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.

Then in the early 2000s there was a nostalgia-filled revival of the instrument. "Although the making of these guitars began in the 1800s, they are coming back full circle," said Mike Snowden, a ...