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 ...

Just two hours into what would become a day-long US 10 Cigar Box Guitar Festival, organizer Dean Dostal smiled.

SHICKLEY -- Levoy Saltzman stands in his living room and strums a strange-looking guitar.

They call their creations Backwoods Boogie Boxes and recently started making them in the backroom at Craft-Tucky, a gift shop in Nicholasville. Neither of the business partners are musicians, and ...

The collection of cigar box guitars at first may seem out of place, but the story of the instrument's humble beginning puts it right at home in the south Louisiana music scene.

Have you ever heard of a cigar box guitar? With its origins dating back to Civil War soldiers, these specialty instruments have been around for close to 160 years.

In the central Massachusetts town of Westminster, a local guitar player is strumming up quite the business with Dream Catcher Cigar Box Guitars.

He handcrafts instruments from repurposed cigar boxes, expired vehicle license plates, cake pans and old cans. It’s a time honored tradition of American craftsmanship that goes back a few ...

Pary Flynn's handmade cigar box guitars caught Matt McGibany's eye at Alton's Mississippi Earthtones Festival.