Have you ever heard of a cigar box guitar? With its origins dating back to Civil War soldiers, these specialty instruments have been around for close to 160 years. In the central Massachusetts town of ...

Correspondent photos / Amanda Davis Al Frano of Boardman makes and sells his cigar box guitars throughout the world. BOARDMAN — By the time Al Frano was 5 years old, he knew he liked working with his ...

Once a month, there's a booth at Findlay Market selling unconventional instruments crafted from cigar boxes, plastic toy models and even deer skulls. The business, Don't Fret Guitars, began as a hobby ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The 19th annual ...

It has been said that no zydeco band is complete without a rubboard and an accordion. But deep in the birthplace of zydeco, an exhibit at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center features a different type ...

One of the world's largest cigar box guitar festivals concluded Sunday at the Orion Amphitheater with a performance by Muscle Shoals native Gary Nichols and the legendary FAME Gang. The weekend-long ...

MODESTO — The latest donation to the Jacksonville Area Museum almost became part of a guitar. While looking for new material to make cigar box guitars, Logan Elliott found a couple of cigar boxes from ...

WITH THESE UNIQUE INSTRUMENTS. AND OF COURSE, IT’S MADE MASS. THE SOUND THAT COMES OUT OF THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE. IT’S CRAZY. FOR THE UNINITIATED, THE SOUND COMING FROM THIS CIGAR BOX IS MIND BLOWING.