I've made a new CBG tutorial video, this time a fretted version. Check it out here: • How To Make A Fretted Cigar Box Guitar Total build (not including glue dry time) took about 3 hours for this ...

Ever played a cigar box guitar? The customarily homemade instrument follows the design of a regular guitar. But they traditionally use a cigar box as the resonator. Of course, creative musicians who ...

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 ...

It has been said that no zydeco band is complete without a rubboard and an accordion. But deep in the birthplace of zydeco, an exhibit at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center features a different type ...

Shane Speal, whose Snake Oil Band headlines the first New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival on Saturday, started out playing something with a little more firepower. “In the ’80s, I was a bass player ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Giving up cigars was tough, especially with those old boxes sitting around bringing back smoky memories. So why ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The Cigar Box Guitar Festival is 20 years old, and the event here in Huntsville is one of the most popular musical events in town. In case you’ve not played a cigar box ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The 19th annual ...

SHICKLEY -- Levoy Saltzman stands in his living room and strums a strange-looking guitar. He belts out the first few verses of "This Land is Your Land" and then a gospel song. "I play mostly in the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The Cigar Box ...