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Hey all, Ben Gitty here! Recently I took part in decorating the set for the CBS TV show Bull, starring Michael Weatherly of NCIS fame and Freddy Rodriguez. They needed the scene to look like the workshop of an eccentric guitar builder, so I loaded up the Gitty van and headed down to Congers, NY ready to get to work as a set design consultant.The episode with the scene aired on December 13 (you can watch it here on the CBS site - look for Episode 9 "Light My Fire"). We've gone through the sc …

Heavy metal legend, Lita Ford has just been filmed playing a 3-string cigar box guitar in concert!  Swamp rocker, Christopher Ameruoso posted this video on his Facebook page of the event...and we tracked down the actual builder of this guitar for an exclusive interview!  First, here's the awesome video:The guitar was made by Harrisburg, PA builder, David Gilson of Second Fiddle Cigar Box Guitars.  Gilson has made over 500 instruments, including the axes played by Lita Ford an …

Dear Gitty,I just thought I'd take a moment to thank you for your company's excellent service to me and my students as we explore making electric guitars using clay! Our middle school curriculum puts a lot of emphasis on sculpture and 3d art. I was looking for a new thing to excite the kids and was inspired to try clay as the guitar body after seeing some of your instruments played on YouTube. I'm attaching some pics for you to take a look at our work!Jeffrey Sass MA Art EdArt Teacher Rockwood S …

by Shane SpealI've been building cigar box guitars for half my life now... thousands of instruments in the last 23 years.  As I approached Christmas building season this year, I was completely burned out.  I didn't have any new ideas.  In fact, I wasn't even looking forward to entering my shop.Those feelings vanished when I bought a new variable-speed scroll saw (Wen brand - see it on Amazon here).  Now I'm a building monster.  Let me explain.Nobody has the per …

I've used this look on several cigar box guitars and they're always the fastest to sell: The bridge cover is a Gitty Colonial box handle that I painted with Rustoleum Dark Brown textured spray paint The sound holes are actually hardwood mini humbucker pickup ringswith a piece of Lowe's cloverleaf sheet metal screen under them. The screen was also painted with Rustoleum textured paint. Good luck!  If you try this, send pics to gittyfans@cbgitty.com -shane ps.  Here's …