Instructor: Jason Charbonneau
Ages: 15 up
Format: 3 - 4 hour workshop
Dates: Saturday, May 23rd
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 (bring a bagged lunch/drink).
Course Fee: $95. All supplies and materials included ; Cigar box, kit for amplification, strings, tuning pegs, bridge etc.; all tools usage; hand saws, soldering tool, sand paper, files, drills, bits etc. This workshop makes an excellent gift for anyone in your life !
Cigar Box Electric Amplifiers !
In this workshop you will, again, by Jason's patient, hands on instruction, build your very own fully functional, cigar box amplifier to go with the spiffy and entertaining slide guitar you built. Jason will guide you with attentive expertise. Using a common cigar box as a substrate, you will construct an electic amplifier capable of reasonable volume to accompany you and your new carreer as a cigar box guitarist. Each piece will be unique and hand structured with your own artistic style and flair. We guarantee you’ll become addicted to this new endeavor and want to take it to the next level. Good for anyone interested in basic mechanics, music, musical constructions and general creative endeavors.
Jason Charbonneau has been making and playing cigar box guitars for many years as a pastime. He has been a professional state line painter for over 20 years, is a trained cabinet maker, home builder as well as a true outdoor enthusiast. Besides making and repairing guitars, his interests also include, travel, history, Chinese Water color, clay hand work, acrylic painting, film making, agriculture, wood carving, wood burning; Jason is a true Renaissance Man.