Cigar box guitars have been an American tradition since the 1890s. Less popular than their electric cousins, these homemade guitars are a testament to human creativity. That’s why the York ...

Gracing the cover was this uncomplicated, yet sophisticated, cigar box guitar. “The moment I saw that magazine cover,” Jehle said, “everything fell into place.” In the midst of striving to ...

From this, he made a guitar. Cigar box guitars, or CBGs, are not necessarily made from cigar boxes. Steve Richard made one with an oar and an empty baked bean can. “I eat beans anyway ...

He took the measurements, bought cedar wood and made ... McPheeters saw his first cigar-box guitar when he visited the Smithsonian Institute in 1973 but didn’t make one until two years ago.

Catch Johnson at Flying Monkey Arts on Dec. 29 for $10. The show starts at 8 p.m., but a 6 p.m. cigar-box guitar slide demonstration and lesson is included with ticket purchase. Johnson was ...

He made a full-size Telecaster-style guitar with it. O’Reilly said he doesn’t have a wealth of guitars. He builds them as a hobby. But he’s made some four-string cigar box guitars and his ...

Robert Nugent of Conception Bay South says he first began building cigar box guitars as part of his step-daughter's homework assignment. "She had a build your own instrument assignment ...

The New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival (NOCBGF), which launched in 2016, celebrates the unpolished, meaty sound of the cigar box instrument — and its ingenuity. Take a cigar box (or really ...