Category Archives: Strings
Songs Inside the Box featured at York PA’s Prometheus Film Festival
“Songs Inside The Box,” the cigar box guitar documentary has been selected for screening at the Prometheus Film Festival of York, Pennsylvania. The festival will take place in the York Little Theatre on August 19th and 20th, one week … Continue reading
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7th Annual Cigar Box Guitar Festival this weekend – Huntsville AL
June 3rd and 4th, 2011 – Huntsville, Alabama The 7th Annual Cigar Box Guitar Festival will take place in the Flying Monkey Arts Center located at Lowe Mill. The address is 2211 Seminole Drive Southwest Huntsville, AL 35805. Here is … Continue reading
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Bring the Cigar Box Guitar Tour to your town!
Shane Speal and 315 Artist Management Group are preparing an East Coast tour this year. This will be the most professional and mainstream concert event ever seen in the CBG world… with stops in PERFORMING ARTS CENTERS and also COLLEGE … Continue reading
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Win this tobacco tin guitar
SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE FREE BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON TRIBUTE ALBUM. You could win this tobacco tin guitar by Al “Factory Throwout” Hamilton! That ol’ Al is darn excited to be part of our newest Blind Willie Johnson Tribute album… … Continue reading
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Shane Speal’s gear tech log: Reddog 3-string
A couple years ago, John “Reddog” McNair (www.reddogguitars.com) built me a fantastic cigar box guitar inspired by a picture I took of a red 1952 Buick Super 8. The cigar box guitar is loaded with a jazz humbucker, chrome sound … Continue reading
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Bob Harrison Custom Pickups
It’s always so exciting when I find something totally unique and one of a kind that I can spotlight. Bob is making some of the most incredible pickups I’ve ever seen in my life. Stylistically, he likes to design them … Continue reading
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Cigar Box Guitars worldwide: Dogman Guitars of Ireland
Although cigar box guitars trace their roots back to 19th Century America, the modern Cigar Box Revolution is worldwide. Case in point: Dogman Guitars of Ireland, built by artist, Dio Quaid of Galway, Ireland. Dogman Guitars of Ireland ps. Happy … Continue reading
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LA Times strikes again! New blog added to their cigar box guitar feature story
POP AND HISS, the Los Angeles Times music blog has just added even more info to their feature story on cigar box guitars. They’ve added an additional interview with pAt mAcdonald of Purgatory Hill and some other surprises. Cigar box … Continue reading
Los Angeles Times features cigar box guitar story
Veteran LA Times music writer, Randy Lewis has just written a great feature story on the growing Cigar Box Guitar Movement. It features interviews with Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, Steve Miller and our own Shane Speal. Cigar Box Guitars: … Continue reading
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