How to Play Blues Basics on 3-String Cigar Box Guitar with a Slide
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- Опубликовано: 19 мар 2017
- Shane Speal goes back to the basics, showing how to get started playing the blues on a 3-string slide cigar box guitar. The tuning is in Open G (GDG) and a stubby slide will be necessary for this one.
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This is the lesson I've been looking for. Nothing beats the blues on a CBG.
I will be back. Got one in the mail! Can't wait. Blues, here I come.
I finished making my cigar box guitar last month and this tutorial has been a wonderful tool. You have many videos and I hope to watch and learn from them all. Thanks for your inspiration.
Shane, found your videos after searching, and BOY am I so happy 😀 me I'm a 30 year frustrated tryer but after watching you I'm off to play some blues on my homemade 3 string CGB. BIG thanks Tim
I think I got on one of your playlists because your videos are playing back to back to back.... you could say I’m binge watching... 😎
Hey man, this is awesome. I built my own slide a month or so ago and have just been figuring out little riffs on my own. I'd never spent much time with a fretless so it was all abit alien, not anymore!
This is super helpful! Ive struggled to find videos on 3 string fretless slide so this has made my morning.
Thank you :) peace!
Played a cigar box around a camp fire last summer and loved it. Just had one custom made and your videos are very helpful. I wasn’t much of a guitar player before but I’m starting to sound like I know whY I’m doing. Please keep it up!
Im a first time player on cigar boxes. Saw one a month ago and thought it was awesome. Had a left handed one made, just a beginner one, nothing special. Your lessons are excellent. Keep it up. I'm a fan.
THANK YOU! There's a lot more on the way!
Breakthrough lesson. Thank you so much, managed to play along with most of that ... feeling fine 👍 CBG 💜
Great lesson, Shane, just got my first 3 String. Love the Blues!
great simple lesson to follow,thank you,im just waiting on delivery of my 1st 3 string cigar box,played one weeks ago and hooked
Shane this is so COOL!!! Thank you! I need to learn some basic scales to improvise G / C / D
Another great cool riff to learn...thank you Shane!
Im looking to learn and your the man that makes it easier to follow for the musically challenged like myself, thanks.
This is really awesome lessons Sir Shane!I just built 3 string slide a few week ago n need more lesson to play on it!thanksfor this lesson.
Great video, thanks for explaining.
Thank you very much Shane for all the good info and the great video. I too love the short stubby slide. The shorter the better. I love the delta blues it just draws me in that is why I am trying to get things together via CB Gitty supply to build a unit.
Thank you so much for this tutorial. It is awesome.
man, I love that old beat up CBG......even the layer of sweat and grime crud on the sides and back of the neck add to it's personality and speak that it's has a past of it's own.
thanks mate ,realy cool of you to share ,so good to now know which strings to use this vid is gold ,
Perfect Thank You Shane!
Awesome lesson, Shane! I love your blues. I play bottleneck in Open G, but never on a cigar box. Love your tone, brother.
Thanks Shane. Just started building my first 3 string CBG. Great lesson for me as a beginner.
Me too, me too, I finally started to get it. I've been at this for a couple of months starting from zero finger dexterity.
Love this!! Thank you!!
That thing sounds gorgeous. Great video
Your book inspired me so much
It is PERFECT ,, it is amazing with just a small amount of practice,, you can really play something THAT SOUNDS GOOD !, THANKS!
Looking to get a pretty cheap cigar box guitar and slide. Can’t wait to start!! Subscribed! Thank you so much for making these awesome tutorials. 🙏🏼
Awesome lesson Shane, thanks!
You're welcome! This is just the beginning!
Thank you so very much. I'm just getting ready to start. Guitar arrived today. Play on Brother
I need to make one. and watching you I think I can learn to. off to get parts this weekend
Thanks so much for the video. I should be done building my cigar box guitar in a week or so. Can't wait! I will be back when done and checking out more of your videos. Thanks again, good stuff! :)
Awesome thanks for the info 😀
Shane.........David Blackwell stole my thunder. ha I'm just finishing up my first CBG build and I'm anxious to start strumming. I LOVED this video. You did a great job. I'll be looking for more. THANK YOU.
Love this
Thanks. VERY helpful.
that sounds fantastic!!!!!!! thats the old speal I love!
Excelente Master !!
Muchas gracias
Saludos
Outstanding thanks job well done.
Great Vids my friend love it
Love it love it love it!
the wear marks at the 2nd & 3rd frets show how well that stubby slide works!
Excellent breakdown on the progression and turnaround.
That poor guitar has seen better days! LOL
Has lots of character!
thanks. Very helpful! Best wishes from Munich
Cool lesson dude thanks
Nice advice on the stubby slide 👍🏻
super lesson - just beginning playing a CBG - thanks Steve
So excellent! Thank YOU1
Love the T shirt dude..
that was so cool, thx man
Thanks a lot for all of your videos, they are very usefull , i just started playing cigar box guitar 2 weeks ago during covid19 quarantine, I had no musical experience exept playing a liltle bit of harmonica and i only listen to good old blues, muddy, john lee hooker, lil walter , sonny boy williamson etc.
Looking forward to buy a stubby slide and a real cigarbox, because the one i have is a fake one from amazon 😅
I really believe I can learn from you! Glad I found your channel and subscribed and rang the bell...
very good teacher
Your awesome 👍😎. Goooo Stubby !
Good lad that was spot on
Brilliant!!!😎👍👍👍😎
Cool mate,
Learning from you is a great help
Thanks for the feedback! I'm always unsure as to how good my lessons really are. I'm not a natural teacher!
You really in love with the new camera Shane. LOL. Very thanks by all this new tutorials!
I spent too may years with poor cameras or simple cell phones! This new one is awesome!!!
Nice work
Good job! ✌👍
Awesome video :-) may be an idea to put tablature up with vids like this so those that are just beginning can just listen and then try themselves. Keep up the good work ma man
dude,,,, damn keen
Gnarliest string instrument I've ever seen! Keep on jammin brutha! (good lesson btw... Thx)
Nice ..your cool dude thanks for tips..
Awesome
Your're Awsome Bro!!!
👍✌️❤️ So fun!!Thanks!
Im in uk and have just seen a tv programme about the riseing popularity of the cigar box guitar esp in west midlands / black country. Which is where i live! I tried regular 6 string guitar when i was a youngster without a lot of progress! Im in my 50s now and im very interested in these great instruments and would love to build one and learn to play it a bit. I will be back to watch your videos. Great job.
I tried to learn a regular 6 string guitar as well with no success when I was younger.
I got a baritone ukulele a few months ago because it has 4 strings but has a much more similar sound to guitar (unlike a average uke). I have had much more success with it and it was relatively easy to get the point it was fun to play which I never got to with a 6 string guitar. Falling upon these cigar box guitars I kinda wish I had got my hands on one of these instead of my uke but I'll just have to get one of these as well haha.
I hope you find an instrument with less strings easier and more fun like I did!
@@aspacedoutace cigar box guitar great and easy to get a tune out of.ive made two now! Very addictive. One string diddley bow next! they are great .have a look on here !
thanks for yours tutorials! ;)
You're welcome! More to come...
tanks for you 'and from Argentina
Thank you!.....More Videos, Please!....My Favorite!
I’m filming more next week, Subscribe!
Thank you
Great!
Great stuff Shane! What do you think about routing a groove along the fret board for the end of the stubby to sit in when playing only the middle string? (to avoid hitting the top string)
Shane, that is awesome. Thanks for sharing! Buying you a cheap dinner!
You rock!
HI Shane, thanks for the postcard. Really cool alternate tunings. I know you do a cover of Rush Working Man- Could you do a tutorial on how to play it?
Still a great video, helps the novice immediately get something out of their 3 string cigar box guitar
Supeeer thanks
Epic
Great
sweet!
Do you have any finger style lessons on fretless 3 string guitar ?
Hey Shane how do you play these short tones? Do you stob the strings from ringing out? Greets from Germany! Your tutorials are the best!
MInd blown - wow
I just finished making one and I'm not sure I have the fret lines laid out correctly. Is there some way you could mention it on one of your videos? John
Thanks for taking your time can you refer me to where I could buy a 3 string guitar box at a reasonable price thank you for sharing!!
And just subscribed :)
thanx sooooooo
You are awesome! I've learning a ton from your resources, but I am still particularly confused about one thing. My confusion is about how to play/deal with minor chords on a 3 string open tuned fretless guitar. I understand how to form them on a fretted 3 string, but what do you do to for them on a fretless when playing with a slide? Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks and peace.
This is a very good question! When you're playing 3-string slide, tuned Open G (GDG), the chords are neither minor or major. Because they're made up of only two notes (the high string is the same note as the low string), these chords could be called a "diad" (two note chord) or more commonly a "power chord."
When I create arrange songs using this setup, I'm basically arranging the song by REMOVING certain notes that can't be played in this setup. My goal is to make the song APPEAR to sound like the original, but in reality, I'm playing these power chords instead of minor or major chords. If the song has minor chords, the listener imagines hearing them, even if I don't play them.
...and that's the magic of playing cigar box guitar.
Whats the best slide for begiiner? I wanna trey some glas slide in Small or medium size. Is it good ?
Shane I am trying to figure out what slide to get, the one I have is 2" and I need something shorter. I was playing bass before my surgery, not the greatest just learning but I had 2 brain surgeries over the last year and short term memory is not good anymore but I am determined and my husband just bought me a guitar box 3 string and I really really am determined to start with this and move on. this video has got me going and excited, just my slide is to long lol. i am going to your page to see if you have an email. If i repeat myself alot I apologize, but as I said I had 2 brain surgeries over the last year and one the year before...music is what is saving me and I want to play again!!!
Larry McCraw thank you! Shanes helpful you tube videos have given me hope
I have a 3 string tuned to GDG, but it sounds much higher pitch than yours. I'm wondering what i can do to get mine to have a lower pitch..I did try to tune lower but the strings were just too loose to make a good sound
any help much appreciated..Your teaching videos are awesome. I am new to this . I love my speal stubby slide!
Chris
Strings for a Bass are E, A , D, G take the A, D, G and re tune the A to G you are now playing lower.
Justin Johnson made me a fan but he quit selling. Looking forward to saving up for one of yours and learning. And I hope you sell LEFTIES for us southpaws.
Hey Shane, have you done a video about your video setup for these things? I notice your camera control is from your IPHONE. What do you use to make these great vids?
I use a Mevo Camera which allows me to use the iPhone as a director's chair
Hi Shane where did you get your guitar please and how much are your slides
What bolt are you using for the nut?
open tuning is GDG,, I play Ukulele GCEA, not important, what is important is at the 12th fret should be the same, only an octave higher.. Just bought the one hour build cigar box guitar and cant get the 12th to be in tune on lower G? how important is that when strumming the blues? the other two ( wood bridge ) I can get to tune in.. thanks
I'm a beginner but Shane deals with this in one of his lessons, you may have seen it by now, but the 12th fret should be halfway between the bridge and nut (if that's the right word) but the bridge/saddle is placed at an angle if you notice for some reason beyond my understanding. Check out lessons by Shane and Del Puckett.
What is the sight for your stubby slides?
BTW, what kind of new camera and sound recording are you using? Sounds good. : )
Mevo Camera
I love the worn look of that guitar.
Twenty one years of constant beating! ;)
And nary a complaint! (or nearly) ;-).