There will be a Skype audio conference call for people new to building cigar box guitars this coming Sunday, January 29th. Click on the link below for details:

Cigar Box Nation Skype Call

The CBG building community at Cigar Box Nation recently held a building contest. The members built some absolutely amazing instruments!

The winners were announced here:

Contest Winners

To see all the contest entries, have a look here:

Contest Entries

I’m sure you will be surprised at the workmanship and ingenuity of cigar box guitar builders!

Here is a wonderful Christmas song composed and performed by Sugimugi from Austria. He uses CBGs to play it, and used Windows Paint and a simply animation program to create the video!

The 2011 2011 Cigar Box Nation Christmas Album is available for download. This is a free download of 19 songs on cigar box instruments.

You can get your download here:

2011 Cigar Box Nation Christmas Album

If you also grab the 2010 and 2009 free downloads, you will have over 60 songs!

Enjoy!

I have had a few people say that they did not get an email reply from me. I managed to contact one of these folks by phone, and we discovered that my email response wound up in his spam folder.

I get my email on my phone, and usually respond very quickly, and I seldom take longer than a day to get back to someone.

So, if you send me an email and you don’t see a reply, please make sure you check your spam or junk mail folder to make sure it didn’t get filtered by accident.

Thanks!

Here is Keni Lee Burgess playing one of my creations.  You can purchase Keni Lee’s 3 string guitar instructional videos here on Humidor Guitars.Com.

Check out these absolutely gorgeous hand made wooden flutes by Brian from NVFLUTES.COM!! These are all handcrafted from a variety of exotic woods and would be a wonderful compliment to music played on a HumidorGuitars CBG! Make sure you stop by his site and check out all the instruments.

The cigar box guitar is an international phenomenon. Here is a clip from the Roadhouse Blues club in Moscow, featuring a guy named Capt. Nemoff playing Kansas City Blues.

The Cuban Beauty is a one off guitar, with custom artwork by Cuban-American artist Daysi Rodriguez. This guitar has a maple neck topped by a red oak fingerboard and a Corian nut. The action is super low, perfect for finger playing but not for slide.

It is a three string model in a 24″ scale, and is equipped with a piezo pickup for use with an amplifier.

The artwork is covered with a layer of acrylic, possibly modge podge or decoupage. As such, it has dampened the acoustic abilities of the lid somewhat, so that it has a treble sound to it, similar to a banjo. If you are looking for a deep baritone sound, this ain’t it. It does sound better through an amp, and an effects pedal would make it sound even better.

This guitar is offered for sale for $200 USD, with $20 shipping in the lower 48 states.

PayPal only at this time. Contact dan@humidorguitars.com to purchase.

My CBGs have been flying out the door, which makes it difficult to keep instruments in stock. If you don’t see any for sale on this site, it doesn’t mean that none are available.

If you like what you see, please feel free to use the Contact form and let me know you are interested.

I can build to suit if you like. I can make 3 or 4 string models, fretted or fretless, right or left handed, and might be able to accommodate a request for a specific box, or box type, color etc. It depends on availability.

Thanks for stopping by…