Beginner Cigar Box Guitar

I'd never even heard of cigar box guitars until I walked into a local folk music shop and saw these 3 stringed box instruments. I was intrigued and asked to have a look at one. You may seen a...

If you prefer your guitar to be tuned to E B E and want a handy pdf download for playing any chord based on the 1-finger power chords, I have this handy chart and diagram which you can download for...

It’s well worth experimenting using the slide on different fingers but you will probably settle on one that suits you and becomes your favourite. Mine is my ring finger and I will explain why....

If you are moving on from one  finger barre chords you may be wondering how chord shape diagrams work for a Cigar Box Guitar. Here are my beginner tips: These diagrams are drawn with the...

Most people tune their 3-string Cigar Box Guitar to G D G, but there are many other tunings available and one of these is A E A . This means that your guitar will be tuned up a tone ( or 2 half...

I'd say learn 2 or 3 chords and see what songs you can play with those chords. If there is anything I'd say is the easiest thing to learn on a Cigar Box Guitar I think it's probably a 2 chord song...

When you are buying fret wire for your cigar box guitar build there are a few decisions that you need to make. These involve things like the color and width of the wire, but also the form that you...