Remember it is basically made from 3 materials:
- A cigar box
- A stick of wood
- Strings
Showing posts with label acoustic guitar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label acoustic guitar. Show all posts
Saturday, April 5, 2014
How to Make a Cigar Box Instrument
I came across this great poster which details how to build a cigar box guitar (or any instrument).
Remember it is basically made from 3 materials:
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Remember it is basically made from 3 materials:
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Amazing Inlay Work!
This some of the most beautiful finger board inlay work I think I have ever seen!
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Why You Should Learn Guitar Scales Not Just Chords
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This is a great article for anyone interested in how to make a cigar box guitar. I have found that many new cigar box guitar enthusiast love to make cigar box guitars but have minimal playing skills.
Guitar scales are something that you need to work on especially if you are currently stuck. Find out why you should learn these and some other basic exercises.
Most of the time beginner guitar players start off with learning their chords so songs can be played. After awhile, many find themselves stuck and not sure what guitar techniques to move on to. The best thing to do as a beginner if you are stuck is to learn guitar scales. These will keep you busy and give you something to work on when you are not sure where to go next.
There are two reasons that learning scales is good for the beginner guitar player. First, practicing scales is a good workout for your right and left hand techniques. Second, scales are the starting point of learning music theory which when understood will help you play significantly better. ** You will find this pays big dividends when you want to show off your hand built cigar box guitar.
Start off with the major and minor scales. Memorize these and learn how to play them on the guitar. Note these scale pattern continually go all the way up and down the fret board. Start with just octaves worth at once but you can do as much of the scale as you wish.
Find these scales by searching the internet for them. It is best to find the patterns that are already on the guitar so that you can see how these would be played on your instrument.
What are some guitar scale exercises for beginners?
Practice your alternate picking technique where you alternate picking up and down on each string as you play the scale. ** You will find if you couple these techniques early on when you are first learning to make a cigar box guitar you will be glad you did in the long run.
Try finger style techniques and do the same process.
Get a drum machine or something that can keep a beat like a metronome and practice at a set pace. Increase the speed as you get better at the scale.
Play the scale but skip every other note. This will challenge your mind quite a bit more than your fingers.
Move on to new scales like the blues scale, pentatonic scale, and any other scale you come across. Above all enjoy the process of how to make a cigar box guitar!
This is a great article for anyone interested in how to make a cigar box guitar. I have found that many new cigar box guitar enthusiast love to make cigar box guitars but have minimal playing skills.
Guitar scales are something that you need to work on especially if you are currently stuck. Find out why you should learn these and some other basic exercises.
Most of the time beginner guitar players start off with learning their chords so songs can be played. After awhile, many find themselves stuck and not sure what guitar techniques to move on to. The best thing to do as a beginner if you are stuck is to learn guitar scales. These will keep you busy and give you something to work on when you are not sure where to go next.
There are two reasons that learning scales is good for the beginner guitar player. First, practicing scales is a good workout for your right and left hand techniques. Second, scales are the starting point of learning music theory which when understood will help you play significantly better. ** You will find this pays big dividends when you want to show off your hand built cigar box guitar.
Start off with the major and minor scales. Memorize these and learn how to play them on the guitar. Note these scale pattern continually go all the way up and down the fret board. Start with just octaves worth at once but you can do as much of the scale as you wish.
Find these scales by searching the internet for them. It is best to find the patterns that are already on the guitar so that you can see how these would be played on your instrument.
What are some guitar scale exercises for beginners?
Practice your alternate picking technique where you alternate picking up and down on each string as you play the scale. ** You will find if you couple these techniques early on when you are first learning to make a cigar box guitar you will be glad you did in the long run.
Try finger style techniques and do the same process.
Get a drum machine or something that can keep a beat like a metronome and practice at a set pace. Increase the speed as you get better at the scale.
Play the scale but skip every other note. This will challenge your mind quite a bit more than your fingers.
Move on to new scales like the blues scale, pentatonic scale, and any other scale you come across. Above all enjoy the process of how to make a cigar box guitar!
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Big Sound Cigar Box Guitar youtube
I thought you would enjoy this rendition of the classic song John Henry produced and performed by Moreland and Arbuckle.
These 3 fellas put out a whole lot of sound with some microphones, a set of drums, a harmonica and a 4 string cigar box guitar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyTrbH16LZg
Enjoy the great vocals and root style music offered here. Pay particular attention to the great playing and sound of the cigar box guitar. After listening to a promo posted on http://www.cigarboxnation.com/ I found out this CBG has one bass string which is plugged into a bass amp along with three guitar strings plugged into a regular guitar amp. You can clearly hear the bass notes!
These 3 fellas put out a whole lot of sound with some microphones, a set of drums, a harmonica and a 4 string cigar box guitar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyTrbH16LZg
Enjoy the great vocals and root style music offered here. Pay particular attention to the great playing and sound of the cigar box guitar. After listening to a promo posted on http://www.cigarboxnation.com/ I found out this CBG has one bass string which is plugged into a bass amp along with three guitar strings plugged into a regular guitar amp. You can clearly hear the bass notes!
Friday, August 7, 2009
Royal Jamaica “RJ” CBG
I really like the way my newest cigar box guitar creation turned out! It is a 6-string CBG made from a hardwood box used to pack Royal Jamaica Maduro cigars in. I hand sanded the box and applied several finish coats to it.
The neck is handcrafted from red oak with a padauk fret board. I hand shaped the neck with my wood rasp and plenty of sandpaper. It turned out really well if I do say so myself!
I used brass grommets and brass corners to dress it up a bit even though RJ really didn’t need anymore sprucing up.
RJ can be played acoustically or electrically and sounds really nice either way.
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