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 ...

仕事に、人生に効く一冊。 自分軸で決めた十人十色の働き方インタビュー オーク材と糸、シガーボックス（葉巻の箱）などを使ってギターを自作してみたい！という方が世界にどのくらいいらっしゃるのかはよくわかりません。しかし、世の中にはシガー ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Diane Sutliff started making cigar-box guitars in late 2008, she was driven by curiosity, some innate craftiness, and the desire to improve upon someone else’s work—the same things that seem to ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. A quarter-century ago, when cigar-box guitar enthusiast Pat MacDonald ...