Necks & Fretboards

Add an awesome decorative fretboard to your fretless cigar box guitar, with this original full-color design by Ben Gitty, featuring the opening lines (preamble) of the U. S. Constitution! Just peel off the backing, snug the front edge up against your...

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...

Valu-Craft cigar box guitar necks are a fantastic choice for budget-friendly builder.  Each features: Beautiful & durable Hard Maple Nickel-silver, medium/medium fretwire 25" Scale Length 1.5 in. wide. x .75 in. thick (1 in. with...

This is a mahogany neck blank for a soprano ukulele. They are intended for use on a Soprano Ukulele, which has a scale length of around 13.7 inches and usually has an overall length of around 21 inches. These are "semi-rough" pieces that will require...

This is a pre-glued BLANK of a full-scale (4/4) maple violin neck with ebony fingerboard, ready for sanding and fitting. As a blank, these come as semi-rough and may have scuffs, small chips and such that need to be sanded and smoothed away. The peg...

These fretboards were specially designed by Ben Gitty for use on his Hobo Fiddles. They are fully fretted to a 17-inch scale (the standard Hobo Fiddle scale) with a jumbo "zero fret". The fret position markers are custom engraved with real hobo glyphs at...

These poplar tenor uke necks are hand-made in the C. B. Gitty workshops in the state of New Hampshire, USA, and we work hard to make sure they are a high-quality product! These are scaled specifically for use on tenor ukuleles and similarly scaled...

Have you ever heard of "scalloped" fretboards? Sometimes seen on electric guitars, they actually remove some of the wood between each fret, so that the string only makes contact with the fret itself (not the wood), which enhances string bending, vibrato...

Gitty is proud to present this new beautiful neck ready for use on your next Cigar Box Guitar, hand-made from the finest raw materials right here at C. B. Gitty headquarters! The dimensions of this neck are 1 1/2" wide (3 1/2" at the headstock) x 3/4"...

With diatonic fretting (like what's used on canjos and dulcimers), these premium fretboards are perfect for your next "Strummer"-style build. All of the "sour" notes have been removed, leaving an easy-to-play "Do-Re-Mi" scale... plus the secret 6th fret...