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This is the second part in a series of posts featuring answers people have given to the new member question on Cigar Box Nation: What do you find most interesting about cigar box guitars? We share some of the answers here as a source of inspiration and reminder of just how amazing this hobby of building and playing homemade instruments really is. ·········· “I think the sound is wonderful! I saw them being played at Lowe Mills in Huntsville, AL and I was hooked! Bought a great guit …

CigarBoxNation.com has been the online home of the cigar box guitar and homemade music movement since Shane Speal launched it back in 2008. In the fourteen years since, over 22,000 people from all over the world have joined the community to ask questions and share their photos, videos and advice about these amazing instruments.Ten or so years ago, after I took over ownership of the site from Shane, we implemented some membership questions to try to weed out spam accounts. The third and final que …

We live in a crazy, fast-paced world and are bombarded with daily messages of divided people.Politics, sports, beliefs, and values… you name it, and it’s a hot-button topic used to clobber us in newsfeeds everywhere.Some days, it all feels like a little too much.Thank goodness there are cigar box guitars to bring us together.Cigar Box Guitars Join Us TogetherCigar box guitars have a magical way of joining folk to one another – to build, to encourage, to commiserate over mistakes, and to congratu …

Looking to liven up your workshop? Need to breathe new life into your builds?Every so often we builders fall into a slump, wondering what will tickle our cigar box guitar fancies. When that happens, what can get your creative juices flowing so you can build the next guitar that has you beaming with pride? The next guitar you can’t wait to share on social media or in your favorite cigar box guitar community such as Cigar Box Nation?Well here are 3 ways to shock your imagination and haul you out o …

Every cigar box guitar builder needs some inspiration now and again. Why not get inspired by what other builders have made?We love seeing what you build. And that's why we love receiving your photo and video submissions, along with your builder's stories, through our customer gallery link. We share your submissions on our website so that others see not only what you built, but also the specific products you used. In this way, you inspire another builder, and he or she encourages the ne …