Scott Ainslie plays cigar box guitar at the Ships of the Sea Museum

[heidimyers]

I just discovered your videos this morning after buying a beautiful cigar box electric fretless slide guitar. You are amazing! I will be buying your CDs. You're my new favorite musician! This particular video is really well done and makes me appreciate my new guitar even more!

[profwaldo]

Great history n' instructional vid. And it sounds damn fine too !

[crossroad61]

Scott is a King. Living encyclopaedia of history of blues.

Thnx for all lessons he shared with us.

[fearfultom]

I am now convinced to get a CBG. I own two nationals which are perfect sounding but the tone and looks of the CBGs are something i must have. That one stinger is just awesome. Thanks for the education -- you made me smile -- just awesome.

[digitaldown]

this dude rocks

[digitaldown]

i never hear anything rock so hard on one string. just goes to show it's not the instrument, it's the musician. even a "piece of crap" homemade guitar with one string can rock. it's just how you play it.

[wadester1969]

Education in Deep Blues right there! Wonder what the slide is made out of. It looks like a bottleneck, but it has a round closed end. Thanks for sharing

[Treb345]

really nicely done! I enjoyed this a lot.

[pwinokc]

thanks, that was great! when I play slide, seems like I mainly play 3rd, 4th, and 5th strings, this would be neat. Where can I get one?

[whistlingtony]

@pwinokc Make One! It's really easy and really cheap. $3 for a box, $6 for some strings, you can get tuners from ebay for $10, or go to your local guitar shop and get some mismatched tuners from their junk box (I guarantee they have one). Use a piece of hard wood for the bridge, use a bolt for the nut and you're off. Later, solder a broken piezo element to a jack ($6 from radio shack?) and you can hook it up to an amp... I've been building them for a year now and they're FUN.