Three strings, three chords, and a box of junk. Toss in a little ingenuity, and you have everything you need for a back porch summertime blues session. The art of making guitars from cigar boxes dates ...
HUNTSVILLE, AL. - What is a cigar box guitar? Technically, it’s a discarded cigar box with a hole for a 1-inch-by-2-inch fretboard. A hodgepodge of random items. Perhaps with a leather cord attached ...
The Cigar Box Guitar is hardly essential, but it has an undeniable appeal, and it's fun. Not much volume from the piezo. MusicRadar's got your back Our team of expert musicians and producers spends ...
Etc: Opening reception 5:30-8:30 p.m. May 25, features food and drinks, a live music demonstration, meet the artist and curator Old-school musicians put cigar boxes to work as acoustic resonators. Jug ...
CHARLESTON -- Tony Taylor heard it when he was listening to a Tom Waits record. It was an instrument he didn't recognize in the mix. He opened the CD notes to find it listed as a cigar box banjo. He ...
MEDINA, Ohio---Cigar box guitars are exactly what they sound like, three or four string guitars made from empty cigar boxes. They're cheap, cool looking and relatively easy to make, which is part of ...
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama-- "It almost feels like you're playing the air," Hymn for Her's Lucy Tight says of playing her cigar box guitar. "I love how light it is. And we don't need a bass player or a lead ...
Aurora resident Victor Martinez and rock guitar legend Jimi Hendrix have something musical in common -both have played cigar box guitars. While Hendrix is said to have been so desperate to play guitar ...
This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. There’s a raw, almost primitive electricity that sizzles off “Lucy & ...