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Shane Speal was the first person to receive our "G-Bass" 2-string DIY Electric Bass Guitar Kit, and he posted photos and video of the completed project. "The kit is easy enough to build on your d

This is the second part of our 2-part series on the steps we follow to create one of our custom pewter fairy sound hole covers.Phase 3: Cutting the parts on the CNC router The router is set up for cu

Today I am working on the 700th instrument I've built in the last fifteen years. This is a mark I imposed on myself, that I felt I would never achieve. Like a goal in the distance I had to move toward

Cigar box guitars have a long and storied history in popular music, and they have been used by a wide variety of musicians over the years. One of the most famous musicians known to have started on a c

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

"You ever get bored playing the same things over and over again on your 3-string cigar box guitar?" asks the King of cigar box guitars, Shane Speal.Shane has been cranking out a ton of videos over the

Not too long ago we had a surprise visitor here at C. B. Gitty. Being an e-commerce company without a physical retail storefront, it is always a bit of a surprise when people show up here in person. W

You love building cigar box guitars, but sometimes there are too many obstacles to get the look and sound you want from a cigar box. Perhaps where you live, you have a tough time finding cigar bo

When C. B. Gitty announced the launch of the  G-Bass 2-string Bass Kit, I started freaking out in pure musical ecstasy.  Ever since I started playing 3-string cigar box guitar, I've continually l

John Dopyera built the first tri-cone resonator guitar in the 1920's to give guitarists a louder acoustic instrument to cut through band settings.  The quest for louder guitars eventually went to elec

Big changes are always scary. When we moved the business into its current home, it felt like a blind leap. The costs, the work to get moved, the thought that we were biting off too much, that we would

I buy a lot of cigar boxes from a number of wholesale sources, including a couple of the biggest online and mail-order cigar companies in the country. Just last week a shipment of 5 pallets of empty b