“I started playing guitar about 18 months ago after a friend gave me an old guitar,” Mullican said. “I wanted to upgrade so I started researching what goes into a good acoustic guitar. I started ...

Etc: Opening reception 5:30-8:30 p.m. May 25, features food and drinks, a live music demonstration, meet the artist and curator Old-school musicians put cigar boxes to work as acoustic resonators. Jug ...

Cigar box guitars can be traced back to the 19th century, when they were made out of necessity from whatever materials people could scrounge up. Necks were often made of broomsticks or a plank of wood ...

A cigar box is just a cigar box — except when it's a guitar. In the hands of Gipson Shoemaker III, the simple wooden box becomes a musical instrument worth hundreds of dollars and capable of producing ...