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Ben “Gitty” has been cleaning house, making our website even easier find your favorite parts, kits and more. This is a work in progress, with the end results being:No more wading through endless versions of the same product in the quantities you need. Want Tombstone tuners? You have one single listing that allows you to choose color/alignment combos, etc. Have you bookmarked your favorite products? No problem! All your old links will take you directly to the updated listings.  Are …

CBGitty.com is looking for the WILDEST, LOUDEST & MOST DIABOLICAL electric cigar box guitar ever built! The more pickups, the more internal effects, the better!We’re looking for insane hot rods that could blow a Marshall stack!It’s time to push the cigar box guitar into the absurd!We will award C. B. Gitty gift certificates to the top five submissions as determined by our judges:The deadline for submissions is Sunday, November 3, 2024.Your instruments will be judged on creativity, originalit …

Daniel Hulbert is a Youtube star who specializes in building all kinds of different ukuleles.  We were thrilled to see his latest video, which shows a complete assembly of our best selling Tenorlele Uke Kit.  "This is a kit you could put together without a lot of elaborate tools," he says.  Hulbert does take a few extra steps to mod his kit, including routing the back of the neck for better playability and a beautiful stain finish.   Follow  Daniel Hulbert' …

The 2024 Double Neck Cigar Box Guitar Build-Off saw dozens of entries from all over the globe.  There were only two main rules: 1. The instrument had to have at least two necks.  2.  There had to be a cigar box somewhere in the build.  Our judges were Reverend Peyton of Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band, Del Puckett, Steve Arvey, Hambone Skinny, and Michael Bianconi of Southern Fire Guitars.Here are the winners, as chosen by our judges:First Place - $250 C. B. Gitty Gift Certificat …

Seasick Steve is back with his 4-string cigar box guitar and just launched a brand new video for the song, Internet Cowboys this morning.  In a flash, our own Shane Speal has taken that song and created a full How To Play video, showing everything from the special tuning to all the parts.  He even gives an alternate version using a 3-string cigar box guitar!  First, enjoy the brand new song, Internet Cowboys by Seasick Steve.  And now dig into the deep groove with S …