Presenting our second-generation “GEN2” line of plastic fretting templates! A huge improvement over the original model, these templates are ¼ the thickness, include more template features, are nice and flexible, and best of all are...

These are the perfect "cover-up" for neck-notching mistakes! This is a set of two neck collars for cigar box guitars, made to fit over a standard 1x2 (0.75" x 1.5") neck where it exits the box, to help hide jagged notch cuts. These collars are laser cut...

It has never been easier to trace consistent, professional-looking F-holes onto your homemade instruments. Less than $2.80 per template! This is a set of 9 stencils/templates of 4 different F-hole patterns, based on designs that have been used on...

Take the guesswork and error out of cutting neck notches in your cigar box guitars with this custom laser-cut centering template! This template is based on a tool used by Shane Speal for years, and allows you to quickly and easily find the center of a...

This is a single black "rail style" humbucker pickup, with ferrite magnets and rated at 9.3KOhms of impedance. This is the style of pickup featured in Shane Speal's GuitarWorld.com article on his homemade lap steel guitar. Pop one of these in your...

These templates allow you to quickly and accurately mark out cigar box guitar headstocks for drilling tuner holes. 7 different templates are included, which cover popular 3 and 4-string layouts. 2 Left / 1 Right, 2 Right / 1 Left, 3 Right, 3 Left, and 3...

This is a pair of cool sound hole covers cut and engraved with a distinctive skull design, perfect for use on cigar box guitars, dulcimers, amplifiers, other homemade instruments and more! The outside width of of these covers is 2" (50.8mm), and the...

This is a set of 14 stencils/templates of 3 different F-hole patterns, based on designs that have been used on stringed musical instruments (lutes, violins and more) throughout history. These are laser-cut from 0.080" clear acrylic, and come with...

Shane says:  "When Southbound Strings asked me to develop a set of professional electric guitar strings for cigar box guitar, I demanded three things: The strings must include a ‘wound G’ string (essential for grinding slide...

This is a laser-cut and engraved centering rule, which can be used to quickly and easily find the center of cigar boxes, cookie tins and pretty much any other object less than 14" wide. We designed this tool to make it easier for cigar box guitar...

This is a set of 12 laser-cut wooden gears, perfect for use as sound hole covers on cigar box guitars, steampunk projects and other decorative uses. The sizes of the gears range from 2.5" diameter down to .75" diameter, and several different gear styles...

This 2-piece set of acrylic laser-cut and engraved templates provide you with 10 separate magnetic pickup routing templates, one for each of our most popular varieties of magnetic pickups. From the Soapbar P-90 to the Snake Oil Mini Humbucker, standard...