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 culture ...

実は以前からずっとシガーボックス ウクレレを作りたいと思っていた。 ディドリーボウとかシガーボックスギター、ウオッシュタブベースとか 身近にあるもので作られたD.I.Y楽器に興味があって 「久しぶりにウクレレを弾き始めたこの機会に自分も作って ...

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 producing ...

本物の葉巻の空箱を使ったシガーボックスギターです。 もうかれこれ10年ほど作り始めてギターは6本、ウクレレは10本完成させました。設計図がある訳でも無く手探りで自分流なりの作り方を考えました。こだわりは本物のシガーボックスを使い箱の ...

本体の採寸ができれば、材料の切り出しです。 工房には、大紀町の林業家さんからいただいた、尾鷲ヒノキがたくさんあるので、メインの部材（胴体及びネック）はヒノキから切り出しました。 『尾鷲ヒノキ』の産地として知られる三重県南部の尾鷲。

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 ...

Mike Snowden plays bluesy rock as a one-man band. 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 ...

Mike Snowden plays bluesy rock as a one-man band. 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 ...

EUGENE, Ore. - We all know about guitars, but what about guitars made from old cigar boxes? Those homemade musical instruments are making a comeback here in Eugene. These guitars date back to the ...

WITH THESE UNIQUE INSTRUMENTS. AND OF COURSE, IT’S MADE MASS. THE SOUND THAT COMES OUT OF THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE. IT’S CRAZY. FOR THE UNINITIATED, THE SOUND COMING FROM THIS CIGAR BOX IS MIND BLOWING.

With its entrancing sound and its unique look, this is not your typical stringed instrument — it’s a cigar box guitar, and some of them are being made in Plattsburgh. Scott Hanley, owner of Hanley’s ...