Fun Stuff & Misc.

Choose from four different options for these handy fretting scale length templates! Each template contains four separate fretboard templates showing fret placement for different ranges of scale lengths, from the shortest (soprano ukulele and mandolin at...

This book contains all of the canjo-building how-to info that Ben "Gitty" Baker has gleaned over almost a decade of building these fun, easy-to-play instruments. Canjos are one of the easiest homemade instruments to build, and now you have all of the...

These premium stainless steel slides, are perfect for standard guitar or cigar box guitar. They have nice thick walls and are available in three different lengths. Each slide has an inside diameter of  .827" (21mm) and an outside diameter...

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...

Follow along with Nick Lanciano as he builds his own great-sounding cigar box fiddle using C. B. Gitty violin parts! A combination of a how-to guide and a builder's diary, this book gives you all of the basics you need to get started on your DIY...

This poster features a reprint of the classic Edwin Forbes Civil War sketch of a Union soldier playing his "Figaros" cigar box fiddle while in winter camp. Forbes made this sketch while traveling with the Union army during the conflict, and later...

This amazing piece of fine art was painted by Amzie Adams based on an old photo of a "spasm band" in New Orleans from the late 1800's. Showing a trio of young black musicians using homemade instruments (a cigar box guitar, drum kit and drain pipe...

This is a geared friction-mount tuner/machine head for use with drone strings on 5-string banjos. This style of tuner is mounted into a hole drilled part-way up the side of the neck. They feature white pearloid plastic buttons and nice smooth gears and a...

Convert your electric guitar with standard full-size humbuckers to MINI humbuckers with these conversion mounting plates! This is a set of two laser-cut pickup rings sized specifically for the popular mini humbucker style of pickup (such as...

These premium pickup rings are sized specifically for our most popular pickup styles, and are laser-cut right here in the C. B. Gitty workshop. We cut these from 1/8" thick solid hardwood panels, and the result is a beautiful, Made-in-the-USA way to add...

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 1x2 necks that have been extended at the heel (see photo), to help hide jagged notch cuts. These collars are laser cut...

This is the rocking new blues album "Self Medication" just released on C. B. Gitty Records by One Hand Dan Russel and his band. Dan was born with only one hand, and has had a pretty wild ride in life, including a stint as a semi-pro wrestler, but since...