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 ...

A sampling of handmade guitars and other instruments (including a drum made from the bottom section of a manequin) on display and for purchase during the St. Louis Cigar Box Guitar Festival on ...

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 ...

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 ...

I have been building cigar box guitars with my father, Andrew, for about two years. When I was in fourth grade, I watched a tutorial on how to build a cigar box guitar. It consists of an empty cigar ...

Ever wondered what you can do with an old box, a piece of wood and a few strings? Music-loving Michael Marshall did and is helping to revive an old tradition of the cigar box guitar. He’s converted ...