This is something that I accidentally stumbled onto while searching Utube.
Funny how that happens eh. Anyway, these are guitars that are fashioned from cigar boxes. The history of them go way back to the Mississippi Delta Blues and the Dust Bowl. People couldn't afford a guitar so they improvised
with whatever they had to make music.
I probably found this while searching for videos on the history of the Appalachian people.
Other than doing cue repairs, I don't do much in the way of building cues but like doing different wood working projects and I think I will be trying my hand at at least one cigar box guitar in the New Year.
I took lessons many years ago and most of you probably forgotten more than I will ever know. However, I can still pick on a few chords that I can remember.
The reason that I posted in the main forum is that this guy is playing a one string box and the neck is fashioned from a pool cue.
Most boxes are 3 strings and can have 4 or 6 but this guy does a pretty fair job with one string and a slide which is pretty much mandatory on any CBG.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tys6dmEMyRk
And I love Delta Blues. Just something about that sound that gets into your head.
Funny how that happens eh. Anyway, these are guitars that are fashioned from cigar boxes. The history of them go way back to the Mississippi Delta Blues and the Dust Bowl. People couldn't afford a guitar so they improvised
with whatever they had to make music.
I probably found this while searching for videos on the history of the Appalachian people.
Other than doing cue repairs, I don't do much in the way of building cues but like doing different wood working projects and I think I will be trying my hand at at least one cigar box guitar in the New Year.
I took lessons many years ago and most of you probably forgotten more than I will ever know. However, I can still pick on a few chords that I can remember.
The reason that I posted in the main forum is that this guy is playing a one string box and the neck is fashioned from a pool cue.
Most boxes are 3 strings and can have 4 or 6 but this guy does a pretty fair job with one string and a slide which is pretty much mandatory on any CBG.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tys6dmEMyRk
And I love Delta Blues. Just something about that sound that gets into your head.
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