Cigar Box Guitar Articles

A scarcely recognizable, but truly lineal descendant of the humble cigar-box fiddle has made its maiden appearance on the American vaudevill

The publication challenged its readers to create new things from empty boxes. Of course, a one-string cigar box violin is mentioned

Photos of cigar box fiddles, cellos and other instruments from 1922 book, Creative Music for Children by Satis N. Coleman.

New Orleans musician, Bob Ice and his 2-string plywood bass fiddle. Zanco says, "It produces a very effective sound; if you would

John Sebastian of the Lovin' Spoonful discovered this patent and mailed it to Shane Speal several years ago. It shows a rectangle guitar...

Photos taken from MIM.org Among the 15,000 instruments under curation at the massive Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Phoenix AZ, the...

Imagine digging through countless newspaper articles for any mention of a cigar box guitar and then discovering a full story of a young...

The Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band, New Orleans LA, 1899 “So I went ahead and made me a guitar. I got me a cigar box, I cut me a round hole in...

I’d snatch a violin bow and I’d play that one-string fiddle while Mr. Statz would try to make his announcements...

There was a Turk, of a most pompous appearance, who entertained crowds in the street by playing on an instrument of five strings passed over