KITS: Guitar Kits, Amp Kits & More

We created this box kit specially for license plate resonator guitars at the request of the community. This kit also affords builders the opportunity of building their own, perfectly sized Cigar Box Guitar body! This box style features true "Box Joints"...

    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...

"The sound is otherworldly, like stepping inside the grooves of an old Victrola record."   -Shane Speal describing his cigar box guitar, Making Poor Man's Guitars, page 11.   We've taken all the parts described in Chapter 2 of...

Turn antique packing crates, trunks and boxes into amazing, fully playable heirloom instruments! Using his 3-string short-scale "Baker's Friend" guitar as a build example, author Ben "Gitty" Baker walks you through every facet of the process,...

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...

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 external-mount 9-volt battery trays are perfect for custom amplifiers, cigar box guitars with pre-amps or active circuits, and other electronics usage! Trays such as this make it possible to change batteries without opening up the enclosure, which...

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...

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...

These metal clips were designed for mounting 9-volt batteries in electronics projects and enclosures. They can be mounted in various ways, including gluing, screwing or even pop-riveting if you enlarge the holes a bit. these hold a standard 9-volt...