Empty cigar boxes are like mini treasure chests waiting to be transformed into something new. Even if you only have one lying around the house, there is a lot of potential for what it could be. Cigar ...

MEDINA, Ohio---Cigar box guitars are exactly what they sound like, three or four string guitars made from empty cigar boxes. They're cheap, cool looking and relatively easy to make, which is part of ...

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 ...

Etc: Opening reception 5:30-8:30 p.m. May 25, features food and drinks, a live music demonstration, meet the artist and curator Old-school musicians put cigar boxes to work as acoustic resonators. Jug ...

"The popularity of cigar box guitars in this day and time is similar to like the resurgence of vinyl records or wide leg pants." Snowden, who has sold thousands of these guitars worldwide, including ...

MODESTO — The latest donation to the Jacksonville Area Museum almost became part of a guitar. While looking for new material to make cigar box guitars, Logan Elliott found a couple of cigar boxes from ...

Aurora resident Victor Martinez and rock guitar legend Jimi Hendrix have something musical in common -both have played cigar box guitars. While Hendrix is said to have been so desperate to play guitar ...

South Amherst Middle School students, with the help of a grant from FirstEnergy Corp., got a unique opportunity May 29 to create their own cigar box guitars and learn how to play them. “This was a ...

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 ...