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Shane Speal. Making Poor Man's Guitars
CONTENTS
Introduction
Foreword
Little Freddie King’s Cigar Box Guitar: A Bluesman’s Firsthand Account
CHAPTER 1: “Nobody Builds a Cigar Box Guitar Because They Want to Play Nice Things”
CHAPTER 2: How to Build a Three-String Cigar Box Guitar
Choosing a Box: Boite Nature vs. Drop-In Lid
Checking for Bow in the Wood
Planning Out the Neck
Notching the Headstock and Body Route
Notching the Body Area
Tuner Drilling and Headstock Prep
String Anchor Holes
Sanding
Shaping the Neck (and Inhaling the Mojo)
Scale Length and Woodburning Fret Lines
MARKING FRET LINES
WOODBURNING FRET LINES
Applying Wood Finish to the Neck
Preparing the Cigar Box
Creating the Neck Slots in the Box
Designing and Cutting Sound Holes
Stringing and Setup
Setting Up, Choosing a Slide Playing Your Cigar Box Guitar
Renaissance “C-Hole” Style
Long Sound Hole with Furnace Grate
Classic Radio-Style Holes with Sceen Wire
Skull with Sound Hole Eyes and Nose
Beer Cap Screens
More Furnace Grate Sound Holes
Peep-Show Sound Hole and Coin Slot
CHAPTER 3: Variations on a Theme – Pickups and Mods to the Three-String Cigar Box Guitar
The Best Low-Budget Acoustic Pickup for Your Cigar Box Guitar
Personalizing the Neck: Adding Text
LAYING OUT THE TEXT
Poor Man’s Dobro: Paint Can Lid Resonator Cone
OTHER NOTES ON THIS GUITAR
Builder’s Diary: “The Hobo Guitar”
BUILDING NOTES
Builder’s Diary: Damned If I Do – Electric Resonator Cigar Box Guitar
Extra: How to Mod a GoldFoil.com Acoustic Pickup to Become a Top-Mounted Electric Pickup:
CHAPTER 4: “The Portland Cowboy” Tin Can Guitar
CHAPTER 5: “Foot Stomper” Cigar Box Percussion Unit. The Birth of the Foot Stomper
Playing Your Foot Stomper
VARIATIONS
One Man Band Playing Technique: Getting into the Groove
CHAPTER 6: Electric Washtub Bass, a.k.a. “The Soul Bucket”
Playing the Soul Bucket
CHAPTER 7: Beer Can Microphone
Tuning the Mic
CHAPTER 8: 2 x 4 Lap Steel Guitar
Tune the Guitar Up
Choosing a Slide for Your Lap Steel
Extra: The Mythical Truckstop Tuning
Modding Your 2 x 4 Lap Steel
CHAPTER 9: The Mailbox Guitar (A Builder’s Diary)
BRACING
NECK BLOCK
COMPONENTS AND TOP OF GUITAR
TAILPIECE
CHAPTER 10: Cigar Box Preamp
CHAPTER 11: Electric Washboard
Extra: Advanced Washboard Design in the Style of Ronn Benway
CHAPTER 12: “The Lady” Guitar – An Electric Guitar Illegally Handmade inside a Prison
Speal’s Tavern
CHAPTER 13: Recreating Scrapper Blackwell’s Cigar Box Guitar (A Builder’s Diary)
Guitarcheology: Discovering the Past and Recreating Legendary Instruments
CHAPTER 14: Tips on Selling Cigar Box Guitars at Festivals and Craft Fairs
Preparation and Production
Booking Festivals
Selling Extra Items
Essential Items You Will Need
Cigar Box Guitar and DIY Instrument Resources
Appendix
