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C. B. Gitty
"Thin Ones" Cigar Box Guitar Bridge with vintage U. S. Wheat Pennies
- SKU:
- 31-203-01
- UPC:
- 602589223681
- MPN:
- 31-203-01
Description
Bring a bit of American history to your next build with these beautiful Made-in-the-USA hardwood bridges that feature classic U. S. coins!
These bridges are cut from 1/8" thick genuine mahogany panels and laser-engraved a custom design and with special recesses that we glue two vintage U. S. Wheat Pennies into. "Thin Ones" is the old Hobo term for any coin smaller than a quarter. Pennies are about as "thin" as you can get.
These iconic pennies were struck between 1909 and 1958. The Wheat cent represents the first incarnation of what we know as the penny today. This redesign of the one cent piece was enacted by President Theodore Roosevelt in the year 1909, a century after Lincoln's birth to the year. Since then, the Penny has seen a few redesigns and special mintings, but the Wheat Penny remains one of the most recognized.
This bridge also includes a saddle cut from exotic Padauk hardwood. The saddle comes slightly rounded, but otherwise untouched to make it as versatile as possible for use on different styles of instrument - simple sand/file it to your desired shape/height and notch it for the number of strings you intend to use. The bridge piece also is not finished and can be lightly sanded on the edges if desired (be careful not to sand the surface of the coins though, as it will scratch them).
The bridge base plate is 4 1/8" long by 1" wide by ~1/8" thick. The saddle piece is 2" long by 3/8" tall. When inserted into the slot in the bridge, the total height of the saddle from the surface of the instrument is approximately 3/8", but you can of course file this down as desired. Once you have the saddle shaped as desired, we recommend gluing it into the slot in the bridge.
=Please note: We do not overly polish or buff the coins that we mount into these pieces, prefering to leave them in their natural state of coloration and patina from years of circulation. If you prefer a shinier finish, you can always use some extra-fine steel wool to buff them up a bit.
Customer Projects

"Thin Ones" Cigar Box Guitar Bridge with vintage U. S. Wheat Pennies, 3-String Cigar Box Guitar Kit with How-To Guide - Great for Woodworkers!
I built this beauty, from a kit, in an afternoon under a Mimosa tree on a beautiful late summer day with my brother. This is my very first build. My brother has tried to get me interested for a year or two now. We’ll mission accomplished because I’ve got it bad now!

Marshall, MO, USA
Instrument Build

"Thin Ones" Cigar Box Guitar Bridge with vintage U. S. Wheat Pennies, 3-String Cigar Box Guitar Kit with How-To Guide - Great for Woodworkers!
I built this beauty, from a kit, in an afternoon under a Mimosa tree on a beautiful late summer day with my brother. This is my very first build. My brother has tried to get me interested for a year or two now. We’ll mission accomplished because I’ve got it bad now!

Marshall, MO, USA
Instrument Build

"Thin Ones" Cigar Box Guitar Bridge with vintage U. S. Wheat Pennies, 3-String Cigar Box Guitar Kit with How-To Guide - Great for Woodworkers!
I built this beauty, from a kit, in an afternoon under a Mimosa tree on a beautiful late summer day with my brother. This is my very first build. My brother has tried to get me interested for a year or two now. We’ll mission accomplished because I’ve got it bad now!

Marshall, MO, USA
Instrument Build

"Thin Ones" Cigar Box Guitar Bridge with vintage U. S. Wheat Pennies, 3-String Cigar Box Guitar Kit with How-To Guide - Great for Woodworkers!
I built this beauty, from a kit, in an afternoon under a Mimosa tree on a beautiful late summer day with my brother. This is my very first build. My brother has tried to get me interested for a year or two now. We’ll mission accomplished because I’ve got it bad now!

Marshall, MO, USA
Instrument Build

"Thin Ones" Cigar Box Guitar Bridge with vintage U. S. Wheat Pennies, 3-String Cigar Box Guitar Kit with How-To Guide - Great for Woodworkers!
I built this beauty, from a kit, in an afternoon under a Mimosa tree on a beautiful late summer day with my brother. This is my very first build. My brother has tried to get me interested for a year or two now. We’ll mission accomplished because I’ve got it bad now!

Marshall, MO, USA
Instrument Build

Rosewood Fretboard for Soprano Ukulele
This was the second ukulele kit I made. Learned from my mistakes on the first. The Gitty fingerboard Worked so much better than the one supplied. Real frets instead of plastic one that came with the kit. It's so much easier and sounds so much better.

Weatherford TX.
Instrument Build

Rosewood Fretboard for Soprano Ukulele
This was the second ukulele kit I made. Learned from my mistakes on the first. The Gitty fingerboard Worked so much better than the one supplied. Real frets instead of plastic one that came with the kit. It's so much easier and sounds so much better.

Weatherford TX.
Instrument Build

Rosewood Fretboard for Soprano Ukulele
This was the second ukulele kit I made. Learned from my mistakes on the first. The Gitty fingerboard Worked so much better than the one supplied. Real frets instead of plastic one that came with the kit. It's so much easier and sounds so much better.

Weatherford TX.
Instrument Build

This is the second edition of my Penny Blues guitar series. This guitar was made from a copper tea serving tray, giving it a nice size and tone, which was provided by matched "Snake Oil" neck and bridge mini-humbucking pick-ups from cbgitty. Other gitty items used in the build were fret scale template, Wheat penny f-hole covers, Wheat penny bridge, Medium-Medium frets, gold and mocha tuners and padauk fret board, There will be two more of these Penny Blues guitars made and that will end the series.

33° 53' N, 84° 32' W
Instrument Build

I installed a magnetic single coil pickup as well as a piezo pickup. Both have separate volume control. Only the mag pup has tone. They each have their own guitar jack. You can switch from one to the other or you can use a cable splitter and run both to a normal cable and then off to the amp and mix them to get unique sounds. I opted for this instead of a switch. It's my dual exhaust muscle guitar. What if you ran each jack with its own cable to separate amplifiers? I have to try it now. It's my first build and I made a few mistakes.

98604, Battle Ground, Washington, US
Instrument Build

I installed a magnetic single coil pickup as well as a piezo pickup. Both have separate volume control. Only the mag pup has tone. They each have their own guitar jack. You can switch from one to the other or you can use a cable splitter and run both to a normal cable and then off to the amp and mix them to get unique sounds. I opted for this instead of a switch. It's my dual exhaust muscle guitar. What if you ran each jack with its own cable to separate amplifiers? I have to try it now. It's my first build and I made a few mistakes.

98604, Battle Ground, Washington, US
Instrument Build

I installed a magnetic single coil pickup as well as a piezo pickup. Both have separate volume control. Only the mag pup has tone. They each have their own guitar jack. You can switch from one to the other or you can use a cable splitter and run both to a normal cable and then off to the amp and mix them to get unique sounds. I opted for this instead of a switch. It's my dual exhaust muscle guitar. What if you ran each jack with its own cable to separate amplifiers? I have to try it now. It's my first build and I made a few mistakes.

98604, Battle Ground, Washington, US
Instrument Build
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