Tracy La Rue is a locksmith by trade, but every day after work, he can be found in his workshop at home, working with cigar boxes. While not a cigar smoker, he’s made hundreds of boxes into guitars ...

Three strings, three chords, and a box of junk. Toss in a little ingenuity, and you have everything you need for a back porch summertime blues session. The art of making guitars from cigar boxes dates ...

HUNTSVILLE, AL. - What is a cigar box guitar? Technically, it’s a discarded cigar box with a hole for a 1-inch-by-2-inch fretboard. A hodgepodge of random items. Perhaps with a leather cord attached ...

September 15, 2012 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google If you want to make a very basic guitar you can do so with a piece of 1x2-inch oak, string, a few hardware ...

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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 ...

Who knew you could make a guitar out of a discarded box? What's more — there's an entire association dedicated to the “do it yourself” instrument! A fundraising event kicked off Friday evening at ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...