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On a recent episode of The History Channel's "American Pickers" show, co-host Mike Wolfe said the following:"If you're gonna be a picker, you gotta think outta the box. That's one of the biggest parts

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 i

In this post, you'll learn how to quickly and accurately drill for cigar box guitar tuning pegs using C. B. Gitty headstock drilling templates for both 3 and 4-string CBGs. We're going to go out

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

Cigar Box Guitar festival season is a fantastic time of year filled with great music, terrific people, and one-of-a-kind musical instruments. For those of us who cannot attend festivals, there ar

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

Want to know how to install tuners on your cigar box guitar? In this post, you'll learn how to install cigar box guitar tuners, whether your guitar will have 3 or 4 strings.  The instructions in

Have you cut a scarf joint for your cigar box guitar neck by hand?  Was the cut frustrating and did the result require a lot of sanding to make the joint glue-ready? What if you could have a si

I am pretty much a newcomer to junking, picking, thrifting, yard sale-ing and the like. Though I grew up poor and most of my clothes and toys were second-hand, it is only since getting into ma

In part one of this two-part series, I discussed the sorts of things I look out for when junkin' and pickin', as well as the types of places I go to do it - the "What" and the "Where." In this pa

One hot August morning I decided to head out to the Gitty workshop and build something. I'd been spending too much time at my desk, you see, and while the air conditioning is nice, I needed an "ins

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,