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 ...

See About archive blog posts. A quarter-century ago, when cigar-box guitar enthusiast Pat MacDonald was half of the Austin, Texas, alternative pop-rock duo Timbuk3, the singer, songwriter and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There are countless ways to make interesting sounds out of nearly anything if you’re willing to experiment a little bit — just ask anyone who has ever made a guitar out of a cigar box and a ...

Four Colorado artists have created instruments for the “Cigar Box Guitar” exhibit, which opens tonight with a 5:30-8:30 p.m. reception at the gallery, located inside Art Parts, 2870 Bluff St., ...

It was a strange guitar, a guitar made out of a cigar box. And when he struck a chord he discovered something he never dreamed he had. Southern roots. Maybe he was a Floridian after all.

The incident also brought them into a surprising community that’s sprung up in the last decade around one of the most primitive tools of the trade: the cigar box guitar, a simple homemade ...

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 ...