ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- It started as a search for a different sound. Kevin M. Kraft spent years unsatisfied with the instruments he had and was considering commissioning a custom-made guitar when he came ...

Who can forget the homemade musical instruments they made as children – the rubber band guitars, shakers with beans, or the simple wax paper over a comb kazoos? But homemade instruments aren’t just a ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) - It started as a search for a different sound. Kevin M. Kraft spent years unsatisfied with the instruments he had and was considering commissioning a custom-made guitar when he ...

Ever played a cigar box guitar? The customarily homemade instrument follows the design of a regular guitar. But they traditionally use a cigar box as the resonator. Of course, creative musicians who ...

FORMER furniture maker Greg McKinnon is ready to take the next step with the unique cigar box guitars he has been making for about two and a half years. He has just launched them for sale on the Etsy ...

A cigar box guitar you should take seriously? We think so... Few setup issues. Expensive, for a cigar box guitar. MusicRadar's got your back Our team of expert musicians and producers spends hours ...

One of the best things about making music is that it’s so easy to do. There are countless ways to make interesting sounds out of nearly anything if you’re willing to experiment a little bit — just ask ...

Anyone who saw the funny little square-shaped guitars at Mikel Doktor’s booth stand at the Music is Art festival might have thought Doktor had created some unique, alien-type of instrument. However, ...

HUNTSVILLE, AL. - What is a cigar box guitar? Technically, it’s a discarded cigar box with a hole for a 1-inch-by-2-inch fretboard. A hodgepodge of random items. Perhaps with a leather cord attached ...

Shane Speal, whose Snake Oil Band headlines the first New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival on Saturday, started out playing something with a little more firepower. “In the ’80s, I was a bass player ...