How to Play 3-string Cigar Box Guitar in any key

[@Amperzand]

+Travis Very helpful thanks a lot. I got my very first cigar box guitar kit today. I tuned it like you showed us in this video, and it sounds great. These chords are much easier than on my classical guitar!

[@DNAblues]

Great tips. Sounds good and very versatile. Thank you

[@InterWebGuy99]

Excellent lesson. I think the Open A tuning you're using is actually better than the Open G that's now almost standard. Appreciate you taking the time and effort to share this.

[@wendywatkins5467]

Thanks for the great info Travis !. I just purchased a cigar box guitar, & all great info such as yours is very helpful !!. Thanks again, Dan Watkins.

[@danieltaylor4819]

Beautiful guitar, and sounds great. Unfortunately, I have no idea what you're talking about.

[@megaloogy]

Great clear explanation. I will refer back as my beginner skills advance.

[@acesmitty6441]

Travis, really enjoy your CBG videos. I just bought my first CBG. Why did stop making videos?

[@charleswnicholsjr.799]

Travis, Great to see you after a few years. Great guitar and as usual, you speak with great clarity :) Best Regards Chuck

[@mheermance]

The neck and fret board on that guitar are really nice looking.

[@jonlanderman]

is slackjack guitars still in existence? have just stumbled across them and can't find any other information. No website...no facebook site. Thank you! Jon.

[@Riskeboy]

Great lesson for one just getting into guitar and especially the cigar box guitar. Are you using the D G & B strings on this instrument? Also, and sorry for this but have to ask, is the Open D you refer to is A C and F#? My hearing is not the best and that is what I understood. Really need an answer so I can set up one of these guitars. Again, Thanks loads for this video. It is one of the best I have seen.

[@johndoe-rp3hz]

...as long as we are doing a lesson, can you tune it?

[@KeniLeeBurgess]

Good to see my Devil's Tuning method is catching on.

[@jtwunchained]

Great question Serge! On a 3 string instrument obviously making a true 7th chord is not possible since a 7th chord is a triad plus a flatted 7th note. However, adding that flatted 7th to the I and V of the chord would sound pretty much just like a 7th chord.

[@sussispriggs5204]

I like the headstock design...classy

[@jtwunchained]

+Sussi Spriggs Thanks Sussi!

[@LoganCartwright]

Thanks Travis. Nicely explained.

[@rickytart6211]

This is a very helpful video. Many thanks.

[@1430sl]

What are the best strings, acoustic, classic (nylon), or electric? In the case of using magnetic pickup's, it will be better electrical I suppose ... but, the electrical strings are more difficult to press? Thank you very much!

[@traviswoodall6547]

1430sl these were acoustic strings

[@fritzcobus]

Cool ! - What about 7th ? can one even theoretically do them with 3 strings ? - if yes, how would the major and minor 7th look line in this tuning ?

[@fritzcobus]

Thank you, Travis !

[@BaddMuzic]

This is very helpful Travis, thank you.

[@hermafreditti2230]

I want a 3-string cigar box guitar. Now.

[@dixonkirsch5340]

Very good!!!

[@7884golfguru]

Beautiful fretboard ❤️😎

[@profmul]

I have the same cigar box, I have to build a cbg. Do you use a piezo?

[@jtwunchained]

Yes.

[@SouthpawDavey]

Nice tuning.

[@seller559]

Awesome.

[@acesmitty6441]

I see your website is down. Why did you go out of business?

[@traviswoodall6547]

acesmitty my wife and I own an event business and I just don’t have time to build any more. I miss it!

[@jacknoller1730]

What 3 strings are you using? D G & B ??

[@hobouk8339]

Nice cgb!

[@glassholio]

What strings out of the standard six are you using for this tuning?

[@jtwunchained]

+Keith Glass I use the A-D-G strings (from bottom to top the 3rd, 4th and 5th). This is also good because a lot of people like the GDG tuning on a cbg and that tuning uses the same strings. This makes it easy to change tunings quickly depending on what you're making.

[@LoganCartwright]

+Travis Woodall Hi Travis Please excuse newbe confusion; Ur Reply to MrQuidestveritas "I use the same strings as a GDG tuning" and here you say A-D-G strings. ?? (Sorry if I'm missing the obvious) logan

[@jtwunchained]

Typically with CBG's that are tuned G-D-G the low 'G' is achieved by using an A string from a standard pack of strings and just tuning it down a whole step to G. Hope that makes sense.

[@coaltrain]

Far easier ways to do the exact same thing with D or G open tuning. DAD or GDG 151 tuning makes more sense. Most Blues and Rock songs are played in the 1-4-5 method, which is so easy to do in 1-5-1 tuning. This method is confusing and based off of a 6 string concept.

[@claudiaslut7251]

nice x

[@wildcatdjservice9823]

If i tune 151 like almost every cigar box guitar player does, i can play any chord with only 1 finger. GDG, DAD, EBE etc.

[@tonystonecoldcountry7064]

Terrible sounding chords with that tuning. Buy a four string cbg. It is a lot more versatile and sounds great with standard tuning.

[@johnrichard9606]

out of tune - it sounds terrible

[@jtwunchained]

+John Richard Your ears must be better than my tuner...or probably not. But, new strings DO have a tendency to go out quickly during playing. You probably didn't know that though.

[@johnrichard9606]

you should stretch new strings to avoid that problem. There are lots of videos on You Tube that will explain this.

[@hobouk8339]

Nice cgb!

[@jtwunchained]

+hobouk thanks!