I mentioned in a post yesterday that I created a CBG for US Navy Nurse LT Virginia Sullivan.  Well, It's on it's way to Camp Bastion...

I recently joined in with some other guitar makers from around the country to provide cigar box guitars to service men and women who are sta...

I mentioned recently that I had made contact with a cabinet shop that was providing me with custom stock from which to create necks for my g...

I love building the little 'monster' amps in cigar boxes, and the 'Camacho' is the latest to get the GuitarFuel harness trea...

My friend Jim, a good ol' Montana boy, went down this morning to sign his dogs up for welfare. At first the lady he spoke with, said,...

There's something very special about watching someone's eyes light up, when they are presented with a surprise they were not expect...

This is Jeff's 'Bad Acid' mini-amp.  Don't ask me why he requested that I build the amp from an Acid cigar box, just le...

The 'Maker's Mark' is a six-string, semi-hollowbody, electro-acoustic cigar box guitar, created from a rare 8" x 13...

Nearly all of the three- and four-string guitars I've created have been fashioned from oak and poplar sticks picked up at Lowes and The ...

Well, I just finished the 'Peckerhead Mojo' and commenced to work on a six-string guitar for my friend Jeff. It's a black Mak...

Each year, for the past decade, my son has hosted a Fathers' Day bicycle ride to commemorate the group gathering he and seven of his fri...

and, play my guitar, too!

Check this out!  It's played on a cigar box guitar.  YouTube - "Sleepwalk" on a Cigar Box guitar

In this mass of old ( most before the Surgeon General decided a label was necessary to warn that smoking could kill us ) cigar boxes, t...

Click on the link below to enjoy a great article written for the LA Times, which defines clearly what makes cigar box guitars such an enjoya...

The problem with getting old is that you can remember when you were young!

I've been building steadily for the last couple weeks, but haven't taken the time to post the new creations.  Here are five that I h...

YouTube - Lesson _ Cigar Box Guitar - 3 string - DGB Check out this lesson presented by Uncle John.  The guy is a cool ol' dude and h...

A Montana cowboy walks into the Old Ox tavern and takes a seat next to a very attractive U of M coed -- he gives her a quick glance, then c...