Catch Johnson at Flying Monkey Arts on Dec. 29 for $10. The show starts at 8 p.m., but a 6 p.m. cigar-box guitar slide demonstration and lesson is included with ticket purchase.

However, Doktor said cigar box guitars existed long before major guitar manufacturers — even before rock ‘n’ roll itself. ... such as the Jack Daniels label or an Ouija board label.

"It's got a single-coil pickup hardwired to the jack, and you play it with a guitar slide. [It was] built by my ... Shane Speal's Unique Cigar Box Guitars. 10 Strange Instruments Used by Rock ...

Natchitoches native Mike Snowden, a singer-songwriter who has handcrafted and sold over 1,400 cigar box guitars, will be featured on the episode of A&E’s “Ozzy and Jack’s World Detour” ...

A cigar box is just a cigar box — except when it's a guitar. In the hands of Gipson Shoemaker III, the simple wooden box becomes a musical instrument worth hundreds of dollars and capable of ...

SHICKLEY, NEB. - 12/19/2014 - Levoy Saltzman uses a piezoelectric microphone from an old telephone handset to make an electric version of the cigar box guitars he builds in his Shickley garage.

As a guitar maker, he crafts cigar-box instruments whose sounds are wild, idiosyncratic and untamed. Guitar maker Jon Free: "It's easy to tell if it's mine because the headstock is on the wrong ...