Shane Speal Signature

Shane Speal Signature tuners are PERFECT for first-time Cigar Box Guitar builders, since they have exactly what you need and tells you how to use them, with no leftover parts! Choose from a set of 3 or 4 open-gear tuners for cigar box guitars, identical...

These string sets have been formulated by Shane Speal, King of the Cigar Box Guitar, based on his 25 years of experience of what works for cigar box guitars on stage. Choose either the acoustic or electric set: acoustic for pure acoustic playing and also...

Shane says:  "When Southbound Strings asked me to develop a set of professional electric guitar strings for cigar box guitar, I demanded three things: The strings must include a ‘wound G’ string (essential for grinding slide...

The Shane Speal Preamp Bundle drives piezo pickups for better clarity, tone and volume while enabling you to “sculpt” tones on cigar box guitars. Shane has been building and playing cigar box guitars for over 25 years and has figured out what...

Ben Gitty says: "There is no one on earth better qualified than Shane Speal to write the book on cigar box guitars and handmade instruments. He has been living, eating and breathing this subject for 25 years, and all of that passion, study and...

Although Shane Speal is known for his 3-string cigar box guitar playing, he can be seen playing 4-string cigar box guitar during the majority of his live shows.  These string sets have been formulated by  Speal, based on his 25 years of...

"The sound is otherworldly, like stepping inside the grooves of an old Victrola record."   -Shane Speal describing his cigar box guitar, Making Poor Man's Guitars, page 11.   We've taken all the parts described in Chapter 2 of...

Get the bombastic and rumbling cigar box guitar tone of Shane Speal.  As heard in his songs, “Holler,” “Quarter to Nine,” “49 Years” and his cover of “Roadhouse Blues.”   Speal says: My...

In The Partscaster Cookbook, Shane Speal, the "King of the Cigar Box Guitar," shows you how to build wild electric guitars from junked guitars, new guitar kits, miscellaneous parts and unusual found objects!   Step-by-step details on a Telecaster...

A unique set sound hole pieces, one coin slot and the other, a picture frame.  Each is cut from 1/8-inch solid mahogany panels. In his book "Making Poor Man's Guitars", Shane Speal shows using these two together on a cigar box guitar to create...

Shane Speal's hyper-speed short slide, perfect for electric cigar box guitars.  Fully adjustable, enabling you to fit it to your slide fingertip for fast leads. There are many household items that can be used as a slide for your Cigar Box Guitar...

This is the long-awaited album from the Shane Speal Snake Oil Band, available now for pre-order! CDs to begin shipping on July 2. This album gives you a full hour of hard-driving blues in a unique modern jug-band style that Shane has built up from the...