A cigar box is just a cigar box — except when it's a guitar. In the hands of Gipson Shoemaker III, the simple wooden box becomes a musical instrument worth hundreds of dollars and capable of ...

the cigar box guitar, a simple homemade instrument that in decades past has been the first instrument for many blues, folk and country musicians with great musical passion but little financial means.

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The first etching of a cigar box instrument dates back to the 1870s, and even musicians like Bo Diddley have played them. It wasn’t until Snowden had stepped away from the music scene for a few ...

Cigar box guitars, or CBGs ... A luthier is a person who makes or repairs stringed instruments. Music from Tom Dube’s electric CBG filled the old fire station on Second Street.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – The world’s longest-running Cigar Box Guitar Music Festival is returning to The Rocket City! This three-day celebration of music, creativity, and community brings together ...

"Cigar box guitars allow the maker to customize his instrument to his needs," he adds. " ... In my case, they have revolutionized and even defined my musical endeavors." This unique nature is ...

Peters St.). The music lineup includes Sugarcane Jane ... A builders’ forum and cigar box instrument building contest will take place at noon Friday at the Howlin’ Wolf.

(KUTV) A Weber County man can take a typical cigar box and turn it into a musical instrument. Ron Proctor, 38, makes cigar box guitars in his garage at his Farr West home. It's all a matter of ...

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. Evidence of cigar ...

SHEFFIELD -- David Reed can turn out a musical instrument from just about anything -- cigar boxes, cookie tins, old keys, grommets, recycled wood... the list goes on. Sold under the brand name Dr.