Cigar Box Guitar Articles

1961 Arturo Langelli Cigar Box Ukulele

Its very rare to find a fully documented, signed & dated cigar box guitar, but this cigar box ukulele is the exception.

Dec 30, 20212 min read

Shane Speal commissioned this instrument to incorporate elements of Ted Crocker's Honeydripper movie guitar...

Dec 28, 20211 min read

The guitar is a triple neck consisting of a 4-String,1-String, and 3-String. The body of the guitar is built to the measurements of a trian

Dec 25, 20211 min read

Two of the most freakish guitars in the Cigar Box Guitar Museum are by Tone-A-Cane Copper Pipe Guitars and Pete Regan’s Metal Guitars.

Dec 20, 20212 min read

When someone mentions folk art instruments, a screaming electric lap steel guitar made with old guitar parts on a six pound slab of mahogany

Jul 17, 20212 min read

Several weeks ago, I received a message from fellow cigar box guitarist, Clint Herriman stating that he had discovered another historic...

Sep 22, 20202 min read