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 gu ...

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 ...

The cigar box guitars made by Gipson Shoemaker III are similar to homemade instruments that date back to the 19th century, made by musicians who couldn’t afford a real guitar.

Three strings, three chords, and a box of junk. Toss in a little ingenuity, and you have everything you need for a back porch summertime blues session. The art of making guitars from cigar boxes dates ...

They’ve created a 10 part YouTube series about the construction of their new cigar box guitar. Instead of a cigar box though, they’ve substituted a 1920’s tin cigarette box.

MODESTO — What do a cheese box, wagon handle, cigar box and an old bullet casing have in common? In the hands of Logan Elliott, they all have the ability to be made into a guitar. A series of ...

While the literal quality of cigar box guitars was certainly true, some builders called on other forms of construction. Among them, a fella by the name of “Rotten Roger,” a Staunton, IL, cigar box ...

A quarter-century ago, when cigar-box guitar enthusiast Pat MacDonald was half of the Austin, Texas, alternative pop-rock duo Timbuk3, the singer, songwriter and instrumentalist’s moment in the ...

They’ve created a 10 part YouTube series about the construction of their new cigar box guitar. Instead of a cigar box though, they’ve substituted a 1920’s tin cigarette box.

Cigar box guitar — a four-stringed instrument fashioned from an old cigar box or similar item that is often played with a slide — has a raw, aggressive sound. Fish, who grew up in Kansas City ...

The kick-off for the 19th annual Cigar Box Festival is slated for Friday, June 2, at Salty Nut Brewery. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and anyone who plans to attend is encouraged to bring a chair.

That’s why the York Emporium is hosting its third annual Pennsylvania Cigar Box Guitar Festival. There will be 14 acts traveling from as far away as Chicago and upstate New York.