Barrie resident Dave McQueen, who's retired and has built around 20 cigar-box guitars, shows just how easy constructing one could be if you put your mind and handiness to it. McQueen shopped around ...

McQueen shopped around for parts to use — a cigar box from Michaels, the best one-by-two-inch and quarter-inch oak he could find at Lowes, guitar tuners bought online, guitar strings and various other ...

Have you ever heard of a cigar box guitar? With its origins dating back to Civil War soldiers, these specialty instruments have been around for close to 160 years.

Around 1840, in fact, the cigar box as we know it today was introduced. Pre-1840, cigars were loosely packaged in bundles and shipped in large barrels, Jehle said.

WITH THESE UNIQUE INSTRUMENTS. AND OF COURSE, IT’S MADE MASS. THE SOUND THAT COMES OUT OF THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE. IT’S CRAZY. FOR THE UNINITIATED, THE SOUND COMING FROM THIS CIGAR BOX IS MIND ...

BRICK – The history of home-made cigar box guitars goes back to the 1840s when manufactured cigar boxes were first introduced. Their size and availability made the boxes the perfect body for a low ...

Once a month, there's a booth at Findlay Market selling unconventional instruments crafted from cigar boxes, plastic toy models and even deer skulls. The business, Don't Fret Guitars, began as a ...