How to Develop a Right Hand Finger-Picking Technique for Cigar Box Guitar

[@awrosenoff]

Shane, I know that you made this video years ago, but this is exactly what I was looking for. I am going to get this down while locked down at my house and furloughed from work. I have it bookmarked on my browser. I got a good two months wide open to practice. Thanks brother! (I am also ordering a stubby slide from your site)

[@mybusiness7663]

Going back through the older videos for lessons thank you Shane for thinking of us old beginners

[@ronswihart176]

Re-watching the ok Shane lessons and techniques great lessons wish there were even more

[@tonypistilli7111]

Shane, thanks so much!!!! this is exactly what I needed. Great video and teaching style.

[@Heather22056]

Thanks again for the video 😊

[@InterWebGuy99]

Not just a great lesson, but a crucial technique you have to learn to be able to play cbg. It does take a while to get this down ~ a long while for some of us! But you gotta get it down. Thanks, Shane!

[@Dave-im3lm]

Thanks Shane

[@raywilk5878]

Ty! Shane good inspiration!

[@lennyharp]

I bought Taj Mahal's first album in 1970 and followed him since. Paul Butterfield was about the same time for me with Charlie Musselwhite backing. I like what you are playing and it's classy like the musicians mentioned above and I only heard about you 10 years ago.

[@marcomontiel3417]

"What you play with your left hand is what you learned; what you play with your right hand is who you are." - Shane Speal. Damn... That's fucking beautiful.

[@ShaneSpeal]

Marco Montiel I wish I wrote that saying! It’s so true

[@hokumbluesler8321]

Shane, Nice job on chords and rhythm. How about showing us some simple lead riffs for this simple tune? Many Thanks

[@gregpunturiero8009]

Shane, thank you for these videos, they're a tremendous help for a beginner and a continued source of inspiration for new techniques now that I'm a little more comfortable. Any chance we could get a breakdown of what you're playing in the very beginning?

[@garygregg4597]

Thanks!

[@agoogleuser3787]

Love your vids man.

[@haroldvondenstein]

You are the Bomb! This is the Key! Thanks for breaking it down and teaching it!

[@SlowBrow]

this is the greatest tutorial master Shane! tx a lot...u light up my life!

[@wellingtondin7230]

Awesome tips, Mr Shane! I have to try it when I get back home. Oh! And I can't get tired of seeing this nice tattoo of Wesseh's instrument!! It's a wonderful tribute and fits your arm very well!!

[@sidneyjones6905]

Good stuff, thank you

[@ubwoodman915]

Thanks Shane, I really appreciate the time you spend on making these videos.

[@ShaneSpeal]

Thanks for watching!!!

[@SJ-cy3hp]

Shane, great lesson. And a shout out to Big Damn Bad!! Yeah!

[@zebrablu2709]

Love you bro!!

[@mikeburdette3620]

I have spent the last week mastering this thumb/finger picking pattern..........is there a part 2 video showing what I can work on next? Thanks!

[@ShaneSpeal]

I never made a part two. Hmm... let me consider this. :)

[@mikeburdette3620]

Cool deal!

[@coralnerd]

Thanks for another great lesson Shane. If what you play with your right hand is who you are, then R L Burnside was a rhythmic blues god.

[@ShaneSpeal]

Scott Godwin RL was a god. One of the greatest

[@tracymcdougal4729]

Thanks, now I how to practice.

[@demonsaint1296]

Photography…. I tell people to sit on the couch or out in the backyard and just take photos of stuff. Stuff in shadows, stuff in bright light, stuff any stuff. Get the settings down, look at the settings that get the best results, shoot something else in the same lighting. Learn what the different settings do. Get that down pat so when you go out to take photos or whatever you remember the settings are that get you close to what you want. Keep it up. Your eye is the rhythm and your adjustments are technique.

[@MrRyanmcmahon]

Man I just gotta shovel,,,,,This is such a good lesson for a beginner....Your a great teach.....T.y.

[@jmerrow02]

Another great vid thanks

[@jmerrow02]

I sent you some pics if some cool slides an my shotgun bass did you see them?

[@JohnCinOz1]

Great vid, plenty of passion, top advice!

[@AMERICANLEGENDModelBuilder]

Got try that, maybe not the pleasuring my self with the thumb, but all the other stuff YEAH!😇

[@AMERICANLEGENDModelBuilder]

Got try that, maybe the pleasuring my self with the thumb, but all the other stuff YEAH!😇

[@jamesanthony8438]

Hey, Claire Lynch is gonna' be there! I think they misspelled your name, though. They have you listed as "and more"

[@banjo1800]

Shane, Do I have the counting right? 1 2 3+4 Thumb pinch thumb index thumb? Also can you point me to a Taj Mahal song where he is clearly using this style. Thanks for all your videos. I enjoy them.

[@bkkm]

Great video, Shane! Since you mentioned Taj Mahal, any chance you could do a "Queen Bee" tutorial?

[@KaczorKaczka]

a lot of words in beginning. Start 3:50

[@jimmycombs8346]

I got it, finally! LOL!

[@rickoshay545]

Thanx Shane I'm learning tons... like how much I sound like a wounded cat.

[@martinfisher7193]

This is sort of like thumb-lead two-finger banjo.

[@toddpickens2994]

Cool lesson👍 Are you using a new camera lens or are you losing weight. Lol Thanks

[@ShaneSpeal]

Down 65 pounds from my heaviest. Feels pretty damn good, too!

[@toddpickens2994]

Shane Speal Good job man👍 Better to do it on your own. My BP went to 230/130 My doc took alcohol, sugar and caffeine away and put me on 6 pills a day. 53 years young and I have a cardiologist. Lol

[@ShaneSpeal]

Been grumbling about my weight for years. It was all due to my wife's help that I succeeded.

[@danbgt]

Watch some Justin Johnson for finger picking.