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Cigar Box Guitar Instructional Video CD
Seperately Over an hour of
video closeups. How to tune a
CBG How to play slide
on a fretless CBG How to play a
fretted CBG Licks, tricks and
tips Intricate
fingerstyle picking and chording Includes
instructions on how to play "Baby please Don't
Go" Basic Music
Theory Bluesboy JAG CBG
Manual Tabs " I've been playing six and
12 string guitar (on and off) for
30 years, within an hour of
watching Jag's video, I learned more about
playing fingerstyle and
slide than I've picked up from the countless books and
competing videos I've wasted money on over the
years. I can't recommend or endorse Jag's video
lessons highly enough.
It's opened up a whole new style of playing for
me. Jag's video makes it simple.
You'll learn most all of what
you need to know about
fingerstyle and slide in nothing flat. It's
a rarity that I buy something and it's a hell of a lot
more than I ever
expected. Most products these
days are a let-down, Your's is just the
opposite! In short....Doughboy says
"Buy it!" Thanks again, Ron "Blind Doughboy"
Marr
I havent see the video he
sell, but have picked up some cool stuff from his
youtube vids. you can't get RL Burnside or
Jessie Mae Hemphill from anybody
else that I know of.... Jag is the man if you want to
learn to play CBG or blues!! Big Daddy
I have a friend who purchased a BluesBoyJag
instructional playing video as an early Christmas
present for himself. I just wanted to pass along
that he is raving over it. He get's lots of blues
music and instructional stuff and Jag is right up
there at the top of the list according to my blues
playing friend. Ray Heilman
Just $24.95 + $4 shipping. Click
the button to order
See
the video catalog of my cigar box guitars complete with
music recorded with them.
Bluesboy Jag and the
Slackjawed Yokels at the White Water Tavern, Little
Rock.
Jag at Deep Blues Fest,
Minneapolis, Minn 7/19/08
Jag live at the Deep Blues
festival, Minneapolis 2008 "Mean People Blues" played on
my main CBG axe.
Black Punch Cigar Box
Uke Humbucker
Cigar Box Guitar
Bluesboy JAG Cigar
Box Guitar, Tube amp, Bluesboy Jag Boogie Board
Foot Stomper
Two Year Old Video of my
Fretless CBG's Humbucker and Radio
Amp See
a video of Curtis Blues playing one of my acoustic
CBGs A
video of JAG Playing the Third Annual Cigar Box Guitar
Extravaganza, Huntsville, Al 6/9/07
Can you spot Jag in this
promo video? View
a 20 minute livingroom concert of me playing my cigar box
guitars Three
String Cigar Box Bass Video Fretless
Resonator Cigar Box Guitar Video Cigar
Box Dulcitar (Dulcimer Guitar) Video One
String Electric Diddley Bow Video See
a video pesentation of a previously sold CBG
case. An entire song recorded with
only Cigar box Guitar. Lead solos were recorded on a one
string diddley bow
Order
Your Bluesboy JAG Cigar Box Guitar
Here
Bluesboy
JAG Hand Wound Cigar Box Guitar Pickups I am now shipping Bluesboy
JAG CBG's with my own hand wound pickups. Made exclusively for Bluesboy
JAG Electric Cigar Box Guitars for "Superior
Tone". These puppies are completely
hand wound which means several hours of painstaking
detailed work. Many people who make thier own pickups use
machines and they guide the wire and patiently monitor
the process just in case it goes haywire. I actually WIND MY OWN BY
HAND! It takes a lot of patience and skill and a lot of
trial and error to get it right,but some of us think it
is worth it. Machine wound pickups are set
into an automated machine that guides and lays the
wire.While these pickups may sound just fine to the
untrained ear, he result is a somewhat uneven tone. My
pickups have a much better tone for a cigar box guitar,
they add more mid range, giving the CBG a more even
sound. CBG's are known to have a very treble tone, my
pickups compensate for that. In addition to that, my CBG's
with my pickups installed have an excellent ZZTOP or
Black Keys type of humbucker tone (my pickups
are not technically humbuckers but that's another
discussion) which sounds absolutely
INCREDIBLE with a little tube distortion
and a glass slide. Check
out example
#1.
Example
#2. See
several videos of my cigar box guitars with these
pickups. Each pickup is hand prepared
and coated for protection. I use very strong Alnico V
andneodymium magnets that are the industry choice for
electric guitar pickups, not cheap hobby shop
magnets. These pickups use industry
standard copper wire and several thousand winds per
bobbinfor that extra HOT tone, just what Bluesboy JAG
CBG's demand. Warm, full tones for mellow guitar passages
and STINGING 50's style hot overdrive for when you REALLY
wanna knock 'em dead! They will arrive complete
with leads ready to be soldered into a guitar jack or
volume knob.
Hand
Made Cigar Box Guitar Cases by Jonathan Teague Hand made out of discarded
lumber, old oil paintings, panelling and anything else I
can find. Generally speaking these are usually designed
to fit a specific model of one of my CBGs however some
cases are adjustable for any CBG. Each custom cigar box guitar case
is just
$79.99
Bluesboy
JAG Hand Wound Pickups Listen here:
Check
out example
#1.
Example
#2. I am now shipping
Bluesboy JAG CBG's with my own hand wound
pickups. Made exclusively
for Bluesboy JAG Electric Cigar Box Guitars for "Superior
Tone". These puppies are
completely
hand
wound which means
several hours of painstaking detailed work. Many people
who Machine wound
pickups are set into an automated machine that guides and
lays the wire.While these pickups may sound just fine to
the untrained ear, he result is a somewhat uneven tone.
My pickups have a much better tone for cigar box guitars,
they add more mid range, giving the CBG a more even
sound. CBG's are known to have a very treble tone, my
pickups compensate for that. In addition to
that, many of my CBG's with my pickups installed have an
excellent ZZTOP or Black Keys type of Each pickup is
hand prepared and coated for protection. I use very
strong Alnico V andneodymium magnets that are the
industry choice for electric guitar pickups, not cheap
hobby shop magnets. These pickups use
industry standard copper wire and several thousand winds
per bobbinfor that extra HOT tone, just what Bluesboy JAG
CBG's demand. Warm, full tones for mellow guitar passages
and STINGING 50's style hot overdrive for when you REALLY
wanna knock 'em dead! You can also
purchase the pickups separately for $39.99 each plus $5
shipping.They will arrive complete with leads ready to be
soldered into a guitar jack or volume
knob. Bluesboy Jag Cigar
Box Guitar Pickup. $39.95!!
Three String
Sound
Clip 1 Cookie Tin Banjo
Sound
Clip 2 Sound
Clip 4 An
entire song recorded with only CBG's. Lead solos
were recorded on a
All the amps on my page are
examples of previously sold amps unless otherwise noted - I
build to order depending on what type of boxes I
have. Let me know what type of amp you
are looking for.
tried out my
amp today. cool tone .sounds like a
tube amp.i think
that speaker may be bad(i supplied
speaker in antique
radio). i actually took it out of the
box tried it in
the parking lot of gig.took it in and
had sound man mic
it .played three songs with
cigarbox guitar you
made for me and two with gibson
les paul.crowd was
diggin it.i gave your web site info
to several
players as they said they have to
have one.thanks for
the professional service and
awsome product.product
isnt really a good word for
something with such
attitude and life,thanks for introducing
me to my new band
member.paul jones Click
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Now You can pre-order by
clicking below. All my amps are $69 for a small amp
and $99 for a large + $18 shipping. Pick
your amp box here and I'll make
it! Small and Medium Amps
Are $69.99 Large Amps Are
$99.99 All amps are 7 watts
and run off a 9 volt battery. They are plenty loud
enough for livingroom jamming. Depending on the
components I have available, some have external
speaker outputs so you can plug them into the PA or
a larger amp and can run off AC power. I use this
setup live and can get a GREAT tone thru my 100
Watt Music Man amp. Please specify if this is the
type of amp you would like.
Classic 50's AM radio
converted to a 7 watt guitar amp. $199.99 SOLD!!
One of the first portable
battery operated radios from the 1940's converted
into a 7 watt guitar amp. $199.99
Order your Amp Below
Pickup
inside, just plug a regular guitar cord into
it! Plug it
into your bass or guitar amp and just stomp
on it! Just like
the old days but
ELECTRIFIED! Great for
acoustic or electric acts, even full
bands! Great for
busking, one man bands No
batteries required Get a
great bass drum or snare like sound depending
on where you stomp! Angled for
sittng or standing. Painted
jet black and covered with several coats of
polyurethane. Excellent
for recording: I use it
to record guitar and drums at the same time -
live, no need for a drum machine or samples.
This also allows you to vary the tempo and
record live, then add more tracks later
without having to re-record the drums which
is EXTREMELY difficult to do after one
percussion track is recorded. I often
record several guitar/boogie board tracks in
one night, then go back and add bass, vocals,
lead, etc... later. Playing my Boogie
Board with my Cigar
Box Guitar
in my
pajamas. Please note, your
Boogie Board doesn't have a band logo on it,
but ask me and maybe I can add one for a bit
extra. Listen
to my boogie board here Order
your Boogie Board below for just $39.99
+ $10
shipping Order
my Cigar Box Guitar CD
here
all
songs recorded on a cigar box
guitar Order
my Dobro Blues (Four Strings) CD
here
1/2 the songs recorded on a
CBG Order
my Cookie Tin Banjo CD
here
all songs recorded on a cookie tin
banjo Download
my CD's From iTunes (Bluesboy
JAG) Download
my CD's from Magnatune.com and pay
whatever you
want!
I've been
playing guitar for almost 30 years and recording
for almost as long. I've been a guitar teacher for
25 years, specializing in beginners and fingerstyle
acoustic blues. I started playing in a cover band
in Little Rock while still in high school. Opened
up my own recording studio in 1984 (still in
business) and recorded about 40 90 minute cassettes
of my own music over the next 20+ years. Got into
blues after discovering Robert Johnson and RL
Burnside. I've recorded over 20 full length CD's in
the past 4 years including acoustic blues, electric
blues, piano blues, ambient electronic and
experimental electronic. I play regularly at local
bars and coffehouses, playing my cigar box guitar
and 6 string Simon and Patrick acoustic. I've made
over 500 CBG's of various types.s Clinton
Tedford Pheonix
Arizona
JAG's
the real deal!!! I've played his cigar box
guitars and they absolutely rock. His cds
are mandatory listening for any prim-rock
wannabe. -Shane
Speal,
self-proclaimed king of the Cigar Box
Guitar
I
love my three string cigar box
guitar. But it's dangerous to have
around. Whenever I grab it, I
can't put it down. It's seriously
addictive. Though intimidated at
first by the lack of frets, I've found it
to be very easy to play. It's well
constructed and the electronics work
fine. And the best thing about it of
course, is that all the groupies go crazy
over my new natural sounding
groove. Doug
Czajkowski
The
guitar came today, we love it, and it
sounds great. Thank
you. RAF richardalanfox.com
Deb
is so happy withthe banjo! This is the
best present we have ever given her since
the bouncy horse she got for Christmas the
year she turned 4! I saw the pictures of
it on your website. It looks
awesome. Mary
Davis melkdav@NOSPAMgmail.com
This
thing is great. All the blues licks I used
in my banjo days Frank
Andrews I
got your cigarbox...great work...sounds
cool....still experimenting but I am very
pleased with the slide sound
especially! Thanks
again Jim
Got
the guitar for my son. Its great! Will get
one for myself soon. Thanks!
Lionel Johnston
I
just received my first cigar box guitar by
Jag, and I simply couldn't be happier with
it! This little instrument is a whole lot
of fun, and EASY to play. I've owned a
bunch of musical instruments over the past
30 years, but dollar for dollar this has
got to be THE best bargain I've ever had!
Jag is a true craftsman! I
know that he plays it with a slide, but
for myself, I've found that the neck is so
silky smooth that I like to "fret" the
strings and slide up and down the
fingerboard that way. Overdrive
it a bit, through a little tube amp, (or
in my case a solid state amp with a tube
emulator pedal), and you've got the
makings for some geniuine, heart grindin',
foot stompin', po' boy, street corner
blues. For a different sound I'm thinkin'
about getting another one fretted . . .
string it up lighter, and try it with a
drone string (like a mountain dulcimer.) I
think that would be the cat's ass,
too! I
can't wait to incorporate this into my
band's "MucklandMusic"
sound! Kevin
Sprague http://www.mucklandcrooners.com Hi! I've left
positive feedback for you (of course!), but I just
have to tell you personally, this Harley guitar has
an absolutely amazing tone! I believe that this is
your best CBG style guitar yet! Congratulationson a
tremendous instrument! Bob
Serra
I recieved my
cgb on friday and have barely set it down since.
This is an incredibly fun little instrument. Your
craftsmanship is superior. Thanks so
much. Bryan
Smith
I received my CBG yesterday
and played it forseveral hours. I thoroughly
enjoyed the uniqueness of the instrument and expect
I will log many, many hours playing it. I tried it
in open A, open G and G5. Open A seems to be
optimal with the strings it came with.
I would like to compliment
you on your craftsmanship (my wife sends her
compliments aswell). I played the instrument
through my Ampeg Jet tube amp, straight into the
amp and also through a Korg ToneWorks processor,
with excellent results. I also played it through my
Fender Acoustasonic amp which produced very
appealing tones and really brought out and enhanced
the acoustic properties of the instrument. Thanks
for being out there and also for your prompt
service. I really appreciate what you're
doing! Bobby Q
Jag Man i LOVE
this thing! It's got a REAL nasty slide tone,
perfect to wake the neighbors! HIGHLY recommended!
Thanks! Josh Redding,
Jackson Mississippi
Ibought three
of Bluesboy JAG's cigar box guitars and I love them
all - they all have a unique sound. I've told
several friends about you, hope some sales come
your way soon! Matt Johnson,
Benton Arkansas
I fianlly got
a Blueboy JAG CBG and it was well worth the wait.
JAG plays the HELL out of them and he knows how to
build them. The neck is super easy to play, the
intonation is perfect and his hand wound pickups
sound like a Gibson ES 335! Michael
Harding, Ypsalanti Michigan
I saw
Bluesboy play one of these
at
the
Whitewater and I hust HAD to have one! They rock!
Chad O'Keef,
Little Rock Arkansas
Benny Timms
Tulsa Oklahoma
Sam in
California
I gave the
"black punch" acoustic (no pickup!) cbg to my
boyfriend for his He's also
going to write He used it
for busking on the waterfront of Old Town
Alexandria, VA He really is
entranced. Debbie Big thanks to
Bluesboy Jag for making a CBG for my girlfriend to
give
I'm very glad
& proud to have a Jag Cbb . Pablo in
Italy
It just
occurred to me that I may not have contacted you
after I received my CBG from you??? If not I need
to thank you profusely as I am Hooked! So Thank
You! Kim Boyle
Brad Gray
Conway, Ar
Willem
Headers, Nashville, Tn
Antonio
Valdez, Mexico City, Mexico
amp.i think
that speaker may be bad(i supplied
speaker in antique
radio). i actually took it out of the
box tried it in
the parking lot of gig.took it in and
had sound man mic
it .played three songs with cigarbox guitar you
made for me and two with gibson les paul.crowd
was diggin it.i gave your web site info
to several
players as they said they have to
have one.thanks
for the professional service and
awsome product.product
isnt really a good word for
something with such
attitude and life,thanks for introducing
me to my new
band member.paul jones
it was actually kind of a
Christmas present tomyself so I only really gave it
a once over before Christmas day. I love the>
action of it for slide - I myself use a ground down
wine-bottle neck whichproduces an extremly warm
tone.. Overall I' hugely pleased with my order and
will definitelsave your web-page in my favourites!
Regards, Oliver Smith.
UK
Jag!!!!! I never tought I own, let
alone PLAY a 4 string guitar!! This thing is
amazing! I love the tone and so does my amp. I'm
using a Princeton reverb and the natural distortion
of that puppy just makes my mouth water. Your
skills are second to none my friend! Keep up the
good work, i'm emailing my friends about your site
now! Jim Rogers, Oklahoma City,
OK
Bluesboy Thanks SO MUCfor the fast
delivery of my cigar box guitar! I knew it was
going to be fun to play but this is truly amazing!
The tone and action are perfect and my metal slide
has fantastic sustain. I'm going to be busy with
this thing the next few weeks with my
band. Thanks again Tavis Wheeler, Joplin,
Mo North
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"A hand made one
of a kind cigar box guitar that will turn heads and
last a lifetime."
Yes I Ship Worldwide!
and a 3 string 12 inch candy tin guitar, the 'bass' is
actually a 3 string Cigar box Guitar. tuned down.
More clips below.
Each case is diffferent, some use a hinge and real
handle, some use a wrapped wire for a handle, some have
different materials on the inside than others. Keep in
mind that it takes several hours to procure the materials
and make the case and each is one of a kind. They are
about the size of a shotgun case.
make thier own pickups use machines and they guide the
wire and patiently monitor the process just in case it
goes haywire.
I actually WIND MY OWN BY HAND! It takes a lot of
patience and skill and a lot of trial and error to get it
right,but some of us think it is worth it.
humbucker tone (my pickups are not technically humbuckers
but that's another discussion) which sounds absolutely
INCREDIBLE
with a little tube distortion and a glass slide.
Check
out example
#1.
Example
#2.
Order
Your Bluesboy JAG Cigar Box Guitar Here
ONE STRING diddley bow and a 3 string 12 inch candy
tin guitar, the 'bass' is
actually a 3 string CBG tuned down.
Made from real
cigar boxes and old radios
Arvin AM Radio
Zenith AM Radio
Order
Your Bluesboy JAG Cigar Box Guitar Here
suddenly work again, and what sustain!
This thing sounds great, and
the construction is amazing. I haven't
gone to high-G tuning yet.
Jag,
Been playing for thirty + years and Jag's CBG's
have given my playing a new lease on life. These
things are hard to put down (just ask my
wife!)
Jag- I just had to let you know how your instrument
was recieved. I
thought my husband would have to learn how to play
it for awhile, but
no,instead he tuned it, plugged it in and started
playing it like he had
it his whole life! He's in love with it. He said,
"finally that blues
sound I've been looking for!". He even called me
today from his day
job where he works with kids in a juvinile
detentention center and he
brought his CBG and everyone was amazed, one of the
correctional officers
happened to have a harmonica with him and they
started playing and
pretty soon had a crowd. Tomorrow he's performing
at a big festival and has
already come up with a couple of songs he's going
to play. I'm going
to take a picture of him playing there and email it
to you. I want to thank
you again for making it so fast, shipping it so
soon, and making it soundso good.
50th and he won't stop playing it! And I mean not
for a second.
By the way, it's plenty loud enough for his
show.
you to thank you for building such a beautiful
instrument.
Thanks for all of your help and advice. You really
delivered for me.
yesterday and the guitar caused quite a stir.
People just stared. And
with no mic. I gave him some other things for his
b-day, but I only needed to give him the
cbg!
me for my birthday! I am an acoustic one man band
in the Delta style
and have known about your guitars and excellent
playing for a while.
I play clubs and school shows and all Summer for
the last 10 years or
so I've played in Old Town Alexandria outside on
the waterfront
busking. I wasn't sure if the CBG would be loud
enough acoustic for
my outdoor show since I play National Steel
Tri-cone usually. I have
been amazed at how great it comes across while
busking. I walk right
up to the crowd so everybody can see the tooth pick
frets and it is a
big hit. I use a heavy percussive style with finger
and thumb picks
and the thing really carries! I tell people that
JAG is the
Stradivari of CBGs.
Hi. The bass has arrived. It's
wonderful!
Hey Jag,
Tremendous craftsmanship - this thing is
AWESOME!
I can put my punch CBG down, it's really made a BIG
difference in my playing.
I am enjoying my new cbg very much! Thank
you!
tried out my amp today. cool tone .sounds like a
tube
Hey Jag, sorry I took a while to
send this email but have been pretty swamped with
Christams etc. Thanks very much for the replacement
pup, and information cd - it sounds so sweet in the
guitar. Your album, "Drop Down" sounded great too -
favourite tracks are "Lil Sister", and "Dimples".
I'm very pleased with the guitaronly really
properly spent time with it now, as
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