It's time for me to build a cigar box guitar, after reading about them on the Cigar Box Guitars website. There's something special with cigar box guitars, as they have a great history and are great fun to play. One factor for the current CBGR (Cigar Box Guitar Revolution) can be attributed to many musicians desire for a more primal/rootsy sound. Blues guitarists, in particular, have picked up the cigar box guitar in an attempt to play Delta Blues in its purest form. Cigar box guitars got a voice and tone of their own, and played with a slide they have a great whining blues sound that you just can not get from another guitars.
One of the best things with cigar box guitars are that they are easy and cheap to build, and there are no set rules about their looks, specs etc., so you are free to use your own imagination and resources. They’re also small, portable, almost indestructable, weird looking, and they really attract a lot of attention and interest.

I got a couple of cigar boxes, some pine wood in the sixe of 1"x2"x3ft (25 x 50 x 900 mm) and some tuners and other hardware, that I will turn into two cigar box guitars.
Updates of my progress will follow.

Labels: CBGR, cigar box guitar