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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

Want to build a cigar box guitar worth handing down to future generations? Want an antique-look and terrific tone for your next build?You can build that kind of cigar box guitar with a little help fro

Reclaiming wood from old pallets to build cigar box guitars can be a satisfying endeavor. Giving new life to those cast-off hunks of wood is fun, but also involves some safety concerns. In this

Welcome back to Watt Corner and happy new year! With 2018 behind us, it feels good to share the photos you'll see in this post knowing they'll jumpstart your new year CBGs.So first, big thanks to ever

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 t

In this post, you'll learn how to notch a cigar box for a neck-through cigar box guitar design. Notching a cigar box to build a cigar box guitar with a neck-through design is a simple thing to do

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

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 box ukulele

Cigar box guitars are one of the easiest instruments to play - especially those tuned to an "open chord" such as the standard GDG. As Glenn Watt and others have shown us, you can play all sorts of son

The following article is excerpted from the book, Making Poor Man's Guitars by Shane Speal ($19.99).  Measuring in at 30" (76cm) long, 5" (12 3/4cm) wide and 3" (7 1/2 cm) deep, this two-string cigar

There are a lot of products that we use in the C. B. Gitty workshops, that I have no desire to sell as stocked products. From wood finishes to sandpaper, drill presses to sanders, dust masks to glue,

You cigar box guitar builders continue to astound us folk, here at C. B. Gitty. Whether you're sharing your latest tricked-out gitty, experimenting with new ideas, or building your very first guitar,