Smojo Cigar Box Guitars

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My hand made cigar box guitars

A showcase for my cool, hand-made cigar box guitars. These are mainly made from recycled materials (wooden cigar box for the body and hardwood for the neck) and have three strings tuned to an open chord. You play them with a slide or "bottleneck". Most have a piezo crystal picj-up so can be run through an amplifier. They are fantastic bluesy instruments and a whole lot of fun.

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My cigar box guitar playing 

A first attempt at recording a video

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Another cigar box guitar video 

A little bit of "Rollin 'n Tumblin"

Played on one of my hand made cigar box guitars through an amp this time

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Blues improvisation on a cigar box guitar 

Inpsired by the Mississippi Delta blues

A slow improvistaion on my cigar box guitar to show how you can get some cool sounds and rhythms out of them

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Famous cigar box guitar players 

Cool guitarists who played CBGs before they were famous

  • Jimi Hendrix
  • Muddy Waters
  • Carl Perkins
  • Lightnin Hopkins
  • Blind Willie Johnson
  • Big Bill Broonzy
  • Buddy Guy
  • Albert King
  • Scrapper Blackwell
  • Albert Collins
  • Micky Mouse
  • Me !!

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You've got to have a passion in life or you may as well be dead. Building guitars from cigar boxes is one of my passions. Yeah weird I know but w...

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