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Every once in a while, a certain guitar will stop you in your tracks.  The human mind recognizes genius, whether in the parts choices, shape, or overall design.  Michael Copado's Humo Barnwood Guita

We live in a crazy, fast-paced world and are bombarded with daily messages of divided people.Politics, sports, beliefs, and values… you name it, and it’s a hot-button topic used to clobber us in newsf

Howdy folks! My name is Nick Lanciano, and I am one of the newer folks over here at C. B. Gitty. This is a build progress diary I wrote for the building of my second Cigar Box Guitar, a 3-String Elect

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

Steve Larson built as a gift for a friend’s teenage son who will be having open heart surgery later this month.He is a baseball player – the # 19 on the fret board is his jersey #.His name is stamped

Build # 16 – 3 String CBGI finished this build in late 2015 – before I read Glenn’s article “Improve your cigar box guitars by getting to know the anatomy and orientation of open gear tuners.”Yep… I i

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

Hey folks! Nick again with the second part of my 7-20-4 build.Step 4: The BridgeThe bridge turned out to be a bit of a stalling point on the build. As I mentioned in the last article, I had settled on

We thought we'd look back to the cigar box guitar strings of the past... those found-objects that were used by the great blues legends when they were just starting out.  Sure, C. B. Gitty is always de

Can't find the right cigar box? Here's the perfect DIY solution.So you can't find the right size cigar box to build a cigar box guitar. Worse yet, perhaps you can't find any cigar boxes. Or maybe you

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 n

Shopping for your instrument parts can be just as fun as building the instrument, especially when there's freebies involved!  We've just revamped our Gitty Rewards Program, giving you an opportunity t