The world's longest-running cigar box guitar festival raises funds for youth music education through handcrafted instruments and community performances.

The show starts at 8 p.m., but a 6 p.m. cigar-box ... out, Guitar World really helped broaden my knowledge of history and what guitar players were out there. A lot of those classic rock songs ...

Richards designed all the cigar box guitars played at Saturday’s show, and some musicians also played traditional guitars between CBG songs. Richards’ guitars were raffled off after each set.

The name of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Bo Diddley is a hallowed one in the cigar box instrument community. The rectangular-bodied electric guitar with which he pounded out the song and ...

Boulder rock band West Water Outlaws, which was active from 2010-2015, used one of Bradshaw’s cigar box guitars on the recording of their self-titled album, notable in “Goodbye Song” and ...

FOR THE UNINITIATED, THE SOUND COMING FROM THIS CIGAR BOX IS MIND BLOWING ... you could play 17 chords and learn in one minute," he said.Nasiatka started his guitar-making company during the ...

and cigar-box guitars have had remarkable success popularizing their avocation online. YouTube hosts a wealth of videos where these hobbyists play cover songs or offer tutorials on building ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - The World’s Longest Running Cigar Box Guitar Festival is heading back to town soon, so 48 Now decided to speak with the owners of the only Cigar Box Guitar Store in the world ...

By using a guitar slide on his cigar box instrument, he found he was able to play satisfying power chords right from the start. "It's three notes and you're sparking to glory," he said.