An American treasure, Mac Arnold plays his homemade 3 string guitars like they did in the past…if you want to play true primitive Delta Blues, it is impossible playing a 6 string neck on a cigar box, try it the way it was done in the 1880′s….just add few strings and creative playing…that’s where the sound and tone come from, it’s simplicity….and if you haven’t , build a three string guitar today! video clips copyright is Uncovering America for more info on these fun to play American instruments, visit 3-string-guitar.com or just google red Dog Guitars!
visit www.3-string-guitar.com and you can learn more if you enjoy the cigar box guitar. This short film is part 3 of the forgotten facts about the Blues, for some reason people seem to think that expensive steel body Dobros and Stratocasters are instruments the Blues was founded on, the truth is people in poverty couldn’t afford them, they had to make there own guitar. Muddy Waters played a Fender at age 45….but sitting on the banks of the Mighty Mississippi at age 15, buying a guitar was not an option and just a dream…this is how he did it….this is how he got his start. This is the combined collection of Shane Speal’s cigar box guitars, Bill Jehle’s museum and some of my photos I have collected over the years. I have so many more photos but tried to pick the best and most colorful guitars from the museum for you to see. I only had only 4 minutes for the video but about 400 antique Cigar box guitar shots so I could only choose about 30. I’d like to thank Shane for his dedication to document the history and researching the cigar box guitar. There is so much more to learn but only one lifetime, I hope all viewers of this short film understand the countless hours spent gathering all this information and I hope you enjoy….most important, try it yourself…build a cigar box guitar and ask yourself…”Do I have Beans?????”
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