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It was a special morning at the 2017 New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival when our own Shane Speal got to interview several cigar box guitar builders who attended.  Instead of just asking a few quest

Here's a great letter we just received from Roger Ring.  He took our 4-Pole Pre-wired Pickup and used it in his latest diddley bow one-string instrument!Dear Gitty,Somebody probably has done this befo

4-string silverware box electric bass guitar, made by Matthew Templin of Jemison, AL.Bass body is a wood silverware box purchased at a local thrift store for $2.00bridge is made from a maple cutting b

I've used this look on several cigar box guitars and they're always the fastest to sell: The bridge cover is a Gitty Colonial box handle that I painted with Rustoleum Dark Brown textured spr

Here's Glenn Watt playing a boxless cigar box guitar! That's right folks, all of that sound from just a lid! This is part of one of the A. J. Gaither Arkansas Tenor cigar box guitars we build and sell

Three new how-to articles dealing with popular Cigar Box Guitar concepts have recently been posted in the How-to knowledgebase at CigarBoxGuitar.com. Two deal with popular 3-string tunings, and the th

I can already hear it... “Oh, so Gitty’s reviewing the new Shane Speal album he bankrolled. I wonder if THAT review will be unbiased…”Maybe it won’t be entirely unbiased, but I will try to be honest

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

There's something special about the big, boomy Tabak Especial Toro cigar boxes ($9.99).  Not only are they sturdy wooden boxes, but they have such a large face, that I was inspired to turn a bunch of

We thought we'd look back to the cigar box guitar strings of the past... those found-objects that were used by the great blues legends when they were just starting out.  Sure, C. B. Gitty is always de

Dear Gitty, My name is Keith Hicks from New Orleans, LA. I built this guitar with a jatoba (Brazilian chery) neck, white ash fretboard and oak fret markers. The fretboard has a 12"