
The Most Versatile Cigar Box Guitar
Professionally crafted electric cigar box guitars. Easy to Play & Excellent for alternate tuning.
For All Musicians
Just starting? Been playing for years? BluesBox guitars are handcrafted for any musician playing live, or in the studio, or at home for fun. It's a perfect extra instrument to have around. Add a rustic voice to your mix. Use it for new sounds & different tunings, slide playing or standard!

Why BluesBox?
Crafted by real luthiers and guitar technicians, every BBG has our special open tuning feature. We use a great sounding pickup, quality tuners, a specially carved ebony bridge & bone nut. Choose between a natural maple neck or vintage amber stain. Each one is individually set up & intonated properly. Watch the demo videos to learn more about the tuning feature!
Standard Tuning Demo
Alternate Tuning Demo
AVAILABLE MODELS
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Build this Box – 7R
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Build this Box – 8W
$299.99 – $339.99 Select options -
BluesBox No. 1937- Custom Cigar Box Electric Guitar
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BluesBox No. 1934 – Custom Cigar Box Electric Guitar
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BluesBox No. 1936- Custom Cigar Box Electric Guitar
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BluesBox No. 1921- Custom Cigar Box Electric Guitar
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BluesBox No. 1944- Custom Cigar Box Electric Guitar
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BluesBox No. 1942- Custom Cigar Box Electric Guitar
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Handcrafted in the U.S.A.
Customer Reviews
"I've been using it mostly with slide and open tunings... it's become a new favorite for me. I think my other guitars are getting jealous." ~ Robert E.
Customer Reviews
"I got it yesterday but we finally started playing with it tonight... the pickup sounds great, and it's easy to play with my type of fingerstyle. I love it!" -Norm D.
Customer Reviews
"Came home to see it waiting for me and now I've been playing my BluesBox for hours... jammed out with friends and my band loved it!" ~ Michael L.

Made in the mountains...
The history of cigar box guitars is deep. It's lineage shares traditional roots with american blues and folk music. Most certainly, it shows the vast power and devotion to the creation of music itself.
Each BluesBox is handcrafted by professional technicians in the mountains of Northern Arizona. These instruments are fun & easy 4-string guitars made by our renowned shop, Custom Sound Instruments.
PLAY IT FIRST POLICY!
When you get your BluesBox please test it out first. If you don't like it for any reason just notify us within 3 days and we will authorize a pre-paid return shipment. After a return inspection we'll issue a full refund minus a $39 service charge to cover our shipping costs. Visit the Custom Sound main site for policy details.
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Who else played?
Jimi Hendrix
"Young James Marshall Hendrix wanted so much to play the guitar that he crafted a cigar box into his own with rubber bands serving as the strings." ~Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Who else played?
Lightnin Hopkins
"So I went ahead and made me a guitar with a cigar box, piece of plank and some wire... got me a tune, I kept my tune & played from then on..." ~Guitar Player Magazine
Who else played?
Blind Willie Johnson
"His father made him a cigar box guitar when he was five... Young Willie learned to play melodies up & down using a slide to fret the notes." -The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
Listen to the Interview
>>> Check out this podcast about how the BluesBox came to be…