SHANE SPEAL Cigar Box Guitar Rag

Shane Speal ( http://www.cigarboxguitar.com ) goofing on the three-string cigar box guitar. He's been playing this instrument for 13 years. It's simply a stick shoved thru a cigar box with three strings added. Free plans are on his website.

Song: Guitar Rag by Sylvester Weaver, 1923. Later made famous by Leon McAuliff as "Steel Guitar Rag."

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Music

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• SHANE
• SPEAL
• CIGARBOXGUITARRAG
• shane
• speal
• cigar
• box
• guitar
• blues
• rag
• steel
• country

[uncleboogie69]

How many cigarbox guitars do you have?

Melodeeman...

[InsurrectionRex]

@uncleboogie69 I've lost count. If you include the ones in the Speal's Tavern Cigar Box Guitar Museum, I probably own over 40

[sdhughes36]

REAL FUCKING AMERICAN GENIUS!!!!! MR. I can take garbage and jam harder than you guy!!! Awesome. you will be jamming in the apocalyptic wasteland the US will become and you will still be creating cool shit.

[InsurrectionRex]

@sdhughes36 Thanks! It's my personal goal to incite the apocalypse...via cigar box guitar. :)

I always ask myself, "What would Yngwie do?"

[anbujaked]

Whats the best strings to use for a 3 string guitar? Nylon or steel? Whats most common and whats used in this video?

[InsurrectionRex]

There are no rules...and no "best use" when it comes to cigar box guitars. Try any and everything! Nothing is common and everything is uncommon about these instruments. That's why they're so freakin' cool!

I personally use the A D and G strings from a pack of John Pearse Acoustic 'light medium' guage strings.

[wwelss]

Loving this! Amazing.

[qz3bmz]

This may be the most amazing and inspiring performance and instrument I have seen in a long time. So very American and so "real". I'm grateful there are people in this country that take a simple thing and can do so much with it, as well as sharing your whole adventure

Thanks so much for sharing, and best of luck to you in your journey

[uncleboogie69]

All I have to say is Keep it up and you should have a utube video on tuning 3 strings and four string CBG,s..That would help alot of newcomers..and you are definately the King brother :)

[freeman2545]

cool man

[greenpooter]

Sounds almost identical to a banjo.

[madhateru]

this makes me wanna dance a jig and ave my hand in the air

[braidon2]

I am planning on building one myself. What type of pickups do you advice using?

Been thining about humbucker pickups, Big strings tuned E open. make the nek myself and create a neck through guitar neck. I want the sound to be a bit dirty and mean.

[lutrasaurus]

Shane your are the REAL Guitar Hero!