Friday, February 25, 2011

Keni Lee Burgess || Robert Johnson info on the 4 String Cigar Box Guitar

Keni Lee Burgess has several video tutorials for Cigar Box instruments. Some might find it found to work on some of the these songs, playing DGBG

5 comments:

  1. Thank you for posting my video on your page. Even though, a typical baritone uke is strung using nylon strings, I believe you will find all the information applicable on my instructional CD 5 (www.ebay.com / Search: keni lee) Although, you might need to do the slide work using your fingers. I have found that nlyon strings due to their lower tension, do no offer the required string tension for the slide to produce a good strong tone. Please feel free to write to me at kenileeburgess@aol.com if you have any questions or I can be of any further assistance. Enjoy.

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  2. I have been curious about slide Bari for a while and there are a few that have posted videos. They seem to get a poppin' sound even with the nylon strings. I have posted all of these on the blog in the past. The nylon strings seem to work fine -- so hopefully some bari uke players may get turned on to the blues Keni Lee style.

    http://humblebaritonics.blogspot.com/2010/09/doogey9-shake-em-on-down-bbaritone.html Arizona (No Amp)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbVu0mPPblE Arizona (No Amp)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW_cJAhSOII Canada (No Amp)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OSRPdSRMb4 Sweden (Amped)

    Jeff/HU/HB/DB

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  3. $9.99 + $4.00 = $13.99 U.S.
    Sounds Like a Bargain to me!
    My CD is on the way.

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  4. Thank you for sharing [the above videos]. Yes, it is possible. Although not that good for your instrument, tuning up and having tighter strings would improve the instrument's ability to play slide better, but I guess as you might agree, the nylon strings just don't offer the sound that steel strings can produce against a slide.
    Regardless, I believe baritone players will enjoy the extensive exploration of open G tuning (Dgbd) the CD has to offer. Especially the chord and interval work. I think they would easily adjust to steel string too if they really wanted to play slide and they might enjoy the tone a tenor resonator like the one Republic guitars has for sale can compliment their style. Considering the instrument plays the same but offers an entirely different tone.
    Originally the tenor guitar was made for plectrum banjo players to be able to double on guitar without learning a new tuning.
    I hope you find this helpful. Again thank you for adding me to your page.
    Enjoy, Keni Lee

    Note: I cut & pasted Keni Lee's remarks from his YT e-mail response. Jeff

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  5. I received my package from Keni Lee really fast!

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