• From: Deep Run, NC
  • Registered: 2010-01-29
  • Posts: 90

Topic: Cigar Box Guitar

I was checking out Craigslist and there is a man who is selling custom made Cigar Box Guitars.  I Googled Cigar Box Guitar and they really look interesting.  Does anyone have experience making and playing these guitars?

Thanks
Tony

tonyespo / 63 year old NEWBEE

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  • From: Alabama Gulf Coast
  • Registered: 2008-06-24
  • Posts: 1,819

Re: Cigar Box Guitar

I never made or played one but I remember the great Bo Diddley had a guitar that looked like a cigar box.
A guitar can be most any shape and sound good if well made.
toots

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  • Registered: 2006-07-27
  • Posts: 31

Re: Cigar Box Guitar

I build and play cigar-box instruments, I'm kind of surrounded by them as I type....

For information, plans, lessons, videos, or anything else on the subject, visit:

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/

The ultimate source for all things cigar box....

They are great fun to build and to play.  My current favorite axe is a resonator 4-string with a piezo pickup; sounds great either acoustically or through an amp.

  • Registered: 2008-10-02
  • Posts: 192

Re: Cigar Box Guitar

Check out youtube. There are some very wild videos.