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With hundreds of entries across three social media platforms and direct to our email, this was the most popular build-off contest we've ever hosted.  The instruments were diverse and covered everyt

Want to challenge yourself with a new way to build your next guitar? Use an old wooden crate to make your biggest, most distinctive DIY-guitar yet! There's no question that cigar boxes are the mo

Welcome back to Watt Corner and happy new year! With 2018 behind us, it feels good to share the photos you'll see in this post knowing they'll jumpstart your new year CBGs.So first, big thanks to ever

Want to learn how to play chords on your 3-string cigar box guitar? Use flashcards 20 minutes a day.That’s right. Those things you used to learn your multiplication tables and other grade school lesso

One Cigar Box Nation member donates C. B. Gitty gift certificate to another building guitars for military veterans.Cigar Box Nation member "the anonymous pick" donated a $100 C. B. Gitty Crafter Suppl

Using reclaimed materials is all the rage these days, and for a good reason. There is something inherently cool about taking an object that has already had a long useful life - like a roof joist from

Electrifying your cigar box guitar or other homemade instrument build can be a very rewarding experience. Being able to plug into an amp not only gives you more volume, but it opens the door to a huge

You love building cigar box guitars, but sometimes there are too many obstacles to get the look and sound you want from a cigar box. Perhaps where you live, you have a tough time finding cigar bo

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, w

Just as A. E. Staley's baking powder worked wondrous transformations in bakers' recipes a century ago, so a hearty measure of artistry transformed an old packing crate into this beautiful heirloom

Nearly anything can be made into a musical instrument. All it takes is a little creative thinking and elbow grease.My first cigar box guitar was from a kit. Because of that, the components were alread

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 newsf