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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

But the guitar generated more interest than he'd anticipated and led him to begin a business, Barnyard Custom Cigar Box Guitars, in 2010. Also in 2010, Steve Talley of Platte City, Mo., began ...

If you goWhat: “Cigar Box Guitar” When: Exhibit runs through July 6 Where: Bricolage Gallery at Art Parts Creative Reuse Center, 2870 Bluff St., Boulder Cost: Free More info: artpartsbo… ...

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.

Cigar Box Guitar is a business located in Lowe Mill. Mello says she and her husband Jeff Mello will also be fundraising through the sale of merchandise, which includes festival T-shirts.

In addition to the cigar box guitars, Nasiatka also creates license plate guitars. They are built essentially in the same way, but because he uses real license plates, the guitar ends up being ...