A Brief History of the Cigar Box Guitar - How improvised Instruments Built American Music

In this video I discuss the history of cigar box guitars and give rundown of the one that I built myself.
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[@harigeorgeson5885]

Exquisite craftsmanship aside, I learned a lot about the history of cigar box guitars. This was really well done.

[@mulekickhandmadeguitars8465]

What great video! I build electric CBG's because I love the history behind them but also because I really love their sound and tone, with each guitar having a voice all its own. They're unassuming, innocent looking instruments until you plug one in and hear it peel the paint off your living room walls.

[@LRHutch]

Great video man. I enjoyed the history lesson. Good playing also. I've been playing six string guitars for 65 years, I'm just now getting interested in the cigar box. I think I'll build one. Have a great day brother.

[@SouthernFireGuitars]

Thanks for the history lesson, great playing as well. CBG's are a blast to build and play.

[@partyjesus5588]

I had like six or seven cigar boxes lying around from some dude my father knew.
I think I threw them all away, and boy, do I regret that decision now.
I could've made quite a few different guitar and bass variants out of them.

[@davidcrumpler5714]

What enjoyable and enlightening video. Thanks.

[@clawhammerchris]

Thanks, Edward! I really enjoyed this video. I started making up a song, “Oh Lord have mercy, my cigar box guitar is so big I injured my groin…”🎶🎵🎵🎶

[@denbodg9311]

I came across you years ago because of the CBG, looking for blues to play with a slide. I’ve built many of them, but not now. I still have one, 3 string, & it sits there with my Strats. I would urge anyone to build & play these fun instruments. Anyone can crack a tune out in open D or G. 👍

[@sapelesteve]

Fantastic video Edward! I have made a few solid body guitars as well as a Bass guitar and an Acoustic guitar. Never thought about making a Cigar Box guitar, so I now have that on my list of to do's! Thanks! 👍👍🎸🎸

[@BigSifu67]

Thanks for this one. Really enjoying your videos lately!

[@cigarbox]

Thanks for the awesome video and fantastic performance!

[@DustyMagroovy]

Hey great video Edward! Thanks for the history.

[@5150show]

Incredible

[@robocohen]

Thanks for that history!

[@johnpaul2285]

😎👍 Thanks Ed !

[@boris1932]

Great video Ed! Sounds awesome, nice little joke about Gibson too, lol!

[@clemmcguinness1087]

Very good

[@Joannesyoga]

great sound 🙂

[@johnford7847]

Nice little history lesson. Thank you. Does your CBG have a functional truss rod in the neck? Just seems like the neck would bow forward, given the tension of the strings and the weak connection of the neck to the body.

[@aalexjohna]

Mind your own business, Grandpa.

[@jamesonpace726]

Truly excellent vid on a great subject! A bit longer & more in depth would be much appreciated & till then, thank you & rock on....

[@CapitaineBrochet]

4:45 😂it's my DIY skills

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

4:03 ... just for clarification this a photoshopped image, the perspective of the cbg is wrong and I've seen the original photo of Jimi playing a stratocaster...iirc, Jimi reported as a kid he stuck a broom handle through a box and used screen door wire...