- Radio guitar amp NOT included with sale - 



Cigar box guitars are a lost art and tradition. From Muddy Waters to Lightnin' Hopkin's, many of the early Blues musicians got their start by making and playing these homemade instruments.  Since the mid 1860's up to the early 1950's with Bo Diddly's Rock invasion, building your own homemade or cigar box guitar was quite common. Well before musical instrument mass production brought the cost down, people made their own guitar or stringed instrument out of different types of cigar boxes and scavenged or found wood. 

If you enjoy playing Delta Blues, this guitar is set up for both finger picking or slide guitar,  go from gritty blues to clear country and everything in between. This is an all handmade and homemade cigar box guitar. This guitar is the exact same as all my other guitars I make in wood, but this is I used a rustic satin black antique theme. Its smooth to the touch but looks a 100 years old. 





This guitar is the Old Timer and has vintage style hand drawn art that I drew and etched into the metal top of the pickup. Photos don't do it justice, it looks old but it's not, it is absolutely smooth and satin to the touch and if you want to play Blues this guitar will give you a pure and authentic tone you've been after. This guitar can capture that early 1900's sound by even a beginning player, and a pro can record with a tone that can't be achieved on a factory made guitar.

All of my guitars sound and play the same as I make all my guitars the same way. The recipe I use to capture that old time Blues sound works for me so I do everything the same. I make the pickups the same,  the action and scale length, everything is the same in all my guitars. No matter if it's a resonator, or a cigar box acoustic / electric guitar, I always make them the same.  Only the outside appearances and artwork look different,  but all my guitars are really the same inside and out.




 I hope that this guitar speaks to you and you accept the time and effort I have put into it. You will cherish it for the remainder of your life, it will be next to your chair in the living room, it will be on the sofa or you'll play it in bed while watching TV everyday, it was made to be your most prized guitar! This is an everyday player, not just another guitar for your collection, you will play this guitar constantly.

I can say its easily the coolest guitar you'll ever own .....Goggle Red Dog guitars. You can read more about my art and the history of cigar box guitars.

SHIPPING ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD $68 anywhere in the World, same price anywhere and everywhere. Insured and tracking included. 


3 String Guitar

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 Well, it's time for me to go, These guitars are fun and rewarding to play. Anyone can learn to play one with just a little time and patience.


 Email me anytime with any questions you have, John
   



If you have found yourself here and wondering what exactly is a cigar box guitar?


    Since the mid 1860's, it's been common for poor people to make their own guitar or stringed instrument out of old and used cigar boxes and scavenged or found wood. If you wanted to play guitar and didn't have any money, you'd have to build a guitar yourself.  

  In small towns in the southern United States, you can still hear stories about those old school Bluesmen of the past such as Lightnin' Hopkins, Scrapper Blackwell, Little Freddie King and many others who got their start in music by building their own homemade guitar.  
 One reason early American Blues music has such a distinctive sound is because it has an origin based on these simple homemade instruments. From Muddy Waters to Elmore James, many great blues guitarist were influenced by them in their slide guitar playing. This long forgotten part of history is an important chapter in the story of early "Delta Blues" and its roots of slide guitar from the Southern Delta.

If you are interested in learning more about the hobby of cigar box guitars, 

I have 5 different disc for sale on eBay. I also have a book on the subject.


1. Understanding 3 string guitar - How to Play lessons DVD

2. How To Build - 3 & 4 String Cigar Box Guitars DVD

3. Dust Bowl Blues  - music CD

4. Cigar Box Americana - CD

5. Cigar Box Blues - CD

and a book titled "Box Guitar Blues" The story of the cigar box guitar and history of the Blues. 

 The How to Build DVD covers in-depth how to build 3 & 4 string cigar box guitars and Homemade Resonator guitars. These guitars are just as much fun to build as they are to play. Anyone can build a great guitar, even if it's your first time. You only need a few common hand tools that most people already have.

- the best way to learn how to play guitar, is to listen to guitar music. All of the music and videos I have recorded is only played on homemade guitars. 

   To view the Lesson DVDs and the Cigar Box Music CDs - Click Here

Email me anytime if you have any questions

 One last video for the road....this was recorded with a 3 string guitar,