A photo of Billy Gibbons playing cigar box guitar has been traveling around the interwebs for years. However, have you ever heard the music he was playing?
The photo and audio below in the Youtube video come from The Howard Stern Show, November 11, 2005 when Gibbons was promoting his book, Rock N Roll Gearhead. According to Stern's official website, Gibbons pointed out that the guitar he had with him in the studio, which was made of cigar boxes from the 1920s... has only four strings...
So what is that cigar box guitar that Billy Gibbons is playing? It's a TurboDiddley made by Kurt Schoen of Schoen Guitars. It was one of several guitars commissioned by Gibbons to Schoen.
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In 2013, Emerald City Guitars presented An Evening with Kurt Schoen where the cigar box mastermind showed off a collection of his guitars and other interesting tidbits. One very intriguing piece was an actual hand-sketched cigar box guitar design by Schoen and submitted to Gibbons for another commission!
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Just like it sounds, the cigar box guitar is a simple stringed instrument that uses an empty cigar box as a resonator and also can be made from broom handles, wooden rulers, screen wire; whatever can be found. They generally have 3 strings and all the basic components of a guitar: neck, body, bridge and strings - although variations occur at the whimsy of the maker. Tuned to open chords, cigar box guitars are often played with a slide or one finger. Fun to play, they also make affordable showpieces for the collector of musical instruments and those who appreciate handmade Americana.
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Cigar box instruments were created when money was scarce. Their humble beginnings originated from the ingenuity of people with music in their souls but no means to buy an instrument. There is an etching of Civil War soldiers sitting outside a tent with one of them playing a cigar box violin. In 1890, Daniel Carter Beard, co-founder of the Boy Scouts of America, published plans on how to make a cigar box banjo in the “
.” Cigar box guitars gained greater popularity during the Great Depression. Many times the builder was a child with no money but a desire to play music.
As a boy, rock’n roll pioneer Carl Perkins had a cigar box guitar that he made with a box, stick and baling wire. Learning on that instrument enabled him to write “Blue Suede Shoes” many years later. Blind Willie Johnson, Jimi Hendrix and Charlie Christian are more examples of stars who first learned to play on a cigar box guitar.
Cigar Box Guitars Put Retiree On A Musical Mission
If you look online, you will see photos of Keith Richards, Paul McCartney, Steven Tyler, Bo Diddley, Samantha Fish, Johnny Depp, Justin Johnson, and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top with versions of cigar box guitars. There are fine art prints of cigar box guitars to be found and there is even a Cigar Box Guitar Museum in York, Pennsylvania.
These special instruments are becoming more desirable once again. More than just folk art or Americana, they are meant to be played. At Past & Present our beautiful hand-made selections, created by a skilled craftsman, vary in materials and design and really must be seen to be appreciated. The acoustic models have phosphor bronze & steel strings. The electric models are complete with volume knob, piezo pickup and nickel-wound strings.
Do you have the music in you? Express it by taking one of these wonderful out-of-the-ordinary instruments home to learn on and play for your friends and family. It will be a conversation starter for sure. And you will have an uncommon treasure!
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Stop in to see and hear them today at Past and Present Home Gallery, the antique store with character… and home to one-of-a kind items you can’t find anywhere else, folks!
While you are here, be sure to check out the Diva Den or Man Cave for more memorabilia just waiting for you!
Past and Present has recently acquired a gorgeous, almost pristine music box that was made in Switzerland around the late 1800s. Take a peek at some of its unique features and stunning designs, then stop into the gallery and hear it play for yourself!
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At Past & Present Home Gallery, we love acquiring pieces with a great background – especially if it relates to our hometown! This wooden beer box - circa 1930s - has quite the storied past that both beer lovers and Breweriana collectors will enjoy.
In celebration of our 10th year, we’re looking back at a few of our greatest highlights—both as a business and as a friendly, well-organized environment for local visitors and tourists alike.
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