Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you ever heard of a cigar box guitar? With its origins dating back to Civil War soldiers, these specialty instruments have ...

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WITH THESE UNIQUE INSTRUMENTS. AND OF COURSE, IT’S MADE MASS. THE SOUND THAT COMES OUT OF THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE. IT’S CRAZY. FOR THE UNINITIATED, THE SOUND COMING FROM THIS CIGAR BOX IS MIND BLOWING.