Amplifier & Effects Kits

Here's your chance to build a busker's dream - a cigar box guitar with a screaming built-in amplifier. Fully electric cigar box guitar - can be plugged into any guitar amp Internal 2.5 watt amp with separate volume and gain.  Powered by a...

Build your own battery-powered amplifier and bring your Cigar Box Guitar anywhere with this complete kit!The box can vary in shape and size (see photo for example), but the kit comes with everything you need to put together your very own amplifier. The...

Build your own battery-powered amplifier and bring your Cigar Box Guitar anywhere with this complete kit! Our amp kit has never been easier to assemble or more customizable. All you need for assembly is a philips head screwdriver and a soldering iron...

  This is a kit of all of the parts you'll need to build your own 2.5-watt amplifier, whether in a cigar box or other enclosure of your choice. For such a small amp board, this little beauty really puts out some nice sound. This kit includes a...

Are you ready to build your own screaming distortion effects pedal? This Psycho Box kit takes our very popular Psycho Knob distortion driver board and gives you all of the parts and know-how you need to get it mounted into a cigar box and ready to play...

THE PSYCHO KNOB KIT: It's like injecting four different boost/distortion pedals inside your guitar or amp!   FOR GUITAR:  This simple knob requires only simple soldering to place between your volume/tone knobs and the guitar jack...

Boost those bluesy mid-range tones.  Clean-up muddy sounding pickups. Crank up the treble for leads.  The Tone Distiller gives your pickups five different personalities. This unique active tone circuit opens up many possibilities by...

This is a 2.5-watt Artec amp circuit board with on-board on/off/volume potentiometer, pre-wired connection leads including a 9-volt battery connector. We also include a basic sheet with wiring diagrams for this board. These make great little amps, which...

    Build your own real working microphone!  Sounds like a vintage AM radio - perfect for vocals and harmonica.  These simple kits are great for ages 12+ and deliver an incredible sound.  No soldering needed Featuring our...

This is a set of two (2) 3-inch, 5-watt full-range amp speakers, perfect for use in homemade amplifier building - the same ones we include in our amp kits and use in most of the amplifiers we build here at C. B. Gitty. The come with pre-soldered 12-inch...

This oval-shaped 5 x 7-inch speaker boasts a full & rich frequency range, perfect for homemade guitar amplifiers and other audio uses such as powered speakers. While a little more expensive than smaller speakers, the volume and tonal quality more...

These cute little tweeters make a great addition to homemade amps, for pulling out those high-ends. They are rated at 13 watts and with 6 ohms impedance. They come with standard 1/8-inch blade-style solder lugs for easy wiring, and also have a third lug...

These are great-sounding full-range audio speakers, rated at 5 watts and with 4 ohms resistance. They come with standard 1/8-inch blade-style solder lugs for easy wiring, utilize ferrite magnets. The design of the mounting flange means that they can be...

This is a set of two (2) paper-cone audio speakers, rated at 3 watts and 8 ohm resistance. While not full range, these are good inexpensive workhorse speakers for various audio projects, including cigar box amplifiers. Their low profile (just over 1 inch...

This 4 1/2-inch speaker boasts a full & rich frequency range, perfect for homemade guitar amplifiers and other audio uses such as powered speakers. We have a limited number of these and can't get more once they're gone, so stock up now! Dimensions...

A set of two mini full-range mylar-cone speakers. These are 2 inches in diameter, and perfect for use in homemade amplifier building. This is the same style of speakers used in the famous "Smokey" cigarette pack amps, and can be used with our SDA-T amp...

This is a set of two (2) rectangular full-range amp speakers, measuring 2 inches tall by 4.375 inches wide and just under 2 inches deep. Rated at 10 watts with 8 ohms of impedance, these are perfect for use in homemade amplifier building. They have a...

A set of five 1/4" audio jacks, with 4 contact lugs. These are stereo jacks and also have a cut-off circuit, which allows them to be used in situations where you want a circuit to only be powered when a plug is inserted - this is commonly used for...