Burtsbluesboxes

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Yes a very fitting description :p Seems anything I play on that electric 3 string falls into that category ;) My page is an absolute mess!! Any surprise as I'm a cleaner for a living hahahaha. I'm going to delete everything and reupload making it nice and tidy again. I've made and given away a few cds of cigar box guitar music. My co worker played one at work and the guys kept looking at me, this is you? really?? I'm going to set up a band camp account and put up an album for free download as well as on Reverbnation once I figure out how. Joe Cramer put together this one of collabs we've done, not all is cbgs but should hold you over. https://www.reverbnation.com/1096781/album/117064 Always a pleasure Ed, stay tuned for more, new one up today.

Good interpretation Danke. I was thinking a frozen wasteland but same idea :D

I get alot of fx from freesound or record stuff myself. I love the depth it can add to songs. Guitar is my homemade 3 string electric cigar box guitar, yep made from a cigar box ;) Thanks Fl4zh

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Thanks Steve, your favorite guitar again hahaha It is one warm January! I don't remember it being this warm in a long time, was wondering if you guys were as warm being a bit further north. Have the zombies made it up there yet? I heard about some kids falling through the ice where I used to live, they're fine, but that river froze every year and people would use it as a shortcut to get intown, not this year!

I definitely want to record more like this. I'll send you the stems for this to play with, I was thinking vocals be cool addition. In the next few days I'll try and get more recordings done as well. My newest one I need to change the bridge to a thinner bolt to lower the action, works great for slide but I get sharp notes when fretting them. Watch for some stems :p

Those damn cbgs are more addicting than crack!!! Thanks Virginia, plenty more to come :D

Going very well Jamid thanks :D Now if I can just find more music time!! Enthralling is a perfect description. cbgs seem to have that effect on people, especially when played slow like telling a tale. I love this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz5wMGovkuQ

:D There's loops on my page made with different homemade guitars, you may like. Use and abuse them as you wish.

Been so busy lately I haven't done much music. I had Martin Luther King day off and came across Dan's art composition which I usually participate in. Winter is the theme this time so I had to blow the dust of my cbg and play a little something :p I love the way those guitars can tell a tale all on their own! Thanks TA I trying to do one for a pic from the dust bowl era, not for any competition, just for fun. Pictures have a way of inspiring audio tales.

It was done for an abstract ghostly pic of a guy in a garden holding an acoustic guitar, I love how haunting it came out. I got lost in it just playing! These cbgs can tell a tale drawing you in all on their own. Thanks srob :p

Both scenarios sound exciting ;) I guess this could fit under blues, country or even folk. I like the hill blues which combines all three. I find cbgs to be quite hypnotyzing to listen to people playing, LOVE em! Thanks TA

Doom blues ;) The bendiness comes from playing with a slide on the fretless guitar. Thanks Trippy Hippy!

I played the guitar through Guitar rig 5, I think it was atmospheric guitar setting. The project is on my desktop, I'll have to look what I did, but I think I left everything pretty raw.

Cigar box guitar with a handmade maple neck, oak fretboard, tuners salvaged from an old Yamaha acoustic, a humbucker pickup from an Ibanez guitar with Earnie Balls strings, played using a glass slide. The nut is a piece of threaded rod, some bolt I found and cut to length, string trees are just screws, the bridge is a piece of brass rod from a sink drain stopper with a spoon for a string anchor/tail piece. This is my favorite one and first built using a magnetic pickup. Been using piezo pickups in them all but this one. I believe the drums are addictive drums.

very sexy guitar :p 3 string fretless homemade electric cigar box guitar. I like the pic it's paired with, so trippy, the longer you look at it the more pops out at you. Thanks Lank :D

YAAAYY!!Doom blues \m/ I love how haunting the delta slide blues can be, so full of soul and emotion. Thanks Neo B-D I'm going to make some more halloween tunes, wouldn't be right without a zombie and witch one! Both almost complete.

Thanks Taanz :D I don't monetize my music, just happy to share it and make others happy with it. It's free to use and abuse any way you see fit, just more places for others to enjoy or hate it as well :p
Cool video, bit dizzy now *grabs barf bag* LOL!!

No need to kill! Happy Halloween :D http://www.mediafire.com/file/wbp5tvc664qhwyj/Ghost+Guitar.zip Dry and wet version of just the guitar. Wait, you didn't even say trick or treat!

Thanks Orlando, they all have such a unique sound. Amazing such simple instruments can sound so good and you play these fretless with only one finger (with a slide). I have one made from an Altoids breath mints tin I need to record, but it's difficult to play being so tiny hahaha I was watching some you tube videos of people playing cigar box guitars in similar style, no drums or bass backing, just love the atmosphere they can create! This one just seemed too lonely and needed a bit of company. I have a 3 string fretted one to string up and try, maybe I'll have time this weekend to do that.

Nothing makes me happier than sharing these :D I've given a number of these guitars away and you should see people's smile when they get one! The sound is amazing from each one. This one is my first only electric, got a pick up out of my Ibanez Gio which got an upgrade. I use a contact mic in the others so they're acoustic/electric. Thanks PapaNelson :D

With my artist name it was a perfect fit hahaha!! I'll post a picture tomorrow of them. They say the devil is the great deciever so what better form than a cute little pussy cat (^._.^)/ I love the meme Cat of Northern Darkness and Abbath, we've found the one fortold of!
I picked up some extra fuel this year, that sucked last year when it ran out halfway through that fat guy and we had to finish by hand!

Doom blues, what a perfect pair up being my two favorite genres :p Oh for sure more on the way. These guitars are addicting not only to build but to play!

I learned about cigar box guitars about a year ago, HAD to have one!! I'm a handyman by trade so building one was the only acceptable option. They're literally a stick stuck through a box, and as intricate or as simple as you choose to make them. The sounds out of them though :O All my regular guitars and basses have Grumpy cat (the great lord and master) on them, except my 5 string has just paw prints. That's my only cbg with grumpy, the rest typically have really cool artwork so I leave them that way. I saw that pic needing music and immediately said I'll compose for this! Improv playing, like most of my guitar playing. Thanks Wobbin the evil chef, I'll have a very nice supply of trick or treaters for you this year so sharpen up that chainsaw 3:D>