Music from home made instruments

In this episode, I play some blues riffs on a three string cigar box guitar I built from a DIY (do it yourself) kit.

In this episode, I play some improvised blues riffs on a three string acoustic fretless cigar box guitar of my own design.

In this episode, I play a somewhat modernized version of an American folk tune, "She'll be comin' round the mountain" on an acoustic guitar I built myself from parts supplied by a local vendor. The guitar features a neck with a threaded bolt along with attached fretboard and frets, as well as tuners, string anchors and strings. This instrument has three strings. Also, the bridge is...

In this episode, I play a cigar box diddley bow with a piezo disk pickup. This is an instrument of my own design. The instrument includes a piece of steel picture hanging wire, two brass ferrules, a tuner consisting of an eye bolt with accompanying nut, as well as two washers and a wing nut. There are also two wood dowels serving as a nut and a bridge, though this sort of instrument requires only...

In this episode, I play an original composition called "Silk Road" on a one string bass featuring a cigar box, a broom stick and a steel wire "string."

In this episode, I play a cigar box diddley bow of my own design. Diddley bows are American folk instruments typical of the Deep South. My version consists of a wood board, a cigar box guitar, two screw eyes, an aluminum can, two nails and a steel picture hanging wire "string." Note the wood dowel in the photo. The dowel is an unnecessary feature and was left over from another project. My...

In this episode, I describe and play boat paddle guitar of my own design. My source of inspiration was a video featuring a boat oar guitar with a magnetic pickup. My version has a piezo disk pickup but for this episode, I play the guitar as an acoustic instrument. The guitar itself features fret lines and dots I burned into the handle with a wood burning tool. The bridge and nut consist of wood do...

In this episode, I describe and play a three-string cigar box guitar I built from scratch, using a maple neck supplied by a company who supplies Do it yourself kits, as well as supplies related to cigar box guitars and similar instruments. The tune I play is an original piece I call "Dream of the steppes." I play this fretless guitar with a medicine bottle glass slide. This cigar box guita...

In this episode, I introduce this podcast and demonstrate one of my homemade instruments. This is the first cigar box guitar I ever built. My source of inspiration was a website about how to build cigar box guitars. More recently, I started building cigar box guitars from DIY kits. Some of these kits are a lot easier to build and inspired me to build cigar box guitars of my own design.