Also includes plans to make your own fiddle bow, too. The finished product is a very playable 5-string banjo.īuild a Cigar Box Violin first published 1949.īuild a playable 4-string violin. These plans are based on the cigar box guitar that rockabilly legend, Carl Perkins played as a child.ĥ-String Cigar Box Banjo – Oldest known cigar box instrument plansīuild an Uncle Enos Banjo first published circa 1870 The oldest known plans for a cigar box instrument, the Uncle Enos Banjo plans were written by Boy Scouts founder Daniel Carter Beard for a childrens magazine. These are the plans that inspired Shane Speal to build his first cigar box guitar. Smokehouse Guitars presents Advanced Course in Cigar Box Guitar Building and Designįrom Guitar Player Magazine, 1976. Need more help? See links above for Cigar Box Nation discussion groups. Pictures, descriptions and more.pdf format (Thanks Brian!) Super Advanced Cigar Box Guitar Buildingīrian Lemin presents his own take on building a cigar box guitar.Cigar Box Guitar Wiring and Electronics.Once you’ve downloaded these plans, join these Cigar Box Nation discussion groups for building and playing tips: Build a simple 3-string CBG using an empty box, a plank of wood (easily found at your local hardware store) some strings and tuners. These are easy-to-follow plans that started the Cigar Box Guitar Revolution.
These free plans come from our sister website, (the #1 resource site for cigar box guitars)įrom the simple 3-string cigar box guitar instructional that started the Cigar Box Guitar Revolution to historical plans dating back to the 1800’s…we’ve collected them all.