Cigar Box Guitars & More

Blues Bars and Juke Joints. Nightly Dancing. Whiskey, Women and Wine. Frenchmen Street in New Orleans on a sultry summer night. This cigar box guitar is... Open - Live Music. This is a fretted 3-string acoustic/electric cigar box guitar, strung "low...

Great music, great food, and a party that almost never sleeps... Bourbon Street has long been the heart of New Orleans' French Quarter nightlife... and on each sidewalk corner you can look down and see the classic tiles that spell out the famous...

It just ain't supper without some biscuits! Based on actual packing crate stencils from long ago, this design celebrates the tradition of good eatin' in the American south. Check out the the demo video below to hear what this line of "Pure and Simple"...

These cigar box amplifiers are hand-crafted in the U.S.A. in C. B. Gitty's workshop. Their heart is an Artec SDA-T 2.5W amp board, which is powered by a 9V battery. The amp accepts a standard 1/4" mono guitar chord as input, and output is through a...

These cigar box amplifiers are hand-crafted in the U.S.A. in C. B. Gitty's workshop. Their heart is an Artec SDA-T 2.5W amp board, which is powered by a 9V battery. The amp accepts either a standard 1/4" mono guitar cord as input or 3.5mm...

This is a one-string electric canjo, offered under the American Canjo Company(tm) brand by C. B. Gitty. These instruments are hand-made in the C. B. Gitty workshops in New Hampshire, USA. They are fun and easy to play, well-made and look great - all at a...

This neat little instrument is great fun to play and has a nice loud ringing sound. It is built in the style of our tin banjos, but instead of a tin can resonator this one features a small all-wood cigar box! The neck is made from nice hardwood and is...

This neat little instrument is great fun to play and has a nice loud ringing sound. It is built in the style of our tin banjos, but instead of a tin can resonator this one features a small all-wood cigar box! The neck is made from nice hardwood and is...

Get ready for some down-home pickin' and grinnin'! This new canjo model features a reproduction of an actual old gunpowder tin label, printed on a Made-in-the-USA 1-pint F-style spirits can. The graphic is printed directly onto the surface of the can...

Get ready for some down-home pickin' and grinnin'! This new canjo model features a beautiful American Flag patriotic design, printed on a Made-in-the-USA 1-pint F-style spirits can. The graphic is printed directly onto the surface of the can using a...

Get ready for some down-home pickin' and grinnin'! This new canjo model features a reproduction of an old patent medicine label, printed on a Made-in-the-USA 1-pint F-style spirits can. The graphic is printed directly onto the surface of the can using a...

Get ready for some down-home pickin' and grinnin'! This new canjo model features an original design by Ben Gitty reminiscent of actual motor oil designs from the early 1900's, printed on a Made-in-the-USA 1-pint F-style spirits can. The graphic is...