Fretted And Fretless Cigar Box Guitars- What Are The Differences?
A fretless Cigar Box Guitar has no fret wires installed. Without fret lines, it’s difficult to play in tune, so frets are usually marked even on a fretless guitar. A fretless instrument is often...
If you've seen a 3 string guitar being played and wondered what it is, chances are it's a cigar box guitar. A cigar box guitar is traditionally handmade from a cigar box with a wooden...
Even though they are called a cigar box guitar, the bodies for these handmade guitars can be made from a variety of different materials: cigar boxhandmade boxwine boxwooden jewelry boxmetal...
If you've seen a cigar box guitar, you will have seen that not only do they tend to have box-shaped bodies but there is a piece of wood sticking out of the bottom of this box. In this article we will...
Your guitar does not sound in tune and you can't get it in tune- what's going on? New strings aren't stretched and won't hold their tuneMachine heads are poor quality and slipString action is too...
You can't just put steel strings on your regular ukulele as this will damage the instrument, but you can now buy a steel stringed ukulele. Alternatively, buy or make a 4 string cigar box...
