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Boxstock The Movie 2011 - The UK Cigar Box Guitar Festival
I've just rediscovered this old video of the 2011 edition of Boxstock, the UK Cigar Box Guitar Festival.
Featuring:
StumbleCol
Lost Tone
Chickenbone John
Andy Bole and The Khalgani Dancers
Tinqui
Hollowbelly
Ben Prestage
It feels like a long time ago, and indeed it was! Back then I was somewhat younger, enthusiastic, ambitious and energetic. Nevertheless...Boxstock continues to happen. On this occasion we were fortunate to find a great venue and had some great performers...from UK, USA and France! It was a bit of a wild ride in terms of making it happen, logistically and financially.
It's a long video, so feel free to dip in and out of it..I may try and editing it down into a shorter form.
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Видео

In the Chickenbone John workshop today
Просмотров 6032 месяца назад
Here are a few things with we have on the bench at the moment. One is a licence plate guitar, and although it's a pretty simple project, it does require a fair amount of accurate working to ensure that the neck aligns properly and that the through body stringing is also bang-on.
How to carve a guitar neck by hand in two and a half minutes.
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Here's how to carve a cigar box guitar neck with just two simple hand tools - a half-round rasp and a spokeshave. I show this in real time, and including the set-up it takes just three minutes, all it needs is some sanding to smooth out the tool marks and it's done. We use power tools in our workshop, but I think woodworking is about using the appropriate tool and technique, and for carving a g...
On the bench this week - experimenting with rubbed finishes for guitar necks
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Here's what we've been trying this past week - using combinations of French polish (shellac) and TruOil on our guitar necks
Amit Dattani performing "Midnight Special" at the Iron House in Birmingham.
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Amit Dattani performing "Midnight Special" at the Iron House in Birmingham.
Adjustable height bridges for cigar box guitar
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We use simple floating bridges on a lot of our guitars, and in the past we've made a few adjustable height types, but never been entirely happy with them, as they wear rather clumsy and bulky. Here's our latest idea inspired by the simple and basic adjustable height floating bride used on Harmony Stella guitars. It's all pretty simple, although a little fiddly to make, but they do work nicely. ...
Acoustic 3 string guitar with Fishman pickup
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This is a guitar for a customer in the USA, effectively an acoustic box with "A" bracing . Fitted with a Fishman under saddle pickup, with a bone saddle in a floating bridge. Played through my Fender Super Champ on the clean channel.
Thorns & Roses 3 string resonator guitar
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Here's a guitar just completed for a customer. Acoustically its quite loud, and when plugged you still get a lot of that resophonic tone. Special artwork by Anne Zilpha. www.chickenbonejohn.com
A simple 3 string fretless cigarbox guitar, made by ChickenboneJohn
Просмотров 9957 месяцев назад
Here's a very simple fretless cigar box guitar -3 strings, short scale (22 3/4 inch with a single coil electric pickup. There's no need for the action to be high, if properly made these guitars can be played with fingers in a conventional way and with a slide. We generally prefer to put a magnetic pickup in our guitars rather than a passive piezo, as they are so much more useable and predictabl...
Scaffoldboard 3 string guitar
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I made a guitar from a recycled scaffold board for a client who runs a company specialising in making products from recycled scaffold boards, and there was enough timber to a make second one, which is shown in this video. www.chickenbonejohn.com
Fender Super Champ X2 - a Princeton for 1/4 the price?
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Here's my thoughts on the Fender Super Champ X2. For players on a tight budget, this is perhaps the nearest Fender amp to a Princeton...and at almost 1/4 the price it is much more affordable. Why do I suggest this? Both are valve (tube) amps (the Super Champ is valve/tube hybrid), They have 10 inch speakers,. Both put out about the same power (Princeton 12 Watt , Super Champ X2 15 Watt) They ar...
3 string Partagas "Chickenbacker" cigarbox guitar by Chickenbone John
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I like putting "wings" onto cigar box guitars - we can use cast-off pieces of timber to fashion the body extensions, and it makes the guitar better balanced for playing on a strap, and more comfortable for playing when seated. This one is somewhat inspired by Rickenbacker body shapes, so perhaps that makes it a "Chickenbacker" . This one has a humbucker with a coil split switch, a simple but ef...
Twin pickup "New Cuba" cigarbox guitar by Chickenbone John
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Installing two pickups gives a much wider tonal scope than just a single pickup. It's more work, but not that difficult once you've worked out how to wire the 3-way switch. Played though a Fender Super Champ X2 amplifier. www.chickenbonejohn.com
Double Top cigar box guitar by Chickenbone John
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This is basically a 3 string guitar, but with a double course top, strung with an additional light string to give an octave pair on the top for a ringing, chimey sound. Played though a Fender Super Champ X2 amplifier. www.chickenbonejohn.com
3 string Montecristo cigar box guitar by ChickenboneJohn
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3 string cigar box guitar, with minihumbucker pickup. Played through a Fender SuperChamp X2. www.chickenbonejohn.com
Harmony Stella 929
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Harmony Stella 929
Chickenbone John's amp and pedalboard setup
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Chickenbone John's amp and pedalboard setup
Fender DeLuxe Reverb FSR Limited Edition
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Fender DeLuxe Reverb FSR Limited Edition
More advice on one chord tunes for cigar box guitar
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More advice on one chord tunes for cigar box guitar
One chord tunes on cigar box guitar
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One chord tunes on cigar box guitar
Preparing a belt sander for work.
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Preparing a belt sander for work.
Trimming a guitar fretboard to width.
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Trimming a guitar fretboard to width.
Basic tools for making cigar box guitars - PART 2
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Basic tools for making cigar box guitars - PART 2
Basic tools for making cigar box guitars - PART 1
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Basic tools for making cigar box guitars - PART 1
Airline guitar (made by Harmony) fitted with a vintage DeArmond soundhole pickup.
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Airline guitar (made by Harmony) fitted with a vintage DeArmond soundhole pickup.
Cutting circles and rings on the bandsaw - making a reso guitar sound well
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Cutting circles and rings on the bandsaw - making a reso guitar sound well
Chickenbone John Festival Trading Set-Up
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Chickenbone John Festival Trading Set-Up
Boxstock - The UK Cigar Box Guitar Festival 2023
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Boxstock - The UK Cigar Box Guitar Festival 2023
Boxstock 2023 -Sam and Ricardo
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Boxstock 2023 -Sam and Ricardo
Guitar scale length and fret setting-out
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Guitar scale length and fret setting-out

Комментарии

  • @MrTodd2000
    @MrTodd2000 4 дня назад

    that is what I would think ! As long as the frets are marked and you push down properly .......

  • @user-cc5qr9vl9p
    @user-cc5qr9vl9p 11 дней назад

    super!👍 Спасибо Джон за хороший урок. Добрая память Джону Ли Хукеру.!

  • @jaimealexisedades8871
    @jaimealexisedades8871 13 дней назад

    I am a proud user bought one in Long and McQuade Toronto! I love your box cigar guitar!!! 🎸 Did they stop 🛑 making boxes? 📦

  • @johnr4898
    @johnr4898 14 дней назад

    Thank you.

  • @adamkapolka
    @adamkapolka 15 дней назад

    Another great lesson! Thanks!

  • @frazerwilliams1368
    @frazerwilliams1368 16 дней назад

    Had one for Xmas 1977....Thought it was the bees knees, played it through an old Selma 50 watt amp. Moved on to other copies in the late 70's to an Avon Les Paul, then a MIJ squire which I wish I'd never got rid of 😏

  • @adamkapolka
    @adamkapolka 16 дней назад

    Great lesson - Thanks!

  • @totalphildozers
    @totalphildozers 17 дней назад

    Man, thank you for this!! Love from Chicagoland, Illinois, USA!

  • @stevenpetranyi2902
    @stevenpetranyi2902 18 дней назад

    Well fantasise no good I agree

  • @stevenpetranyi2902
    @stevenpetranyi2902 18 дней назад

    It's gonna be rechargeable

    • @ChickenboneJohn
      @ChickenboneJohn 18 дней назад

      It's not rechargeable, there are no batteries of any kind in this amp, so you have to use an external power supply, either a standard 9 Volt "wall wart" transformer or an external rechargeable battery pack.

  • @bobbymazda5891
    @bobbymazda5891 18 дней назад

    So cool !! Great work ! Where can i but a 6-string bridge and tail piece from yall?

  • @davidhamer8333
    @davidhamer8333 24 дня назад

    Brilliant as ever John. I've just finished putting together one of you very complete kits. Superb, thank you.

  • @benwright6330
    @benwright6330 25 дней назад

    "Oscar Schit Smella," .. 👉 10:56💥🤣🤛

  • @benwright6330
    @benwright6330 25 дней назад

    Chicken Bone John, ..wanted to ask you, ..are those Charcoal Grey Frosted ones rare as chicken bone's teeth or somethin? Because never ever see em anywhere on my little internet land tv radar screen. I have one but it doesn't have the Pin bridge, it's a floating bridge type, tailpiece one. ..love your exquisite guitar playing, ..15:57 oh Jesus, you are goood, ..mmm, tasty, ..🦝🔥🌌

    • @ChickenboneJohn
      @ChickenboneJohn 25 дней назад

      I've had two of them, kept one and not seen another. I'ver seen a two or three frosted ones in different colours out there on the inter web,but I reckon they are pretty rare.

  • @phillipknechtel9894
    @phillipknechtel9894 25 дней назад

    Well John just made one of your kits and it’s awesome. It is my favourite instrument and I have two Ibanez guitars as well. If I hit the strings, put it down and walk off it’s still resonating as I lock my den door. 😎👍🏻

  • @wolfdesikan1766
    @wolfdesikan1766 Месяц назад

    Thanks for this man! I'm going to do a Bo Diddley/Billy Gibbons cigar box Jupiter Firebird and this helps a lot.

  • @williamburbage5774
    @williamburbage5774 Месяц назад

    Thank you for your very helpful lessons on the CBG. Bill 😊

  • @christiantaylor4027
    @christiantaylor4027 Месяц назад

    Nice demo mate. Vox is making a lot of great stuff these days. My neighbors want me to have an A.C. 30 or at least a fleet of pathfinder amps. Or both . This mini 5 looks like a lot of features in a small package. Great for someone starting out or for small practice space. Good job John.

  • @jarrahoyen148
    @jarrahoyen148 Месяц назад

    thank you very much. was just looking about for correct info. you didn't give me the "answer" but you explained it so well i was able to get the correct answer for my question

  • @whatthepluck4126
    @whatthepluck4126 Месяц назад

    So informative thank you 🙏

  • @CigarboxSchulzi
    @CigarboxSchulzi Месяц назад

    *like*

  • @TheLookingOne
    @TheLookingOne Месяц назад

    Good points John For an electric CBG (when you don't care about the acoustics) with a surface-mount pickup, is it okay to NOT recess the top surface of the neck between the fret and the bridge? I'm going to attach the neck to the top of the cigar box. Should I glue the top neck surface to the bottom surface of the cigar box top?

    • @ChickenboneJohn
      @ChickenboneJohn Месяц назад

      We almost always have the underside of the top of the box in contact with the neckstick. We NEVER glue in our necks - if you need to get into the box to tinker with the neck angle, repair electrics etc, glueing in a neck makes it virtually impossible to take the guitar apart. Repairability is important, so we always fix our necks into the boxes with simple wood screws.

    • @TheLookingOne
      @TheLookingOne Месяц назад

      @@ChickenboneJohn Hey John, ANOTHER good point.

  • @TheRhinestoneRats-sn4vr
    @TheRhinestoneRats-sn4vr Месяц назад

    That guitar is mine now it’s great,I gig with it a lot and highly recorecommend johns guitars

  • @user-2Flipped563
    @user-2Flipped563 Месяц назад

    What key are you in Chicken bone John.

  • @quinnwilliams5163
    @quinnwilliams5163 Месяц назад

    Yessir Mr Chickenbone! Thanks for the great lesson

  • @williamsimm1323
    @williamsimm1323 Месяц назад

    How can I buy the cutaway cigar box guitar 3 string on your video playing just got paid.

    • @williamsimm1323
      @williamsimm1323 Месяц назад

      How can i buy your latest tele style cigar box guitar that you played on your video playing 25 lighters

    • @ChickenboneJohn
      @ChickenboneJohn Месяц назад

      We can custom make a similar one for you. Get in touch at: mail@chickenbonejohn.com and we can sort out a specification and price for you...worldwide shipping.

  • @blindboy102
    @blindboy102 Месяц назад

    Most excellent. Thanx for sharing. You have earned your place in Heaven!

  • @TheLookingOne
    @TheLookingOne Месяц назад

    Interesting. Could the string ferrules be mounted into the rear face of the neck instead of into the rear face of the body? Then the strings would not pass through the space below the neck inside the body. And for hinged cigar boxes, you could flip open the back when the strings are strung. (Am I correct about this last one?)

    • @ChickenboneJohn
      @ChickenboneJohn Месяц назад

      There's really no point in doing that, it makes everything more complicated as you'd have to drill out the back to load the strings and you couldn't easily do that with the adjustable neck system. It's much simpler to do what we do and put a continuous packer from neck to tail in the back of the box.

    • @TheLookingOne
      @TheLookingOne Месяц назад

      @@ChickenboneJohn Yeah. I called that off. I anchor my strings above the body. Cheers!

  • @TheLookingOne
    @TheLookingOne Месяц назад

    Hey CBJohn ! Whereabouts are you located? James Hargreaves layed out an approach to master the blues for 6 strings. ruclips.net/video/C8EAAVxvB4A/видео.html Is it possible to adjust his approach for 3 strings? If so, how?

  • @mulekickhandmadeguitars8465
    @mulekickhandmadeguitars8465 Месяц назад

    UPDATE: I just finished building my Treble/Bass CBG. Made it a 4-string. It sounds absolutely amazingly cool! Thanks John.

  • @TheLookingOne
    @TheLookingOne Месяц назад

    Hey CJ, Is your bridge held in place only by the tension of the strings? Can you move it around? Would you move it to: Adjust the tone? Adjust the action? For a good position to rest your hand?

    • @ChickenboneJohn
      @ChickenboneJohn Месяц назад

      It's a floating bridge, not glued down, which is how pretty much every guitar with tailpiece is made. It allows you to move it to get the intonation right.

    • @TheLookingOne
      @TheLookingOne Месяц назад

      @@ChickenboneJohn Ah. Have you played CBGs with fixed adjustable bridges with saddles and a tailpiece? If so, do you find them to hold their tune longer than floating bridges?

    • @ChickenboneJohn
      @ChickenboneJohn Месяц назад

      @@TheLookingOne That's a really illogical way to make a guitar. Using a trapeze tailpiece is redundant with a "hardtail" stye bridge. Either use a hardtail adjustable bridge or a tailpiece a with a floating bridge.

    • @TheLookingOne
      @TheLookingOne Месяц назад

      @@ChickenboneJohn Oh yes, one or the other. I was asking about only the hardtail bridge with saddles.

  • @tombeew
    @tombeew Месяц назад

    Great. Would be there. Thx lot for this Movie.

  • @johnaustin1825
    @johnaustin1825 Месяц назад

    How do I get on this?

    • @ChickenboneJohn
      @ChickenboneJohn Месяц назад

      If you play cigar box guitar, send me a link to your website or videos/recordings on social media. Our next event has some open mic spots, but all the payed performer spots are already booked. www.chickenbonejohn.com/products/tickets-boxstock-the-uk-cigar-box-guitar-festival-2024

    • @Crosshatch1212
      @Crosshatch1212 Месяц назад

      ​@@ChickenboneJohnhi John. I just got a kneck of you it's 19 fret that's for long box .I just watched youre vid about knecks .I did email you but think it was confusing cheers .

  • @Crosshatch1212
    @Crosshatch1212 Месяц назад

    Sent email john but not heard anything , to be honest I ain't to great with pasting pictures formats etc ,but it's edinburgh mark .bout kneck compatability with four boxes I got .cheers

  • @SoulOhm
    @SoulOhm Месяц назад

    Oh what a day that was❤ 🎉

  • @Shambala53
    @Shambala53 Месяц назад

    What's the tuning????

  • @Crosshatch1212
    @Crosshatch1212 Месяц назад

    Nice sat watch ,cheers

  • @killifish13
    @killifish13 2 месяца назад

    Just found your channel you rock. I'm a cigarbox guitar player from Canada love your lessons you are awesome .

  • @Crosshatch1212
    @Crosshatch1212 2 месяца назад

    You wanting a person to talk to that cld possibly do a job on the guitar cases ,ill ask him ,

  • @Crosshatch1212
    @Crosshatch1212 2 месяца назад

    John woukd it be OK if I emailed you .The box I got got broken but have another but dffrnt size to youre kneck I got .I will be looking to get a few more .Was just wanting to ask if you cld advise on a pic email ,thnks bit stuck ,lol

    • @ChickenboneJohn
      @ChickenboneJohn 2 месяца назад

      By all means, email us on mail@chickenbonejohn.com

    • @Crosshatch1212
      @Crosshatch1212 2 месяца назад

      @@ChickenboneJohn cheers John.

  • @deadlygeek
    @deadlygeek 2 месяца назад

    Lots going on - very nice. I’ve been thinking about making a case myself. Love to see how you build yours out or even just a more detailed tour of one. All the best from Canada.

    • @Crosshatch1212
      @Crosshatch1212 2 месяца назад

      You wnt go wrong getting one if hus gitar knecks well pleased with the one I got .very very good work and everything you need for a good looking as well as functioning.

  • @graemehay6885
    @graemehay6885 2 месяца назад

    G'day Chickenbone John, I've been following you for a few years now. I love your work.

  • @345builderman345
    @345builderman345 2 месяца назад

    Hi John. I noticed your leveler is 400mm long do you have any plans for supplying 200 & 600mm ones.

  • @Shambala53
    @Shambala53 2 месяца назад

    Do you have any books?

    • @ChickenboneJohn
      @ChickenboneJohn 2 месяца назад

      Sorry. what we do is either in-person or online.

  • @345builderman345
    @345builderman345 2 месяца назад

    Thanks for the video John. I got confused at 44 seconds when you said there was just a red and black wire as I could see a grey one. I put my glasses on and realised it was a shadow.

  • @benwright6330
    @benwright6330 2 месяца назад

    What about making a video where your installing a truss rod in the neck of one of them cool old Stella guitars you have, by routing a channel in the neck after steaming and hot knifing the fretboard off, ..or better yet, just leaving the fretboad on and going in thru the Back of the neck and routing a channel for the truss rod, and then covering the routed channel by gluing in a bit of hardwood for the Skunkstripe, and then routing a little access route into the front face of the paddle so it can be adjusted at the headstock, ..? 🙏🌌🔥🛐

    • @ChickenboneJohn
      @ChickenboneJohn 2 месяца назад

      These Stellas have a fixed steel reinforcement in the neck. I've had many of these through my workshop and most of them had decently straight necks that didn't need any structural work. Installing a truss rod really wouldn't be worth the effort on such a cheap guitar.

  • @benwright6330
    @benwright6330 2 месяца назад

    What would happen if you plugged a vocal mic into where your supposed to plug in the guitar and sang thru it fully overdriven, ..?

  • @benwright6330
    @benwright6330 2 месяца назад

    I've got a Harmony Stella, any ideas as to what Year it was Made? * says "Steel Reinforced" on the not Slotted style Headstock, (..no star) *Spray on type, vertical tigar striped body *Rounded on the end of the fretboard closest to the soundhole * Perloid Dot Inlays, not painted on ones * non V style neck * Metal tailpiece, floating bridge *Numbers inside the guitar read: 4480H929 Any help would be Fantastic! Thank You!✌️🦝🔥🌌

  • @shauncronin3961
    @shauncronin3961 2 месяца назад

    Son House was a great player very u Dee appreciated

  • @justincheney2925
    @justincheney2925 2 месяца назад

    Awesome ❤