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Bluesboy Jag

Hand Made Cigar Box Guitars by Bluesboy Jag

About Me

http://jagshouse.com/music/music.html

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/23/2004
Band Website: jagshouse.com/music/music.html
Band Members: Jag's Cigar Box Guitar Catalog
With My Own Hand Made Magnetic (not transducer) Pickups

Now In My Third Year!

NEW Shipment of Cigar Boxes Just Arrived!

NEW! Custom Made CBG Cases!



Cypress Grove Blues by Jag Click Here ..See a video of Curtis Blues playing one of my acoustic CBGs

Fretless 3 String Bass

Charly Patton 4 string

Cigar Box Dulcimer

Punch 4 string with Hand Wound Magnetic Style Pickup

Partagas Resonator

Ashton Speedster Humbucker

Dulcitar (Dulcimer played Guitar Style)

Hamdolin Ukulele

Vintage Cookie Tin Banjo

Cigar Box Amp

Vintage Church Speaker Converted to Guitar Amp

NEW Shipment of Cigar Boxes Just Arrived!

NEW! Custom Made CBG Cases!

NOW ON iTUNES, NAPSTER, AMAZON, RHAPSODY

click the link above to go to my iTunes page

one man band with cigar box guitars of various types, ukulele, banjo, resonator guitar, electric guitar, acoustic giutar, foot drums, vocals, harp
Influences:

Check an article on my guitars in the local paper.

NOW ON iTUNES, NAPSTER, AMAZON, RHAPSODY

click the link above to go to my iTunes page

" I've said it before and I'll say it again, Jag's albums are all buffets of cbg riffage. Essential."

Shane Speal, King of the Cigar Box Guitar

Click Here To See Bluesboy JAG's Cigar Box Guitars

Now making my own hand wound pickups for "Superior Tone"

Pick Your Amp Box Below

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.

1930's Trutone D1035 Tube Radio Amp

This is an original Vintage radio in non working condition. It sitll has the original frequency dial! The speaker is 5 inches and the amp will be 7 watts. The model is Truetone D1035. What a cool vintage addition to your cigar box guitar this is! You can buy a service manual on this page and actually repair the radio . I don't know anything about radio repairs so please don't ask ;) This is a similar radio in perfect condition.

$249.99

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Order my CD's here and cigar box guitars here

See the catalog and hear the guitars in movie form below

Bluesboy JAG's "How To Play A Cigar Box Guitar" Video CD

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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

Click Here To See My Electric Boogie Board Foot Drum

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.

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 youto vary the tempo and record live, then add more tracks later without having to re-record the drums wich 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.

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Bluesboy JAG T-shirts now available!

See Bluesboy JAG rock out on his CBG in his livingroom

See Bluesboy's Cigar Box Guitar Video Catalog

Get this video and more at MySpace.com

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Download my CD's from Magnatune: http://magnatune.com/artists/jag

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Order my CD's here and cigar box guitars here

    one of my favorite videos

Sounds Like: gutbucket blues with harmonica and some wicked slide
Record Label: http://magnatune.com/artists/jag
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Blues Guitar News Article

Blues Guitar News wrote a very kind article about my cigar box guitars:One man's trash is another man's treasureBluesboy Jag, a computer technician from North Little Rock Arkansas has taken the age ol...
Posted by Bluesboy Jag on Wed, 28 May 2008 04:47:00 PST

Bluesboy Jag Featured in Cigar Box Guitar Documentary

I played at the 3rd Annual CBG Fest In Huntsville Al last summer and ended up in the documentary. see this web page...
Posted by Bluesboy Jag on Thu, 22 May 2008 09:54:00 PST

Roky Erickson Tribute band looking for drummer Little Rock

Bloody Hammer, a Roky Erickson/13th Floor Elevators tribute act is looking for a drummer. We are in Little Rock Ar.We have been 'blessed' by Roky and his Trust.For those of you who may not know who Ro...
Posted by Bluesboy Jag on Thu, 22 May 2008 08:19:00 PST

51st Street Speakeasy oklahoma City

This was a very fun gig. Easy 5 hr drive on I-40, cool place and great sound. I played a few new ones (My Home Town, Mean People Blues, others) and re-arranged some tunes. The crowd really got into it...
Posted by Bluesboy Jag on Mon, 19 May 2008 03:27:00 PST

new live cigar box guitar videos added

check out the video link
Posted by Bluesboy Jag on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:22:00 PST

"Dulcitar" Surf CD released on iTunes

25 songs and it clocks in at a full hour of balls to the wall surf tunes. Recorded at home on my Mac Mini with Apple's Garageband software with one mic. All instruments played by me except drums court...
Posted by Bluesboy Jag on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:46:00 PST

busy year

This has been the busiest year of my life. A full time job, another one making cigar box guitars, several out of town gigs and festivals, booking and rehearsing for three bands (Bluesboy JAG, Bloody H...
Posted by Bluesboy Jag on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:07:00 PST

Bluesboy Jag Selected for the international blues challenge

I performed 10/24 at Georges Majestic Lounge as part of the international blues challenge in Fayetteville Arkansas. There were 6 solo/duo acts and two bands competing for an expenses paid trip to Memp...
Posted by Bluesboy Jag on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 06:42:00 PST

guitar lessons

I've been teaching guitar for close to 30 years specializing in beginners and intermediate students. I usually have two or three students as my music schedule is pretty full. See my web page for detai...
Posted by Bluesboy Jag on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:44:00 PST

my recordings

A lot of people have been asking me about my upcoming cd's. I'm always working on songs in my home studio (which consists entirely of my trusty Macintosh Mini). Here is what i'm currently working on:"...
Posted by Bluesboy Jag on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:41:00 PST