Owners of The Cigar Box Guitar Store in Huntsville gave us a crash course in playing a cigar box guitar! Owners of The Cigar Box Guitar Store in Huntsville gave us a crash course in playing a cigar ...

But he’s not playing a Gibson Les Paul or a Fender Stratocaster – his music comes from a guitar he built from an empty cigar box. “If I met you on the street, I wouldn’t say ...

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 ...

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 ...

Celebrating 21 years, the World's Longest-Running Cigar Box Guitar Festival is returning to Huntsville from May 30 to June 1.

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 ...

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 ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – The world’s longest-running Cigar Box Guitar Music Festival is returning to The Rocket City! This three-day celebration of music, creativity, and community brings together ...

The Samantha Fish Cigar Box Guitar Festival is going virtual this weekend, even as its namesake has gone back on the road. Samantha Fish, the popular New Orleans-based blues ‘n’ boogie ...

A cigar box is just a cigar box — except when it's a guitar. In the hands of Gipson Shoemaker III, the simple wooden box becomes a musical instrument worth hundreds of dollars and capable of ...

The Florida Cigar Box Guitar Festival is the only one of its kind on the Treasure Coast. Gary Roberts, a musician and history buff who owns Summer Crush Vineyard & Winery north of Fort Pierce ...