Check our FALL show schedule
Check our FALL show schedule
Listed below are some links to free training videos for 3-string cigar box guitars
https://cigarboxnation.com/page/how-to-play-cbg
https://www.shanespeal.com/basic-cigar-box-guitar
The diddley bow, unlike the cigar box guitars, is a one stringed handcrafted instrument, is significant to blues music in that many blues guitarists started playing it as children, as well as the fact that, like the slide guitar, it is played with a slide.
https://www.shanespeal.com/how-to-play-diddley-bow
A Twister Can (aka canjo), unlike the cigar box guitars, is a handcrafted instrument composed of a fretted, single string, with a hardwood neck and a metal can as the resonator. The fretboard is diatonic scale with dulcimer style fretting and twelve notes.
http://porchmusicstore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Canjo-How-to-Play1.pdf
https://www.cigarboxguitar.com/knowledge-base/category/canjo-song-tablature/
As one can never have enough strings, picks, slides, etc., here are listings for vendors I use.
C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply :https://www.cbgitty.com/
MGB Guitars: https://mgbguitars.com/
Here you can find information on the history of some of the handcrafted instruments, links to free training materials and information on some suppliers.
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