A cigar box is just a cigar box – except when it’s a guitar. The cigar box guitars made by Shoemaker are similar to homemade instruments that date back to the 19th century, made by musicians who couldn’t afford real guitars. Cigar box guitars quickly spread from the Deep South to the lumberjack camps of the Upper Midwest, with instructions published in newspapers and DIY books. “When you’re making your own instrument, there’s a deep passion.”The cigar box guitar maker making some raw, gritty sounds on his handmade instrument. He built his first cigar box guitar in 1993 and later created a website, cigarboxnation.com, which would help introduce a new generation of makers and musicians to cigar box guitars.

Source: The Star December 09, 2019 00:00 UTC