This time, the goal was to build a fretted version from scratch using only materials and tools available at a local hardware store (excluding the cigar box and strings). The build takes about 8 ...

Cigar boxes can be found on Craigslist for about $3 a pop. Pick up three guitar tuners and a pack of acoustic guitar strings (0.09-, 0.17-, and 0.26-gauge) at your local music shop. Then head to your ...

Rich Briggs, 72, of Upland, has been building guitars out of cigar boxes and other recycled materials for the last 6 years. Since then he has built over 800 guitars. (Stan Lim, Inland Valley Daily ...