Gift Ideas

Shane Speal presents the three essential elements for slide guitar:  Steel, Brass and Glass... plus a free gig case!   This three pack includes: 1.  The Shane Speal King Slide - the essential steel stubby 2.  The Preacher adjustable...

Are you ready to build your own screaming distortion effects pedal? This Psycho Box kit takes our very popular Psycho Knob distortion driver board and gives you all of the parts and know-how you need to get it mounted into a cigar box and ready to play...

All of the stuff a CBG player needs... For years, we've been including a "player's pack" with our cigar box guitars, containing all of the goodies new cigar box guitar player needs to get going. Now, we've made the same pack (with a few extras)...

Four Different Slides in one ultra low-priced combo...  Each slide arrives in its own seperate burlap Mojo Bag and all packaged in a beautiful cigar box with the Cigar Box Nation logo.  You'll get one slide from each category: Stainless...

This is a set of 16 clear acrylic cigar box guitar headstock templates, designed for use on cigar box guitar necks with extended headstocks (headstocks that have had additional pieces of wood glued onto them to make them wider). These designs were...

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...

Get all three of our popular Canjo Songbooks at a great savings! This bundle includes our "Complete Canjo Songbook" full of Folk, Americana, Traditional and Old-Timey songs, our Canjo Hymnal chock full of traditional hymns and spirituals, and also our...

Now you can get a beautiful, great-sounding all-wood cigar box with a custom-printed top, using artwork (old photos, graphics, etc) that YOU provide! Build a truly unique guitar using these great-sounding wooden boxes! *IMPORTANT INFO: PLEASE READ...

Finally, an affordable tool for cutting the ends of frets close to the fretboard. We've been searching for a long time for a tool like this and we're excited to offer it to all of the builders out there at a great price! These specially made nippers are...

Designed in the style of vintage railroad station signs, these custom-printed wooden placards make great decorative additions to rustic decor, train rooms, camps and much more.  Designed in the style of actual station signs used on Midwest railroad...

For a while now, Ben has been searching high and low for an affordable and reliable gig bag for cigar box guitars, and at last he has stumbled upon this gem. These padded bags measure 40" x 12" (widest. Roughly 4 1/2" at narrow) x 3" and are large enough...

Ben Gitty says: "There is no one on earth better qualified than Shane Speal to write the book on cigar box guitars and handmade instruments. He has been living, eating and breathing this subject for 25 years, and all of that passion, study and...