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Want to sell your cigar box guitars? The king of the cigar box guitar Shane Speal shares his sure-fire riff to sell more cigar box guitars with the video lesson in this post. Shane Knows What SellsLet's hand this over to Shane so you can get to the good stuff... I've been selling cigar box guitars at street fairs and festivals for over twenty years now.  I've learned that it's not enough to just make some guitars and put them on a table.  The fact is, you're fighting for …

Want to learn new chords for your 3-string cigar box guitar?Interested in playing your cigar box guitar with more than just one finger?In this article, you'll learn... How to play the most valuable chords on a cigar box guitar tuned G-D-GWhat a chord form isHow to play a chord, so it sounds goodHow to read a chord chartHow to play the most popular chord progressionHow to mirror, or flip chord formsWhere to learn more chords to become a well-rounded playerLet's get started by learning the most p …

Learning to play slide on your 3-string cigar box guitar can be hard.But not with Shane Speal's cigar box guitar lessons.Here's 4-part video lesson series from Shane Speal, the King of the Cigar Box Guitar. In it, Shane takes you on a ride from knee-slappin' country licks to sinister murder ballads, giving you the best advice, in the simplest terms, on how to play slide CBG.As with all his videos, each lesson is turbo-charged with his high-energy personality.Add to that his uncanny knack fo …

We're totally gonna steal these licks!  Historian, author and all around Renaissance man, Charles Atchison just posted this video giving an overview of the main parts of Stairway to Heaven.  (Which means he took an 8 minute song and condensed it down to under 2 minutes for us!)Atchison is the author of The Folk Art Instrument Reference book on building homemade instruments.  It's over 200 pages with more than 400 pictures and illustrations.  Copies are in stock right now. In …

We've been busy posting new tablatures and other "how to play" info for our American Canjo Company canjos in the knowledgebase over at CigarBoxGuitar.com. These "tabs" use a simple numbering method corresponding to the frets on our canjos to allow you to quickly and easily start picking popular and well-known songs! CigarBoxGuitar.com also has a growing knowledgebase of how-to articles and videos related to building cigar box guitars, so if you haven't had a look, head on over and …