Gitty-Made

Add an awesome decorative fretboard to your fretless cigar box guitar, with this original full-color design by Ben Gitty, featuring a design reminiscent of old early 1900's motor oil cans! Just peel off the backing, snug the front edge up against your...

This beautiful piece is one of our line of "illustrated" guitars, designed to capture the essence of fundamental, no-frills stringed instrument crafting. To the sturdy, no-frills frame (tone-rich wooden cigar box, hardwood neck & fretboard, solid...

Here's a unique heritage-inspired item you can use for decorative purposes, crafts, or for your next canjo or cigar box resonator tin. To create these unique pieces, Ben Gitty takes Made-in-the-USA "F-style" spirits cans (either 8oz, 16oz or 32oz size),...

This DIY box kit is easy to assemble, and perfectly sized for homemade amplifiers, effects boxes and other electronics projects requiring a sturdy enclosure. They can also used for craft purposes, and even for building homemade ukuleles! This is a...

Here is a stylish single-piece trapeze tailpiece to add to your next 6-string cigar box guitar or other homemade instrument build. Building upon the success of our popular 3- and 4-string tailpieces, we have engineered these specifically for use on...

This poster contains all of the ESSENTIAL information you need to start strumming chords on your 4-string Open G "GDGB" cigar box guitar! Designed entirely by Ben "Gitty" Baker based on his own playing style and method, this handy reference includes a...

We have engineered these specifically for use on 4-string cigar box guitars, seeking to capture some of that vintage look and feel. Designed and manufactured in the USA, these special parts would be a great addition to your next special instrument build...

Ben Gitty has taken one of our popular Hard Maple fretboard blanks and printed it with his boldly colorful original design, a montage of patriotic American images. These fretboards are intended for use on cigar box guitars - choose whether you want it...

This poster features a reprint of classic cigar box banjo (guitar) plans, which originally ran in the St. Joseph Herald newspaper in Michigan in 1886. These plans, which seem to be based on the classic Uncle Enos banjo plans by Daniel Carter Beard, are a...

This set includes all of our innovative "GEN2" second-generation fretting scale templates, from the soprano ukulele at 13 inches to the full-size Fender bass at 34 inches. Separately these would cost you over $150, but we offer them here at a serious...

Grab your canjo and get picking, with this treasure trove of of the thirty best-known and beloved Christmas carols and songs! Playing these songs is easier than you ever believed, just follow the numbers above the words in the easy-to-play canjo...

This DIY box kit is easy to assemble, and perfectly sized for homemade guitar effects pedals and other electronics projects requiring a sturdy enclosure. They can also used for craft purposes! This is a simple kit for easily constructing a plywood box...