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 ...

IT’S CRAZY. FOR THE UNINITIATED, THE SOUND COMING FROM THIS CIGAR BOX IS MIND BLOWING. BUT FOR EDDIE NISHIOKA, IT’S ALL IN A DAY’S WORK. I MAKE GUITARS, THREE STRING GUITARS CALLED 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 ...

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 guitars have been a growing trend in maker ...

One of the world's largest cigar box guitar festivals concluded Sunday at the Orion Amphitheater with a performance by Muscle Shoals native Gary Nichols and the legendary FAME Gang.The weekend-long ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The 19th annual Cigar Box Guitar Festival is set for Saturday, June 3rd, but that may leave some wondering… what is a cigar box guitar? The do-it-yourself instrument ...

Performers and audience members share their love for blues music and cigar box guitars in Westbrook last weekend. Musicians came from all over Maine to Westbrook Saturday for CBG Madness ...

Once a month, there's a booth at Findlay Market selling unconventional instruments crafted from cigar boxes, plastic toy models and even deer skulls. The business, Don't Fret Guitars, began as a ...

Ever played a cigar box guitar? The customarily homemade instrument follows the design of a regular guitar. But they traditionally use a cigar box as the resonator. Of course, creative musicians ...

He made the guitar from a cigar box and odds and ends scavenged from yard sales, auctions and music stores. Friends and family members pick up the boxes here and there and give them to Saltzman ...

He made the guitar from a cigar box and odds and ends scavenged from yard sales, auctions and music stores. Friends and family members pick up the boxes here and there and give them to Saltzman ...