Gift Ideas

Brother, have you heard the roar of the fast express? Have you seen starlight on the rails?" - Thomas Wolfe, “Of Time and the River”   Ben "Gitty" Baker writes: The Hobo Fiddle is a handmade instrument built from might-have-been's...

Brother, have you heard the roar of the fast express? Have you seen starlight on the rails?" - Thomas Wolfe, “Of Time and the River”   Ben "Gitty" Baker writes: The Hobo Fiddle is a handmade instrument built from might-have-been's...

Brother, have you heard the roar of the fast express? Have you seen starlight on the rails?" - Thomas Wolfe, “Of Time and the River”   Ben "Gitty" Baker writes: The Hobo Fiddle is a handmade instrument built from might-have-been's...

Brother, have you heard the roar of the fast express? Have you seen starlight on the rails?" - Thomas Wolfe, “Of Time and the River”   Ben "Gitty" Baker writes: The Hobo Fiddle is a handmade instrument built from might-have-been's...

Build your own 3 or 4-string mountain-style banjo for $ less than any kit on the market.  The Country Roads Banjo will have you picking and grinning out the great old-time songs and tunes in no time. Assembly time: just 3-4 hours, not including...

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 bridges, reaming out or enlarging holes, and other filing...

If you're looking for a unique option to add to your slide collection, you don't want to miss this one! In the years that we've been doing this, we've seen slides come in many different materials. Ceramic, Stainless, Brass, Glass, Copper... but this...

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, not including glue drying time Traditional cigar...

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 of modern ranch life.  This guitar would look...

Here's one for the lap steel enthusiasts! A high-quality, inexpensive chrome-plate steel tone bar, perfect for use on conventional and homemade lap steel slide guitars. This is the classic style of tone bar used by the greats over the years to coax the...

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 instrument. Pin Puller: Designed to help pull the...

Fresh off of the R&D bench at C. B. Gitty HQ, we are proud to present this beautifully  decorated Made-in-the-USA cigar box resonator guitar, just in time for St. Patrick's day! This awesome-sounding cigar box resonator guitar features one of...