If you want to make a very basic guitar you can do so with a piece of 1x2-inch oak, string, a few hardware odds and ends, and a cigar box. Cigar box guitars have been a growing trend in maker culture ...

Etc: Opening reception 5:30-8:30 p.m. May 25, features food and drinks, a live music demonstration, meet the artist and curator Old-school musicians put cigar boxes to work as acoustic resonators. Jug ...

Cigar box guitars have been an American tradition since the 1890s. Less popular than their electric cousins, these homemade guitars are a testament to human creativity. That’s why the York Emporium is ...

WITH THESE UNIQUE INSTRUMENTS. AND OF COURSE, IT’S MADE MASS. THE SOUND THAT COMES OUT OF THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE. IT’S CRAZY. FOR THE UNINITIATED, THE SOUND COMING FROM THIS CIGAR BOX IS MIND BLOWING.

A sampling of handmade guitars and other instruments (including a drum made from the bottom section of a manequin) on display and for purchase during the St. Louis Cigar Box Guitar Festival on ...

Sure, you could throw out the box once you’ve finished puffing your last cigar, but if you’re truly crafty, you take that box and turn it into music. A group of cigar box guitarists made a pilgrimage ...

Before Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton whaled away on their Fenders or Les Paul cranked up his Gibson, numerous guitar players were coaxing sound out of diddley bows, or cigar box guitars. Hendrix, for ...

I've made a new CBG tutorial video, this time a fretted version. Check it out here: • How To Make A Fretted Cigar Box Guitar Total build (not including glue dry time) took about 3 hours for this ...