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What is scale length and why should you care?  Given the “no rules” mantra in the cigar box guitar community, the term scale length looks an awful lot like a rule, doesn’t it? And if there are

I am drawn to people who are passionate about what they do. Whether it’s making and building things such as cigar box guitars, or making and performing music, or working towards a social cause, pas

The C. B. Gitty Gold Foil acoustic pickup is one of the most versatile and easiest magnetic pickups to mod for cigar box guitars.  They're deliciously cheap and I always have a half dozen of the

Join Shane Speal as he explores burning cigar box guitar topics such as scarf joints, new 3-string lessons, different types of slides, string tension, distortion, a brand-new monthly newsletter, an

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

I have a guitar parts problem.  There, I admitted it!  Whether it's buying junk guitars and salvaging the good pieces or going on shopping sprees when C. B Gitty lists items on clearance or on sale, I

Why should Led Zeppelin or Rush have all the fun?  We build cigar box guitars... so let's make double-neck cigar box guitars!  OVERVIEW: We challenge you to invent & build a new musical instrument tha

Heavy metal legend, Lita Ford has just been filmed playing a 3-string cigar box guitar in concert!  Swamp rocker, Christopher Ameruoso posted this video on his Facebook page of the event...and we trac

C. B. Gitty's founder, Ben Baker has always said, "I believe that anyone, anywhere can build their own instrument and make music on it."  In keeping with his philosophy, he has written or commissioned

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,

Every cigar box guitar builder needs some inspiration now and again. Why not get inspired by what other builders have made?We love seeing what you build. And that's why we love receiving your photo an

It doesn't take much to make a musical instrument. You can sandwich an elastic band between two popsicle sticks to make a kazoo. You can even bang two rocks together to hold a beat. But what about cra