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The Secret of Cigar Box Guitars
I've been playing, or should I say learning, the guitar for over thirty years but I've only recently discovered the fun that can be had with a simple cigar box guitar.
If you have never heard of cigar box guitars I shall explain what they are. A cigar box guitar is simply a basic guitar made using a wooden cigar box as the resonant body. They tend to be home made instruments that use a cigar box as the resonator in the same way that an acoustic guitar uses its guitar body to amplify the sound from the strings.
Way back in the 19th century many more people regularly smoked cigars. They began to package cigars in wooden boxes from around the middle of the 19th century and people soon found a use for these boxes in various home made instruments.
It's quite easy to turn a cigar box into a basic guitar using a length of wood and a few guitar tuners and this is why they became a popular folk instrument. The simplest of cigar box guitars might have only one string, but they are commonly made with three strings and no frets. A bottleneck slide, knife or even a piece of animal bone can be used to fret the steel strings.
Cigar box based musical instruments are a traditional form of folk instrument that could easily be made using items that would otherwise have been thrown away. There has been something of an explosion in interest in these simple home made instruments, partly fuelled by the internet. And home made guitar like instruments don't have to be based on a cigar box. Many people who build these home made guitars use other boxes for the resonator including oil cans, childrens lunch boxes and even biscuit tins.
If you are struggling with your fancy six string why not get yourself a three string cigar box guitar and join the revolution.
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