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Want to build better cigar box guitars? Looking for some solid advice on how to build CBGs that sell?In this post, we have three short videos from Shane Speal with insanely useful tricks and hacks to

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 depression er

So rock me mama like a wagon wheel, rock me mama any way you feel...  Before I had even finished my last heirloom build (the One-Way Ticket Steamer Trunk Guitar), I started thinking about what my ne

As it turns out, quite a bit - check out this guitar's amazing (and ongoing) story below.For a while now, I have been working on finding ways to help my homeless friend Connan down in New Orleans. A c

Reduced feedback. Deeper bass response. And no more "quack," now in an even smaller package! Hi all, it's Shane Speal. A couple years ago, I created a simple hack that allowed you to

Try this alternate Kalimba tuning for an authentic world music sound. Last week, I bought the  C. B. Gitty Kalimba/Thumb Piano Kit as a way to break-out from building stringed instruments for a

I have been thinking for a while about writing some sort of manifesto, or mission statement, that attempts to sum up what this whole cigar box guitar movement, often referred to as a revolution, is

Our customers are the best. You all build with resourcefulness and ingenuity, making the best of tough situations, all the while sharing what you learned with the rest of the cigar box guitar communit

Just as A. E. Staley's baking powder worked wondrous transformations in bakers' recipes a century ago, so a hearty measure of artistry transformed an old packing crate into this beautiful heirloom

At C. B. Gitty we've launched our own line of resonator cones: The "Hubcap" Series of cigar box guitar resonator cones, spun from metal paint can lids. To folks out in the "real world" (the non-hom

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

In this video, Shane shows us just how much he loves our laser-cut acrylic fret scale templates, and shows off a great modification he came up with that makes them even more useful for cigar box guita