Cigar Box Guitars, Join The Revolution!! |
Here at Sixseis we pay tribute to all the great guitars from the past. Cigar Box Guitars are all about The Blues, Blues in its simplest, rawest, purest most primal form. Legendary guitar players, Francis William Blackwell "Scrapper Blackwell", Blind Willie Johnson, Lightnin Hopkins, Buddy Guy, BB King, George Benson, Jimi Hendrix, only to name a few, started playing with a Cigar Box Guitar to express themselves and find their style, Who knows, you might even find your own. |
Homemade musical instruments have been around for ever. Cigar boxes made their appearance in the late 1800s, giving birth to Cigar Box Fiddles, Banjos, Ukes and Mandolins. Only The Majestic combination of Cigar Taxes and The Great Depression of 1929 could have given birth to this Magnificent Instrument, the Cigar Box Guitar. The only thing close to witnessing this culture clash would be owning one. In the end, one thing always leads to another. Think about it. |
Keeping One Of The Greatest American Handicraft Traditions Alive!!.
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