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Cooking with Gitty: Steve Larson's 3-string cigar box guitar(Post)
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.”Ye ...
Electro-Diddley with a "Gitty 441 Pickup"(Post)Here's a great letter we just received from Roger Ring. He took our 4-Pole Pre-wired Pickup and used it in his latest diddley bow one-string instrument!Dear Gitty,Somebody probably has done thi ...
Shane Speal's 1 Hour Project: Make Your Own "Shabby-Chic" Lap Steel (Post)Looking for an exciting one-hour project that rocks? Check out this lap steel made using beautiful, salvaged wood and a handful of parts. Yesterday, I got the urge to build something new, so I went ...
Gitty Customer Builds a Cigar Box Ukulele According to Historic 1917 Plans(Post)We love seeing your projects posted to the Customer Gallery page! This fantastic project was made by "FloridaSon" of Fort Pierce, Florida. He built a faithful recreation of a cigar ...
Winners of the Hard Times Make Great Music Build-Off(Post)With hundreds of entries across three social media platforms and direct to our email, this was the most popular build-off contest we've ever hosted. The instruments were diverse and covered ...
Pickup & Parts Demo: The License Plate Guitar(Post)Shane Speal has filmed dozens...if not a couple hundred videos featuring various C. B. Gitty parts. In this new edit of a 2015 video, Speal shows off a 3-string license plate guitar that featur ...
VIDEO: C. B. Gitty "Hubcap Reso Cones" Get Put to the Test with The Rat Reso!(Post)We challenged Shane Speal to build something with six strings using our large Hubcap Resonator Cones. He ditched the cigar boxes for a junk Walt Disney guitar body, an old neck and some a ...
Cooking with Gitty: Harry Bodmer's "Jack Daniel's Tin"(Post)We just got this great submission for Cooking with Gitty from Harry Bodmer. We can only imagine how awesome this axe sounds. Here's his ingredients:I made this 4 string tenor guitar using a 190 ...
Drowning Man Saved: Depression-Era Guitar Celebrates Group Effort (Post)Cigar box builder and performing artist William E. W. built a C. B. Gitty part-filled guitar, featuring "the drowning man hand" from a play poster for a production in which he acted. The depress ...
Cooking with Gitty: Steve Larson's 3-string Electric Cigar Box Guitar(Post)We're serving up another great sonic buffet, this time with 'master chef,' Steve Larson of Hope Mills, NC. Here's his details on this incredible electric 3-string cigar box guitar:Build # 17 – ...
Build A Hot Rod Cigar Box Guitar(Page)"Dear Gitty, What parts would you recommend for a hot rod cigar box guitar?" - Joe G., London UK Good question, Joe! To answer it, let's whip up a killer 3 or 4-string hot rod with a f ...
Build This 1917 Cigar Box Ukulele(Page)Follow the historic plans below to build this 1917 era cigar box ukulele. Shown above, this recreation was made by "FloridaSon" of Fort Pierce, Florida, built according to these plans first p ...
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"Piedmont" Premium Open-Gear Guitar Tuners - Classic 1930's Look - Choose Chrome or Gold
C. B. Gitty
$14.99 - $18.29These are sets of six (3 left, 3 right) elegant plated open-geared tuners, featuring an 18:1 gear ratio. These are the perfect addition to heirloom guitar, cigar box guitar and other homemade...$14.99 - $18.29 -
Premium Metal Press-Fit Tuner Bushings - Choose Finish Color and Pack Size
C. B. Gitty
$2.99 - $12.89These is a set of six premium classic-style tuner bushings, made from sturdy plated metal instead of the usual cheap plastic. These are press-fit style, and made to fit over a standard 6mm (...$2.99 - $12.89 -
6pc. 3L/3R Open-Gear Guitar Tuners/Machine Heads - Choose Color
C. B. Gitty
$10.79 - $13.99This is a set of 6 economy, open-gear tuners, perfect for use on guitars, cigar box guitars, dulcimers, banjos, diddley-bows and other stringed instruments. This set includes 6 chromed plastic...$10.79 - $13.99 -
Chrome Classical Guitar-style (3-on-a-plate) 3L/3R Tuners/Machine Heads - Choose Shaft Style
C. B. Gitty
MSRP: $8.99$7.49These are 2-piece sets of classical-style (3-on-a-plate) guitar tuners in 3 left/3 right configuration. These were designed to be used in the classical-guitar style where a slot is cut in...MSRP: $8.99$7.49 -
1/4-inch Tuner Bushings/Ferrules - Choose Color & Pack Size
C. B. Gitty
$2.79 - $17.99These 1/4" inside-diameter vintage-style tuner bushings are great for use on guitars, banjos, cigar box guitars, dulcimers and any other stringed instrument that uses standard post-style tuners...$2.79 - $17.99 -
Open-Gear Tuners for 3-String Cigar Box Guitars - Choose Color & Alignment
C. B. Gitty
$5.99 - $8.79These tuners are an affordable option for Cigar Box Guitar builders on a budget. They have been used on thousands of instruments all around the world, with great results. Try them and see why!We've...$5.99 - $8.79 -
4pc. Chrome Friction-style Ukulele Tuners
C. B. Gitty
$19.99This is a set of 4 ukulele tuners with a chrome finish. These are meant for mounting through the headstock from back to front (with the tuner buttons on the back of the headstock), as opposed to the...$19.99 -
Mocha Pearloid Gold Tuners - Sealed Gear, 6pc. 3L/3R
C. B. Gitty
$18.49This is a 6pc set of Gold-plated sealed-gear guitar tuners with classic "half moon" (or Lima bean) style tuner buttons in a nice mocha (soft brown) color. These tuners are set up for "3 Left/3 Right"...$18.49 -
6-pack Gold Open-Gear Tuners/Machine Heads
C. B. Gitty
$13.99This is a set of 6 gold plated economy-grade open-gear tuners, perfect for use on guitars, cigar box guitars, dulcimers, banjos, diddley-bows and other stringed instruments. This set includes 6 gold...$13.99 -
6pc. Replacement Brass Gears for Economy Tuners
C. B. Gitty
$4.29This is a pack of six (6) replacement brass gears for our open-gear economy tuners. Use these if you accidentally strip out a gear or have other issues with the gears. Changing a gear is as simple as...$4.29 -
Chrome Sealed-Gear Tuners for 3-String Cigar Box Guitars
C. B. Gitty
$6.99This is a set of three (3) Chrome-plated sealed-gear guitar tuners for Cigar Box Guitars, set up for either "2 Left/1 Right" or "2 Right/1Left" configuration on the headstock, depending on the option...$6.99 -
6pc. Gold Wilkinson(tm)-style 3L/3R Covered-Gear Tuners
C. B. Gitty
$24.99This is a 6-piece set of gold-plated vintage-look guitar tuners with the classic Wilkinson(tm)-style design, set up for "3 Left/3 Right" configuration on the headstock. These tuners feature...$24.99