My Cigar Box Guitar (with Cigar Box Amp)

by tashiandmo in Living > Music

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My Cigar Box Guitar (with Cigar Box Amp)

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These were made as x-mas presents for my Dad last year. I was too lazy to write up a full instrucable, so I just put together a quick slideshow instead.  I used some free cigar boxes, some scrap wood, and a few scavenged electronics parts. My only expenses were the tuners, strings, and fretwire.  It was a fun project inspired by a Lightning Hopkins quote about his musical beginnings.  It sounds surprisingly good, although probably not as good as it would have sounded in Lightnings hands.