Slowpaw

[wharf rat]

Cigar box guitars on CNN this evening with Mike Rowe.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/03/living/cigar-box-guitars-mike-rowe-somebodys-gotta-do-it/index.html

 

[RPMDAD]

wr, thanks for the info. will definitely try to catch it.

 

[wharf rat]

Not a cigar box but a recent craigslist find.
Listed as a 58, but turns out it's a 1956 Roy Smeck in stellar condition.

 

[RPMDAD]

Excellent find my friend. Excellent. Nice lookin Git.

 

[wharf rat]

Excellent find my friend. Excellent. Nice lookin Git.

Had a few offers on it but think she's staying for a while.
Sounds good with my modeling amps but would really like a vintage tube to match her up with.

 

[wharf rat]

Fretless four, 24inch scale, walnut neck, red oak board, Gitty tuners/parts, straight wired with an original Elmar Flat Pickup.

 

[wharf rat]

Thanksgiving in the studio with my good friend Rob.
Auld Lang Syne cigar box cover.
A fretted four and three string were used over three tracks.

https://clyp.it/b0udqsut

 

[littlelady]

Beautiful. Auld Lang Syne, wr. It is amazing that you make those instruments yourself.

 

[wharf rat]

Did these during the last storm. Enjoy.

 

[littlelady]

What peaceful sounding music you make! I, especially, love Beautiful Dreamer. Thanks for posting!

 

[wharf rat]

Some more for the pile. One electric (rod bridge pickup) and one acoustic.

 

[littlelady]

Nice!

Is that driftwood the instruments are lying on? It looks almost identical to a piece we had in my backyard landscaping growing up in NOLA.

 

[wharf rat]

It's a stump from a dogwood tree.

 

[GWguy]

Ya know.... I've been seeing this thread for years and it only just now hit me.....

Slowpaw.... Slowhand. One of my favorite songs. Just call me SlowBrain.

 

[wharf rat]

Ya know.... I've been seeing this thread for years and it only just now hit me.....

Slowpaw.... Slowhand. One of my favorite songs. Just call me SlowBrain.

Most folks think the name has something to do with Clapton. I like his playing but was never a real fan.

 

[wharf rat]

Been home alone for a few weeks. With the rainy weather and such, figured it was a good time to learn how to use Audacity and Movie Maker.
Music from last night. Video from last summer.
Fretless four string cigar box with a Goguen pickup.

 

[Larry Gude]

Been home alone for a few weeks. With the rainy weather and such, figured it was a good time to learn how to use Audacity and Movie Maker.
Music from last night. Video from last summer.
Fretless four string cigar box with a Goguen pickup.

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Nice

 

[littlelady]

Been home alone for a few weeks. With the rainy weather and such, figured it was a good time to learn how to use Audacity and Movie Maker.
Music from last night. Video from last summer.
Fretless four string cigar box with a Goguen pickup.

Beautiful, as usual! Your music is always so soothing and the water/cloud scene is amazing. You bring a smile to my face every time.

 

[RPMDAD]

Saw that on youtube, very nice wr

 

[wharf rat]

Got this in the mail today from a friend in the U.K. We met in the cigar box world but he went in a different direction.
After just a few years, he's now one of the most well known artist in the Weissenborn guitar world.
For those who actually know me, take a look at the credits in the second picture.