HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - The 21st annual Cigar Box Guitar Festival kicked off Friday night in Huntsville and is still going strong on Saturday. It’s a celebration of the unique instrument dating back ...

SHICKLEY, NEB. - 12/19/2014 - A solid oak neck, which passes completely through a cigar box for a body, make up the bones of another guitar Levoy Saltzman is working on in his Shickley garage.

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A guitar neck leans up against shelving inside John Pavek’s “Reclaimed Rhythm” workshop, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, in Charleston.

With headstocks and necks coming from an array of cherry woods, maple or oak, most cigar box guitars take between 10-20 hours to make, depending on the customizations.

"You try and get ones that’s all wood. The sound is much better," he said. Just like traditional guitars, cigar box guitars have a neck with fretboards. Small cabinet vents serve as sound holes.

Sharon and Larry Allen make a good team. He makes cigar box guitars and she plays them. At 2024 May Fair on Campus Corner the couple had a tent set up alongside other vendors displaying a variety ...

Pary Flynn's cigar box guitar made from an old sycamore tree that was on the Faucek/McKee Farm in Edwardsville. The farm is currently being developed into commercial businesses across from the ...

BRICK – The history of home-made cigar box guitars goes back to the 1840s when manufactured cigar boxes were first introduced. Their size and availability made the boxes the perfect body for a low ...