Cigar box guitar

[fishinstix]

Hi,
I originall posted this in "cover songs" section but since it applies to different kind of guitar and sound, thought it might apply here also. You guitar players out there might be interested in this.

I recently entered the obscure world of the Cigar Box Guitar. Thanks to a cool website cigarboxnation.com, I just finished building my first cigar box guitar and wanted to let you listen to what these things are capable of. Mine is a three string guitar reminiscent of the earliest stringed instruments which introduced blues to our modern culture. Its played with your fingers and a slide. These can be tuned numerous ways. This one is tuned EBE which can produce very haunting tones. I'm posting this on the "cover songs" page because I stole this basic instrumental from another cigar box guitar player on YOUTUBE named John McNair. If you like this tone, you should check him out because his guitars are awesome (Red Dog Guitars). I've included some photos of the guitar you are hearing. When you listen, close your eyes and imagine yourself at dusk in the early 1900's with your feet in the Mississippi mud.
Thanks
Mark

      
      

MP3 URL:  http://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=12821.0;attach=13265

[Farrell Jackson]

This cigar box guitar just oozes that earthy, Mississippi Delta muddy water slide tone! I need one to get one!!!!! I've actually played a four string version but it's been so long ago that I had forgotten how great they sounded. Great playing and tone fishinstix! I'm gonna check out Red Dog Guitars.

Farrell

[fishinstix]

This cigar box guitar just oozes that earthy, Mississippi Delta muddy water slide tone! I need one to get one!!!!! I've actually played a four string version but it's been so long ago that I had forgotten how great they sounded. Great playing and tone fishinstix! I'm gonna check out Red Dog Guitars.

Farrell

Thanks Farrell. Try building one yourself which is what most folks do. There is no rules, very easy and they are all different. Check out www.cigarboxnation.com. A very cool site. My friend says I should try and get a gig doing the background music for the TV series "Swamp People". LOL!

[hooper]

Wow... I like this a lot!  May try and build one some day but for now thinking I'll go ahead and cut half the strings off of my el-cheapo Hawiian lap steel guitar. 3 is enuff! 

[danieldesete]

The sound is just incredible. I know I shouldn't click on the link you mentioned. Yes amazingly professional sound

[danieldesete]

I forgot to say your cigar box is a beauty

[Flash Harry]

That's an awesome sound.


I need to start smoking cigars.......

[joedonner2001]

Wow, that is unbelievable!

Won't you please take a video of you playing it?  I'd really like to see it in action.

[madrab]

Good looking and good sounding – and well played!

[dobrodaddy]

Excellent tone for your first CBG!  Looks real pretty too.  Well done!  Definitely has that swampy tone.  Love it!  Geo

[bruno]

Lovely tone.

[Pine]

Great soundscape. What's cooler than an instrument you built with your own hands singing to you?

Not much. Nice post!

Pine

[fishinstix]

Thanks! I also put this spooky music to a Video I made entitled "Dust Bowl"...........Have a look if ya get a chance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDqe4lCQdrw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Pine]

Great job Mark! Love the haunting tune and the montage is superb! i have done those and finding that many decent hi rez pics is tuff. Takes a long time. Did you do it with windows movie maker? Nice project!

Here is a link to one i did with my three string McNally Grand strumstick:

http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=6efc4c8808f2455b714a8c&skin_id=1703&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url

Pine

[suburban behemoth]

Hey there.

Just checked out the video, but it wouldn't let me reply.  Great work.