Hard Times Make Great Music

This is a glossy outdoor bumper sticker, emblazoned with bold white printing on a black background. These bear the phrase "HARD TIMES MAKE GREAT MUSIC", one of the slogans of the Cigar Box Guitar...

This poster features a vintage photo from the early 1900's, possibly taken in New Orleans. Shane Speal discovered this old photo at an antiques dealer back in the 90's, and recently re-scanned it in...

Heavy 100% cotton unisex t-shirt, emblazoned with our motto: Hard Times Make Great Music. Available in sizes Small to 4XL, these will stand up to the woodshop and out on the town as well. American...

This is a glossy outdoor bumper sticker, emblazoned with bold white printing on a black background. These bear the phrase "Build What You Play, Play What You Love", one of the slogans of the Homemade...

The Cigar Box Nation logo is one of the most recognized symbols of the Cigar Box Guitar movement, created in the days when this whole thing really felt like a REVOLUTION against the modern music...

This is a black, heavy 100% cotton unisex t-shirt, emblazoned with a special rendition of our cigar box guitar buildin' motto "Hard Times Make Great Music", combined with original CBG artwork by...

Everybody has a secret superpower - for some of us, it's the ability to take what most people would call "junk", and transform it into a playable homemade instrument! This was one of our most popular...

This is a black, heavy 100% cotton unisex t-shirt, emblazoned with a weathered rendition our favorite cigar box guitar buildin' motto: Hard Times Make Great Music. Available in sizes Small to 5XL, we...

This original shirt design by Ben Gitty celebrates the DIY homemade instrument philosophy. Nothing against the glitter junkies out there, but Cigar Box Guitar builders know that nothing decorates a...

This was one of the first T-shirt designs we ever created, back in the early days of C. B. Gitty, and we're happy to bring it back! This is a black, heavy 100% cotton unisex t-shirt, emblazoned with...

Celebrate America's 250th birthday, and its long history of homemade music, with this original patriotic design. Available in sizes Small to 5XL, we print these right here at the C. B. Gitty...

Celebrate America's 250th birthday, and its long history of homemade music, with this original patriotic design. We created this design from a photo of former Gitty Gangster Farley Andresen holding a...