Get a load of the really unique cigar box I bought from a lady in Louisana.  This is going to make a bitchin' guitar.  I'll post pic...

This is the diagram I use to wire the six-string guitars that can be seen on this blog.  However, the only difference is that I use a 250K ...

Indecision is the key to flexibility. There is always one more S.O.B. than you counted on. If you ever find something you like, buy a life...

No, this is not about shutting the door on comments for this blog.  As a matter of fact, I want to hear what you have to say, so, WRITE A CO...

The attached photos are of the newest creations I've been working on for a couple weeks. During one of the many excursions to the musi...

It's been very busy for me the last couple weeks, so I've not had much time to post messages here.  Between helping my friend with h...

A Chicago woman I know recently came up with a fantastic idea, which calls for any of us who build cigar box guitars to share the experience...

SHANE SPEAL  Cigar Box Guitar Rag

We've enjoyed Redneck jokes for years.  It's time to take a reflective look at the core beliefs of a culture that values home, famil...

A height-challenged, cigar box guitar playing, Texan was complaining to his buddy Bubba that his testicles ached somethin' awful every t...

Yesterday my wife asked why I didn't do something useful with my time, instead of spending every waking moment in the workshop messing w...

Because the cigar box guitar is a primitive homemade instrument, there is no standard for building it.  Physical dimensions, construction te...

My friend Wichita Sam, whom I met on the CigarBoxNation.com site, encouraged me to build a resonator guitar and after he shared some cruc...

 Blackeyed Susan is the result of a knawing desire to incorporate a little art with guitar building.  I have always liked the effect one ge...

It has been my goal during the months of building cigar box guitars to create a six-string CBG using a Tatuaje cigar box as a body, because ...

I've been more involved than I like in school photography recently, so my luthier hobby has slowed down.  But, I have found time to cre...

It's been awhile since I last posted.  But, the interest has not diminished.  I've created a few more guitars, which I'll add ph...

It's about time for me to consider how I'm going to carry around with me, any one of the sixteen guitars I've built.  So, a coup...

Last month I cruised out to the local fairgrounds swap meet to check out other people's junk, I mean treasures, and in the process I cam...

I remember, as a young guy, how fascinated I was with Paul McCartney's Violin Bass Guitar, so I decided to create a little guy from a ...

A couple weeks ago, I was invited by Cigar Box Nation to enter a contest which will be judged in June by Fretboard Magazine editors.  The ...