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"Old Joe Clark" on one-string cigar box guitar
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In this episode, I play a simple acoustic cigar box guitar of my own design. This instrument features a single string consisting of weed whacker cord, a tuner composed of an eye bolt with its accompanying nut, a wing nut and washers, as well as a nut and bridge consisting of wood dowels. The song I play is my rendition of a traditional bluegrass tune called "Old Joe Clark.""
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