Tuned to an open G chord, every fret down the neck forms a different chord. As a result, it’s considered a one-fingered instrument that Nasiatka said almost anyone can play.

MEMPHIS, TENN. -- — They’re built around wooden cigar boxes, just like untold thousands of homemade guitars patched together across America since the 1800s. But no minstrel-show performer or ...

His fretless guitars, which are all individually created from scratch, are tuned to G, which is the open chord. Moving the slide down the guitar handle produces the other major chords. Most blues ...

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.

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 ...

A smokin' slide guitar"Nineboys has already brought us the one-string Delta Wedge diddley bow, and here, made in the UK, is the 'upmarket' three-string version" Nineboys has already brought us the one ...

For the past two years, she’s performed at the New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival, which launched in 2016. She’s now a partner in the event, which has been rechristened the Samantha Fish ...

In the central Massachusetts town of Westminster, a local guitar player is strumming up quite the business with Dream Catcher Cigar Box Guitars. For 60 years, Eddie Nasiatka played guitar in rock ...