Hi, this is a website about Homemade guitars, Cigar box guitars, 3 and 4 string guitars, Cookie tin banjos, and the history of hand made and homemade musical instruments from around the world.

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Best & Biggest

Check out this old cigar box guitar from sometime in the early 1900's. Made with a 1914 John Ruskin "Best & Biggest" cigar box.
This cigar box guitar is a four string with a really well made neck and hand carved friction tuners. Check out the back of the neck too. The craftsman who made it put a lot of attention into it. I bet it was a well playing guitar when it was first built. This guitar is wonderful piece of history from the long lost art of making your own homemade music!