The Cigar Box Mandolin Project
The Cigar Box Mandolin Project Parts & Tools Page
On April 29, 2022, we debuted the mini documentary, The Cigar Box Mandolin Project. In it, Shane Speal shows how he made a great playing mandolin from C. B. Gitty Parts and an Arturo Fuente cigar box. All the parts used have been listed below along with many of the tools.
BUILDING NOTES AND INFO: We have opened up a discussion page for The Cigar Box Mandolin Project on Cigar Box Nation. Shane is actively monitoring the discussion and answering your questions. He is also providing information that was not covered in the video.
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Shane Speal Signature Pre-Amp Bundle - as featured in his book "Making Poor Man's Guitars"
Shane Speal Signature
$19.99The Shane Speal Preamp Bundle drives piezo pickups for better clarity, tone and volume while enabling you to “sculpt” tones on cigar box guitars. Shane has been building and playing cigar box guitars for over 25 years and has figured out what...$19.99 -
Flush-cut Fret End Nipper Pliers - for cutting fret ends
C. B. Gitty
$26.99Finally, an affordable tool for cutting the ends of frets close to the fretboard. We've been searching for a long time for a tool like this and we're excited to offer it to all of the builders out there at a great price! These specially made nippers are...$26.99 -
2pc. Fret Filing Tool Set - 35 and 90-Deg. angle files for an easy way to bevel and dress your frets!
C. B. Gitty
$89.99Finally, an easy and affordable way to put the perfect bevel on your files AND take care of sharp fret ends!These are beautiful, distinctive and extremely useful tools for finishing off your fret jobs on guitars, basses, banjos and other fretted...$89.99 -
Economy Fret Crowning File - a must for any fretting job
C. B. Gitty
$13.99We've finally found a source for a decent luthier's file designed for dressing and rounding frets after installation. A two-sided file, this tool will help make the shaping of your frets a much easier task at a much lower price than other similar tools...$13.99 -
Cigar Box Guitar Fretboards - 25-inch Scale - Choose Wood & Fretting Options!
C. B. Gitty
$9.99 - $49.99Select your desired wood type and fretting options above. These custom, American-made fretboards are designed specifically for use on cigar box guitars with necks 1 1/2" wide. The fretboard is 20" long, 1/4" thick and has 20 frets, spaced for a 25"...$9.99 - $49.99 -
6pc. set of Fretboard Filing Guards - Perfect for protecting your fretboard while working on individual frets!
C. B. Gitty
$10.99These protector guards are perfect for helping to keep your fret board safe and unmarked while you file and polish individual frets ends. They are very thin and flexible stainless steel, so that they can be bent to straddle the fret ends to let you fully...$10.99 -
Laser-Cut Hardwood Bridge Blanks for Cigar Box Guitars - Choose Style, Wood and Quantity
C. B. Gitty
$6.99 - $31.49We are proud to offer these hardwood laser-cut cigar box guitar bridge blanks, designed and made in our own C. B. Gitty workshops. We offer four different styles/shapes in a variety of wood options - these are made from solid hardwood panels around 1/4"...$6.99 - $31.49 -
GEN2 Laser-cut Fret Scale Marking Templates - provide both Chromatic & Diatonic Styles - Pick your Scale!
C. B. Gitty
$8.49 - $12.99Presenting our second-generation “GEN2” line of plastic fretting templates! A huge improvement over the original model, these templates are ¼ the thickness, include more template features, are nice and flexible, and best of all are...$8.49 - $12.99 -
Ukulele and Mandolin Fretting Scale Length Template - 4 Short-length Scales (13-15")
C. B. Gitty
$7.99This is a handy fretting scale length template, with four separate fretboard templates showing fret placement for Soprano Ukulele (13"), Gibson F-style Mandolin (13.875"), Gibson A-style Mandolin (14.125") and Concert Ukulele (17") scale lengths...$7.99 -
Vintage-style Chrome Open-gear Tuners/Machine Heads - 6pc. 3L/3R
C. B. Gitty
$9.99This is a set of 6 economy-grade open-gear tuners, perfect for use on guitars, cigar box guitars, dulcimers, banjos, diddley-bows and other stringed instruments. They have a nice square-style base plate with decorative flourishes at either endm and a...$9.99 -
Chrome Mandolin/Cigar Box Guitar Tailpiece
C. B. Gitty
$7.99This is a decorative chrome-plated tailpiece, designed for use on a mandolin, but also perfect for a cigar box guitar! As shown in the photo above, beneath the removable faceplate cover are pegs meant for loop-end mandolin strings. But a CBG builder...$7.99 -
Narrow/Lower Nickel-Silver Fret Wire (6 ft)
C. B. Gitty
$8.99Great for new instrument fret-work and repair work on mandolins, banjos, dulcimers, cigar box guitars and more! This fret wire is similar to Stewart-MacDonald's Narrow/Low #764, with an even lower crown height perfect for smaller instruments...$8.99