Gift Ideas

Have you been looking for a high-quality, feature-packed digital chromatic tuner at a GREAT price? Well then look no further! This is a great little clip-on chromatic tuner, with a smaller profile than many of the tuners out there (including the ones we...

This is a specialty 24-ounce hammer filled with metal shot to make it a "deadblow" style, which reduces bounce-back when hammering. The brass face is used to avoid marring surfaces while hammering, and the softer plastic backside can also be used for an...

Here's a great gift for guitar players, a handy pick case they can keep in their gig bags! This distinctive tin has a gold-colored plating and is printed with an original humorous "Bluesman's Friend" design by Ben "Gitty" Baker. The tin measures 4 inches...

Here's a great gift for guitar players, a handy pick case they can keep in their gig bags! This distinctive tin has a silver-colored plating and is printed with our favorite homemade instruments motto: "Hard Times Make Great Music". The tin measures 4...

Here's a great gift for guitar players, a handy pick case they can keep in their gig bags! This distinctive tin has a nickel/silver-colored plating and is printed with an original humorous "Shredder's Friend" design by Ben "Gitty" Baker. The tin measures...

This is a laser-cut and engraved centering rule, which can be used to quickly and easily find the center of cigar boxes, cookie tins and pretty much any other object less than 14" wide. We designed this tool to make it easier for cigar box guitar...

This is a set of 14 stencils/templates of 3 different F-hole patterns, based on designs that have been used on stringed musical instruments (lutes, violins and more) throughout history. These are laser-cut from 0.080" clear acrylic, and come with...

This is the long-awaited album from the Shane Speal Snake Oil Band, available now for pre-order! CDs to begin shipping on July 2. This album gives you a full hour of hard-driving blues in a unique modern jug-band style that Shane has built up from the...

This blueprint-style poster features 24 of the most popular chord forms for playing songs on a cigar box guitar (or other handmade instrument) tuned to Open G "GDg". Shane Speal designed this poster, drawing the chord diagram and finger marks by hand,...

Here are the most popular and often-used ukulele chords, on one easy-to-read 12 x 18" poster! Designed by Ben "Gitty" Baker and printed in the U. S. A. by C. B. Gitty Publishing, these are great for tacking to the wall of your workshop or music room...

Tack this piece of art to your wall and you'll never be left guessing on chords for your 3-string cigar box guitar again! This poster features 24 of the most popular chord forms for playing songs on a cigar box guitar (or other handmade instrument)...

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...