4, 2012 at 8:36pm

Thanks Uncle John! This was an eye-opener.
Uncle John May 4, 2012 at 8:04pm

Whoo Hooo! Pretty git and a good player.
Mike Bingham May 4, 2012 at 7:54pm

Hey Clock - you are right about the guy playing it. I was amazed at his playing and the guitar. I had no idea it would sound like that. He played it last Saturday and I came home and told my wife that I had learned two things, one about the tube amp, and the other is that a lot of tone is in the hands. I went to work early this morning so I could get off in time to do a video. Thanks for the kind words! See Ya!
Clock The Wolf May 4, 2012 at 7:43pm

Screw the amp... it's that bad-ass guiitar and the guy playing it!!!
Mike Bingham May 4, 2012 at 7:42pm

LOL - I hear you on the color. I can almost taste oranges when I look at that thing. Blackberry Smoke uses them.

You might enjoy these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHGMCbVC5_U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHGMCbVC5_U

The guitar break at 1:00 is sweet.
James May 4, 2012 at 7:32pm

i seen zz top using those things i think, lol the color makes me want one