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Frustrated in Your Shop? One New Tool Can Change Everything!(Post)
by Shane SpealI've been building cigar box guitars for half my life now... thousands of instruments in the last 23 years. As I approached Christmas building season this year, I was completely burned
Steal This Trick - The #1 Can't-Miss Tip To Tame That Hot Disk Piezo(Post)Want to tame the sound of your disk piezo-electrified cigar box guitar? Would you like to keep the disk piezos ease-of-use and get rid of the shrill high-end they often have?You do? Well then, let's t
The Top Five Bands Featuring 2-String Basses(Post)When C. B. Gitty announced the launch of the G-Bass 2-string Bass Kit, I started freaking out in pure musical ecstasy. Ever since I started playing 3-string cigar box guitar, I've continually l
What do you find most interesting about cigar box guitars? (Part One)(Post)CigarBoxNation.com has been the online home of the cigar box guitar and homemade music movement since Shane Speal launched it back in 2008. In the fourteen years since, over 22,000 people from all ove
The Yankee Yardstick Guitar - A Builder's Diary(Post)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
Shock Your Imagination: 3 Brilliant Ways To Do It(Post)Looking to liven up your workshop? Need to breathe new life into your builds?Every so often we builders fall into a slump, wondering what will tickle our cigar box guitar fancies. When that happens, w
THE BEST ACOUSTIC TONE: Piezo Rod Pickup & Pre-Amp in a Neck-Through Cigar Box Guitar(Post)When I first started performing live with my cigar box guitar in 1995, I would shove a tie-tack microphone into the sound hole to amplify it. It was just a cheap $20 mic from Radio Shack that
Five-String Cigar Box Guitar by Michael Cain of Mercury Lab Guitars(Post)This gorgeous five-string sports a handmade box that was crafted from exotic wood off-cuts. From the screened in F-hole to the hand-machined Mercury symbol on the headstock, everything is beautifully
The Toolshed Guitar Builder's Diary(Post)Legacy. Heirloom. Memorial. Commemoration. What do these words mean? When something momentous happens in our lives, such as the passing of a dear friend whose life impacted many, how do we find a
Builder's Diary: Mike Willmouth's beautiful resonator cigar box guitar(Post)We can make all the parts in the world at C. B. Gitty, but it takes a true talent to choose the right parts and the right placements to make something special. Add to that, the eye of a brilliant bui
The Reso-Electro Cigar Box Guitar Project - Pt. 1: Intro, Parts and Layout(Post)Shane Speal's latest four-string cigar box guitar combines a wide array of CBGitty.com parts into an alternate-reality, retro blues machine. Follow along as he describes the gumbo of parts, techni
For Teachers(Page)The Cigar Box Guitars in Schools Program
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Americana Sampler 3-string Cigar Box Guitar Songbook - 41 beloved American Songs
Hobo Music Works
$12.99Grab your cigar box guitar and get picking, with this treasure trove of tablature arrangements of 41 beloved American songs! This songbook includes 6 pages of "how-to-play" information, making it...$12.99 -
Ben Gitty's 3-string Cigar Box Guitar Songbook - Volume 2 - 35 more beloved songs (Printed Version)
C. B. Gitty Publishing
$13.49Grab your cigar box guitar and get picking, with this treasure trove of 53 different tablature arrangements of 35 beloved, well-known songs! This songbook includes 5 pages of "how-to-play"...$13.49 -
Cigar Box Diddley Bow (One-string Guitar) Kit - includes all parts, hardware and how-to!
C. B. Gitty
$40.99Build the mythical one-string guitar from blues and Americana fol$40.99 -
The Star Spangled Rustic U. S. Flag Acoustic/Electric Tenor Kit - Choose 3 or 4-String!
C. B. Gitty
$189.99 - $199.99One of our most popular printed guitars is now available as an easy to assemble kit! Ready to be stained (neck), painted, woodburned, decorated and customized. No fretting installation$189.99 - $199.99 -
The "Reso-Plate" 3-string License Plate Resonator Guitar Kit
C. B. Gitty
$149.99Designed with front (or back) porch picking in mind, this kit has an full, rich resonator sound and is great for playing all sorts of music, including Blues, Folk and Country. The "Reso-Plate" kit is...$149.99 -
Corina Larks Vintage Cigar Box - Genuine Cigar Box from the early 1900s!
C. B. Gitty
$19.99There is a story behind these boxes. Gitty discovered his first Corina box while building the early Hobo Fiddles—an instrument inspired by the migrant workers of an earlier America, and by the...$19.99 -
The "Tupelo Tenor" Electric Box Guitar Kit - Choose 3 or 4-string
C. B. Gitty
$169.99 - $179.99Our blues-iest kit yet! Four (or 3) strings in Open G tuning with a classic Lipstick Tube Pickup! Easy to assemble and ready to be stained,$169.99 - $179.99 -
Red Barn Guitar Kit - Choose Your Model
C. B. Gitty
$159.99 - $209.99Custom-printed guitar kits inspired by old American barns painted with chewing tobacco billboards. This is our first kit series designed by Shane Speal! Easy to assemble and ready to be stained...$159.99 - $209.99 -
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The "Rodeo King" 3-string License Plate Resonator Guitar Kit
C. B. Gitty
$184.99We've always been fans of the cowboy guitars with painted graphics that were sold in the 1930's-1950's. Our Rodeo King pays homage to those instruments, while delivering a rough-and-tumble look of...$184.99 -
The Bluegrass Strummer's Songbook: Over 130 Beloved Bluegrass and Old-Time Favorites Arranged for Voice and Guitar
Hobo Music Works
$24.99The 136 songs in this 310-page songbook represent our complete collection of some of the best traditional tunes from the mountains, farms and woods of America - Old-Time and Bluegrass favorites that...$24.99 -
Celtic Love Songs Cigar Box Guitar Songbook - 39 songs arranged for 3-string GDG
C. B. Gitty Publishing
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How to Play the 4-string Cigar Box Guitar - Video Lesson Pack from Keni Lee Burgess
Keni Lee Burgess
$10.00These lessons are perfect for beginners as a fun and educational method to learning music and playing guitar. Building and playing homemade instruments out of cigar boxes became popularized during...$10.00
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