Steve Arvey spielt mit der CBG von Cigarbox-guitars.ch

anlässlich des Swiss Alps Cigar Box Guitar Summit spielt Stve Arvey auf meiner Cigarbox-Guitar am Lago Maggiore. Danke für das tolle Video

Tongue Tied Twin & Cigarbox-Guitars im Atlantis Basel

am 27.5.2021 trotz Corona spielte der One Man Blues Trasher alias Tongue Tied Twin im Musik und Kultur Club Atlantis Basel.
Cigarbox Guitars.ch war mit einer Auswahl an Cigar Box Gitarren als Aussteller mit von der Partie.

Trotz strengen Corona Regeln spielte Tongue Tied Twin im legendären Musik Kultur Club in Basel auf. Die Plätze waren auf auf 50 Personen, mit dem nötigen Abstand, limitiert.
Es galt während dem ganzen Konzert eine Maskenpflicht und ein Konsumationsverbot. Die Vorgaben des Bundes hatte die Zuschauer noch ein wenig abgeschreckt.
Für Chris war es eines der ersten Konzerte seit Corona Beginn. Umso mehr hat er sich ins Zeug gelegt und hat alles gegeben. Der srste Song begann mit einer brennenden Gitarre.
Er zeigte unter anderem was man mit einer Gitarre auch sonst noch alles anstellen kann. Das Publikum war begeistert

Pic. Roland Kämpfer

Kits and Parts for your Cigarbox Guitar

Swiss Cigar Box Guitars

They have a veritable fan community that celebrates them around the globe. The Cigar Box Guitar (short CBG). The primitive, self-made stringed instrument has a cigar box as a sound box - and sounds very good. After all, it plays the blues for decades a role, and so many important artists (not least Jimi Hendrix and Louis Armstrong) Went with him their first musical steps.

I was instantly enthusiastic about the idea and the style. Since I've watched a TV program on the subject, I've built cigar boxes into guitars. The simplicity that intrigued me immediately: I build my cigarbox guitar out of the boundless passion of the simple self-made. How to build a primitive instrument and inspire people with just a few means.

I love the radiance on the faces of its customers.

The CBG is actually an acoustic instrument that served the box as a resonator, with the size of the box determined by the sound. In virtually every piece I build a cheap piezo pickup, where the sound transmits via sound waves, or an electromagnetic pickup, which converts the string vibrations into electrical signals. From smaller boxes a stomp box is built. Somewhat larger boxes make up a ukulele.

With Cigarbox guitars there are hardly any limits. The saddle is an old key or screws, a drain screen is used to cover the sound hole.

Cigarbox Guitars have three or four sides tuned in an Open G tuning. You can build everything you like right now. A seasoned guitarist will miss a few strings

With a little manual skill, everyone can build their own guitar. In the Shop you will find everything you need to build a Cigarbox guitar

What is a cigar box guitar?

A Cigarbox guitar or delta blues guitar called CBG for short is a primitive string instrument that uses an empty cigar box as a sound box. The cigar box guitars usually have only 1, 2 or 3 strings. Most do not have frets on their necks (Fretless). It is played with the slider (Bootleneck). A bottleneck - as the name suggests; originally consisted of a broken glass bottle neck. Meanwhile, there are e.g. Bottlenecks made of glass, metal, ceramics, etc. The cigar-box guitars were very important in the early days of the blues. Most of these artists were black Americans living in poverty. Many could not afford a "real" instrument. So they built a guitar out of an empty cigar box. Anyone looking for a high-gloss guitar here is wrong. CigarBox guitars are handmade, so each one is unique and has its own sound. You'll find more about it here Wikipedia