Why we love the work of modern cigar box guitar makers

I've always found it incredible how cigar box guitar makers take what most people see as recycling and turn it into a screaming blues machine. There's something fundamentally honest about an instrument made from a box that once held Cohibas or Montecristos, a stick of wood, and maybe a few stray bolts from a hardware store. It's a middle finger to the polished, mass-produced world of $3,000 guitars that people are too afraid to actually play. ...

May 21, 2026 · 6 min · Campion Rueth