Cigar Box Guitar Kits

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Cigar box guitars are where guitar building began. Long before factory instruments, musicians built their own from whatever was available, and a cigar box plus a stick made a surprisingly playable instrument. That tradition lives on in our cigar box guitar kits. These kits use real cigar box bodies with a through-neck design, giving you an authentic roots instrument with genuine character. The sound is raw, resonant, and full of personality. Plug in a piezo or magnetic pickup and you have a slide guitar or blues machine that sounds like nothing else. Cigar box guitar kits are the easiest builds in our entire catalog. Most can be assembled in a single afternoon with basic hand tools. There is no complex finishing required since the cigar box itself is the body. This makes them a perfect first project, a great gift for a music-loving friend, or a fun weekend activity. Each kit includes a genuine cigar box, pre-shaped neck, frets, tuners, bridge, nut, strings, and a pickup. Three-string and four-string options are available for different playing styles.