C. B. Gitty

Hear the full power of our banjo kit in this new demo video:  New Orleans jazz musician, Brett Gardner performs "Up a Lazy River" with The Cigar Box Serenaders using the Country Roads Banjo Kit...

From the 19th century onwards, authors like Jules Verne and H. G. Wells and K. W. Jeter brought us adventures in a genre now known as Steampunk. Fusing Victorian Era sensibilities with mechanical...

This is a set of 10 mini diamond files, each 5.5 inches long and in a range of profiles (flat, half-round, quarter-round, triangle, round/rat tail, etc). These are perfect for notching nuts and...

If you have ever wanted to make your own custom wooden knobs for your cigar box guitars or other instruments, this is the tool for you! Developed and hand-crafted by long-time Gitty friend and...

Build your own resonator guitar for $ hundreds less than any dobro on the market.  The Hubcap Howler isn't just a fun kit... it's a serious deep-blues guitar. Assembly time: just 3-4 hours,...

This is an assortment of 25 medium-thickness (0.71mm) C. B. Gitty-branded celluloid guitar picks in a nice variety of eleven different colors. Printing is in either white or gold depending on...

We've always been fans of the cowboy guitars with painted graphics that were sold in the 1930's-1950's.  Our Rodeo King pays homage to those instruments, while delivering a rough-and-tumble look...

This set of strings is selected specifically for tuning a 4-string instrument (such as a cigar box guitar) to G D A E tuning - the same tuning commonly used on mandolins, octave mandolins, Irish...

What's more efficient than having all of the tools you need for the job in one convenient place? This handy gadget combines three tools that are commonly used to re-string a guitar or other stringed...

To create this beautiful resonator cigar box guitar, we took our tried and true Illustrated Guitar design and added one of our medium "Hubcap" spun paint can lid reso cones, to create a wonderful...

This set of specially designed parts will help you make the best use of your C. B. Gitty Hubcap Reso Cone (or regular paint can lid) on your special instrument build. Ben "Gitty" Baker designed these...

These beautiful custom metal parts are absolutely perfect additions to that special cigar box guitar or other homemade instrument build. These parts are Made in the USA, cut via a special chemical...