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This is an exciting time to be involved in the cigar box guitar revolution and handmade music movement! As the primary parts supplier for most of the builders in the movement, we try to keep our fin

Shane Speal has posted photos of his latest C. B. Gitty kit project, a retro-inspired  Gittylele Concert Uke. The ukulele is part of his "Retro Trifecta" of Gitty Kits, which includes the G-Bass

Legacy. Heirloom. Memorial. Commemoration. What do these words mean? When something momentous happens in our lives, such as the passing of a dear friend whose life impacted many, how do we find a

Dear C. B. Gitty,Here are my first four builds after discovering some cool CBG’s played in public and on Youtube.  [This was] shortly after discovering C. B. Gitty and how easy and affordable parts ar

I was extremely excited when you guys announced that you were spinning paint can lids into resonators (The Hubcap Spun Cigar Box Guitar Resonator) and ordered a large and medium almost immediately. It

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

Early in the summer of 2021, I embarked on a two-week 8,400-mile solo journey around America by train. This adventure was equal parts post-modern walkabout, mid-life crisis, and long-awaited escape af

Nearly anything can be made into a musical instrument. All it takes is a little creative thinking and elbow grease.My first cigar box guitar was from a kit. Because of that, the components were alread

In the modern cigar box guitar and handmade musical instrument movement, we sometimes forget that there were some key innovations, and innovators, that in their own way helped lay the groundwork for t

Shane Speal brought a dead cigar box guitar back to life using C. B. Gitty parts. The guitar was a 3-string solid-body, built in 2007 by West Virginia builder, Tomi-O Hartwell, and was an essenti

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

With hundreds of entries via C. B. Gitty's Customer Gallery, CigarBoxNation.com, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, the Santa's Workshop photo contest was our most popular ever!  Thank you to all who su