@Kāʻili Wells Jr. @Jake Galambos Thank you for letting me into your group!...I have been playing guitar for a couple of years but would love to learn a couple of Uke songs. I used to build cigar box guitars and made this Uke for my wife. When I saw the box I said that it would make a perfect Uke so I made it. She has never played it :( any how it's time to take this wall flower and make some music with it... Just a real quick history on cigar box instruments in case you don't know. back in the late 1800's and early 1900's many people where to poor to purchase real instruments such as guitars so they took what ever they could get their hands on an improvised. Cigar Boxes where plentiful and made a good wooden body for a guitar, they would essentially run a stick through a box and for strings they would use horse hair. Some notable musicians: Blues & Roots Legends - Lightnin’ Hopkins – One of the most famous examples. Early photos show him playing homemade, cigar box–style instruments. - Blind Willie Johnson – Known to play homemade instruments, including cigar box–type guitars. - Lonnie Pitchford – A modern blues icon strongly associated with one-string cigar box guitars. - Mississippi John Hurt – Played homemade instruments early on, including box guitars. 🎸 Rock & Modern Artists - Jimi Hendrix – Started out on a homemade guitar as a kid (often cited as cigar box–style). - Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) – Big cigar box guitar fan and collector; has played them live and in studio. Very on-brand for him. - Jack White (The White Stripes) – Frequently plays homemade and cigar box guitars live and on recordings. - Eric Sardinas – Blues-rock slide player who often uses cigar box guitars. - Joe Bonamassa – Collector and occasional player of cigar box guitars. - Seasick Steve – Famous for playing battered, homemade box guitars on stage. 🎸 Country / Folk - Johnny Cash – Played homemade guitars early on; cigar box instruments are part of that tradition. - Woody Guthrie – Known for simple, homemade instruments in his early days.

Aloha mai @Ricardo Ponce 👋 glad you joined! Guitar Gym Pro crossover (Jake’s crew) in here now too, let’s go!🔥 You mentioned that you already own an ʻukulele, you’re ahead of the game. We'll get you to “2 simple songs” faster than you think. Start here: Pinned Start Here post → intro comment → Crash Course link inside. Quick question: can you share that picture of your ʻukulele here? It's so cool!

Here's an exercise I FORGOT about from my college guitar days, applied to ʻukulele. Thanks to @Jake Galambos for reminding me! For all my private lesson peeps, please take a look at this and USE it! It literally helps everything with your fretting hand. @Mark Lawrence @Miri L @Joelle Gomez @Rutendo Mazengura @Adam Knight @Dawn Alvan @Lacie Forde @Teddie Vee For search: Finger dexterity drill exercise switch fingers chords fingerpicking

Aloha mai @Shamim Kazi-Bradley🤙 stoked you’re here. Not playing long + only a few chords is totally fine, but yeah… if it’s out of tune, everything feels “wrong,” even when you’re doing it right. Start here: pinned Start Here post → intro comment → Crash Course link inside. Quick question: do you have a clip-on tuner?

Win Wednesday doesn’t have to be flashy. Sometimes the win is showing up. Sometimes it’s not quitting. Sometimes it’s realizing what you need to work on next. Vote in the poll, then comment what your win was! 📊 What was your win this week?