Handmade Cigar Box Guitar

Cigar Box Guitar No. 34

Padron 4000 Blonde Cigar Box

It's one of my favorites!

My husband, Michael does an awesome job building these cigar box guitars. He hand carves the neck from a fallen black walnut tree that used to stand in his parents' backyard. He carves the neck with vintage tools. The necks are fretless and the markers are burned in. This helps to create an usual and unique playing experience.

The cigar box guitars have three strings. It can be played acoustically or plugged into an amp.

This would make an awesome gift to yourself or someone special!

Find this one and more in the Cigar Box Guitar and Amp section of our Etsy Shop:

http://squier.etsy.com

You can hear a sound clip of one of his cigar box guitars:

http://squierdesign.com/country_boy_guitars.html

You will even find a music video at the bottom of this page where one of his CBGs is played!

Luxury Shopping

A cigar box guitar from our Squier Etsy Shop was featured in Saturday's Etsy Finds in the Luxury Shopping Section.

Check out the guitar:

Cigar Box Guitar No. 32 - Americana

Music Lover's Gear Guide

An Etsy Finds Feature

My husband's Cigar Box Guitar No. 31 is featured in today's Etsy Finds - Summer of Love in the Music Lover's Gear Guide section: http://bit.ly/qLCreA

Check out the cigar box guitar right here:

Cigar Box Guitar No. 31

http://www.etsy.com/listing/78756111

Yay! Etsy FP!

Happy Birthday Etsy!

Just found out my Squier Etsy Shop made the front page of Etsy.com with my husband's handmade Cigar Box Guitar No. 29 La Gloria Cubana in a fantastic Happy Birthday Etsy Treasury. It can be played as either an acoustic guitar or plugged into an amp and played as an electric guitar.

Pair it up with our portable battery operated cigar box amp and rock out by the camp fire!

Etsy Front Page Hurray!

My Squier Etsy Shop made it to the front page of Etsy.com this morning at 5 am. So exciting! Here's a screenshot showing my husband's Padron 3000 Cigar Box Guitar.

This Padron 3000 CBG has a nice bright, almost banjo like sound.

You can find it for sale here:

Padron 3000 Cigar Box Guitar No. 25

Cigar Box Guitars

Country Boy Guitars

Macanudo Portofino Cafe Cigar Box Guitar No. 30

Handmade by Michael Squier

These CBGs are amazing musical instruments. Michael hand carves each neck, which is made from a fallen black walnut tree. The fretless necks have burned in markers, which produces a very unique sound. His guitars have open tuning and can be played with a slide or by fretting with your fingers.

Each guitar has its very own unique sound. The different cigar boxes give them a slightly different sound. They can be played as an acoustic or electric guitar. A piezo pick up is mounted inside the bridge, you can hook it up to your own amplifier.

To hear a sound clip of one of Michael's CBGs being played, click here:

http://squierdesign.com/country_boy_guitars

Michael creates each of his Country Boy Guitar Cigar Box Guitars using vintage tools. They are definitely an awesome conversation piece, however, they are made to be played!

You can find several of Michael's ready made cigar box guitars in the Cigar Box Guitar section of our Squier Etsy Shop. You can also find a custom order guitar there as well, you can choose the cigar box you would like and choose whether you want it left or right handed.

Folk, rock, delta blues ... you can play anything on these wonderful instruments.

http://squier.etsy.com

Cigar Box Guitar

Country Boy Guitars

This evening I figured out how to add a sound clip to a web page, something I have never done before. The help guide in my program was rather confusing and no help at all. I have designed many awesome looking websites with cool features. This was the first time I added sound. Ah, the silly things that make you feel so proud of yourself.

Yes, these 3 stringed instruments made from a real cigar box by my husband Michael, really do sound good. Click the link and have a listen:

http://squierdesign.com/country_boy_guitars

Maybe you too will want one of your very own!

Cigar Box Guitar

Country Boy Guitars

My husband has created several fun cigar box guitars. They are made with a real cigar box. He adds a black walnut neck which he shapes and carves himself. The black walnut wood comes from a tree fallen in his parents' backyard.

He uses a wood burning tool I gave him years ago to burn in the markers for a fretless neck. He hand cuts the f holes and hand carves the bridge. Puts it all together and adds three guitar strings and suddenly you have a guitar.

They are made to be played and create wonderful sound.

He has a few for sale in a local music shop. Plus I have finally convinced him, he should add them to our Etsy Shop.

Check out Michael's cigar box guitars right here: http://squier.etsy.com

Saturday at the Fair

Rainy Day at the Fair

We decided to give art and craft fairs another go. Our first one of the year ended up being a rather rainy day. It was only cloudy when we set up our booth and the weather man did say the rain was supposed to hold off until around 3 pm the time the fair closed. I was okay with that. But then it began to rain, just a light mist. Not too bad even though I was worried about my watercolors. Then it began to rain harder and harder.

My EZ Up Canopy and watercolors slipped inside the crystal clear sleeves held up extremely well. The only thing that didn't hold up well was the parchment paper sign mounted on foam core to advertise my husband's hand made cigar box guitars. It did not get wet, it just absorbed the humidity.

Of course I did not remember to take photos once we got the booth all set up. I took the pictures as we were packing up. The last hour or two was cloudy but rain free. We did get to meet a lot of very nice people.