In 1957, Fender Guitar Factory plant manager, Forrest White showed up to work with his brand new 8mm camera and captured the everyday life of the iconic company. Starting with the girls at the front desk, White filmed everything from Leo Fender's p
Read more…The full show of Seasick Steve with Dan Magnusson on drums. Pinkpop 2017 Festival.
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A summer video camp recently created a mini documentary of Shane Speal's cigar box guitar seminar at Red Land Public Library in Newberry, PA. The video class, run by journalist, Randy Flaum, caught Speal as he gave a seminar on how to build cigar b
Read more…Samantha Fish is currently on her Chills & Fever 2017 tour and she sat down with Reverb.com to show off her pedalboard and main guitars (including her Stogie Box 4-string cigar box guitar). Check out the wild space effects she gets from her delay!
Read more…Article, photos and video by Wade Costenbader of Victory Guitar Pickups. You can find more of his instruments and videos at Wade on Cigar Box Nation.
I believe limberjacks go way back to Europe, probably Irish or Celtic. The limberjacks I am most
Read more…editor's note: G. S. Monroe is a Florida based folk art instrument maker. Shane Speal calls his instruments "visionary and a true throwback to the Depression Era sound." Visit his website at GSMonroe.com. Connect with him on Cigar Box Nation at t
Read more…The 8th annual @Pennsylvania Cigar Box Guitar Festival returns on August 26 at the The York Emporium in York PA! It is sponsored by C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply.
DETAILS:
PA Cigar Box Guitar Fest - Friday pre show!
Friday night, August 25, 6-8pm: Bee
Read more…Cigar Box Nation & C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply proudly announce the first annual Ozark Cigar Box Guitar Festival!
Sat., Aug. 12, 2017 - Drake Harbor, Warsaw, MO - Noon-7pm
Free event, family friendly. BBQ, food, beer & wine garden.
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Read more…Builder & musician, Eric Denton has invented a simple cigar box guitar stand using another cigar box and a dowel rod (or old drum stick)! These collapsible stands are great for cigar box guitars that don't have a protruding butt-end neck.
On t
Read more…Cigar box guitars got more international this past month with The Musical Workshop at the 57th International Children's Festival in Sibenik, Croatia. The class was lead by composer and musician Jurica Jelić (http://www.juricamusic.ga). Four childr
Read more…In the world of the Cigar Box Guitar movement, blues legend and gas can guitarist, Mac Arnold is tragically under represented. He was born and raised on a sharecropper's farm in South Carolina. He's been a part of Muddy Water's band, played with J
Read more…I recently had a local musician order two of my cigar box guitars and he asked for them to have old "rat rod" type of parts on them. I had two nicer guitars underway, so I decided to give them artistic pickguards made from old steel cans.
The gu
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Take a 'crack' at the Plumber's Challenge!
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What instrument can you build that starts with plumbing and heating/AC parts? We're looking for the most spectacular, innovative, interesting and artistic stringed instruments.
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Read more…Mike Snowden, one of the most prolific cigar box guitarist in today's scene, has just dropped a brand new album, Southern Cigar Box Guitar Thunder.
The album features eleven cigar box guitar original songs and is for sale at Snowden Guitars web pa
Read more…In an industry dominated by computer-programmed robotics and hidden factories in China, it's refreshing to watch this short video of the Hofner factory making Beatle basses. Note the lack of CNC machines. Also check out the guy cutting fret slots
Read more…First he plays cigar box guitars in his bedroom. Now, Steven Tyler is playing wine bottle xylophone/marimbas on the streets of Helsinki. He laughs at the end, overjoyed in the music he made.
Cigar Box Nation proudly announces the winners of the 2017 Paint Lid Resonator contest. We asked you to use common paint can lids as poor-boy resonators and you responded with some fantastic builds.
The contest was judged by Damian Fanelli, online
Read more…The Cigar Box Guitar Festival at Lowe Mill in Huntsville AL returns June 2 & 3, 2017 with ten acts appearing over the two days. This is the longest running cigar box guitar fest and is proudly sponsored by C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply. The 2017 fest
Read more…After spending months developing the new 2x4 Lap Steel Kit, Ben "Gitty" Baker started to consider other uses for simple 2x4 planks and came up with this very simple strummer guitar.
To make the instrument, Gitty started with a single piece of 2x4
Read more…Lou LaManna breaks down the instruments of the breakdowns with this great tutorial on making spoons, clackers and bones. It's a great way to utilize old scrap wood pieces and increase your skills with percussion instruments.
The video is from LaMa
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