Blue Plum Festival Giveaway

Are you dreaming of a Blue(s) Christmas??

SlackJack Guitars is giving away this 3-string cigar box guitar as a part of the Blue Plum Festival’s ‘I’m Dreaming of a Blue(s) Christmas’ promotion.  Please read our post on the history of the cigar box guitar.  These instruments were used to make Blues and Old Time music during the Depression Era and we are bringing back that piece of American History for you to enjoy. 

Cigar Box guitars are imperfect instruments.  They have flaws, they are not a $2,000.00 Martin or Gibson.  What they do have is a primal sound with more soul than just about any instrument you will ever get your hands on.  I love building these instruments because every one is different and they all have a unique sound that is their own.  You can play just about any kind of music on these things but for some reason the blues just fit like a glove. 

The specs on this particular guitar are:

• Scale Length:  24 3/4″ from bridge to nut
• Acoustic/Electric:  Has a built in mic type pickup for plugging into an amp
• 3 String Fretless (must have a slide to play) with fret markers burned into the wood
• Neck:  solid Walnut with a liminated walnut headstock
• Other parts:  A mix of old stuff laying around and new shiny pretty stuff–that’s what a cigar box guitar is supposed to be!!!
• Tuning:  It is currently tuned to an open G (G-D-G) but you can tune to any key you want.  You may break a string experimenting with different tunings but try it ’til you find what you like!! 
• THERE ARE NO RULES TO PLAYING OR TUNING A CIGAR BOX GUITAR, YOUR IMAGINATION IS THE ONLY THING THAT WILL LIMIT YOU!!
• If you studied music theory, great!!  Take most of what you learned and toss it in the garbage then grab a cigar box guitar and play the lid off of it!!