Gift Ideas

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,...

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"...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Unlike steel or glass slides, bone slides are known for their short-sustained, precise notes.  Not only do they add a new dimension to your slide playing, they're great when you want obtain short...