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Looking for a Christmas concert live from the Gitty stage this year? Well, you're in luck!  This Friday, December 20 at 6:00 pm (est), Ben "Gitty" Baker is going to be joined onstage by his friends from the band Bradigan for the 2019 Cigar Box Nation Irish Christmas Concert. Join in the holiday merriment with the rest of the Gitty Gangsters, and  watch the concert live on Facebook. Better yet, bookmark this page to come back for the show. You'll be able to join in the fun …

The Gitty Gang couldn't do a show this past Friday, so the King of the Cigar Box Guitar Shane Speal stepped in to host one that everybody's still talking about! Sometimes duty calls and the Gitty Gang can't get into the studio for the regularly scheduled Gitty Gang Show on Friday afternoons.  When that happens, Shane Speal takes over just like he did this past Friday. With an unparalleled enthusiasm for handmade musical instrument history, Shane did a deep dive into his private ins …

In this post, you'll learn how to drill properly-sized holes for cigar box guitar tuner bushings.If you've ever tried drilling holes for cigar box guitar (CBG) tuner bushings with a hand drill, you know how frustrating it can be. While using a hand drill and a standard twist drill bit, you've probably discovered that the bit wants to pull all the way through the wood. And when you're countersinking for tuner bushings, you want the bit to go only as deep as the bushing is tall.The re …

It's the Gitty Gang Show episode #115. This episode includes the triumphant return of Gitty Gangster Dan and the inaugural edition of Hobo Junction, where Ben and Dan perform everyone's favorite train songs. Every week, the Gang is joined by Gitty Gangsters from the Cigar Box Nation pages on  Facebook and Youtube to celebrate the joys of building and playing handmade musical instruments, especially cigar box guitars. This week's episode was a real humdinger! There were sever …

In this post, you'll learn how to fit a cigar box guitar neck into a box by cutting a recess into the neck.With your neck notches already cut into the cigar box using this post, it's time to fit the neck under the cigar box lid.For this, we're going to show you how to cut a recess into the neck. When you're done, the neck will fit into the box, and you'll be able to close the box lid over it.A Simple Neck-Recessing MethodThis part of the cigar box guitar building process involves a lit …