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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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 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.

"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 ...

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. Most-watched Netflix series ...

Patrick Danz says the brojos bring fun and music to his Slant Avenue Mercantile ... That's part of what makes cigar box instruments a great starter instrument, says Jehle. "There are no rules ...

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.

Now in its fifth year, the St. Louis Cigar Box Guitar Festival will return Saturday ... Johnson is internationally known for his use of homemade instruments. Despite having traveled mainland ...

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.