BLUES BOX GUITARS

BLUES and BIRDS
by Mike Anderson

Keeping the grass roots alive.

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The cigar box guitar is a primitive chordophone whose resonator is a discarded cigar box. Because the instrument is homemade, there is no standard for dimensions, string types or construction techniques.

Many early cigar box guitars consisted of only one or two strings that were attached to the ends of a broomstick that was inserted into the cigar box. Other cigar box guitars were more complex, with the builder attempting to simulate a traditional string instrument such as a guitar, banjo, or fiddle.

Except for a few, all guitars are one-off, one of one, made to order, pieces of musical art.