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The Gitty Gang couldn't do a show this past Friday, so the King of the Cigar Box Guitar Shane Speal stepped in to host one that everybody's still talking about! Sometimes duty calls and the Gitty

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

While a lot of cigar box guitar builder attention goes to disk piezos and standard acoustic guitar-style rod piezos, there is another option that can be a great addition to your toolbag: the violin-st

A guitar whose roots go down into the bedrock bones of the earth... I grew up in Marblehead, Ohio, a rocky peninsula that juts out into Lake Erie. The center of that peninsula is one giant limest

The 2024 Double Neck Cigar Box Guitar Build-Off saw dozens of entries from all over the globe.  There were only two main rules: 1. The instrument had to have at least two necks.  2.  There had to be a

A railroad traveler, who whistled while he worked for food, inspired the name of this handmade musical instrument.Since Ben "Gitty" Baker wrote the book, The Legend of the Hobo Fiddle, friends of Gitt

Want to learn how to play chords on your 3-string cigar box guitar? Use flashcards 20 minutes a day.That’s right. Those things you used to learn your multiplication tables and other grade school lesso

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

There's nothing like a cluttered junk shop to set the handmade instrument builder's imagination to fizzing.  For me recently, that inspiration came in the aisle of an antique/junk/hardware store

Want to learn new chords for your 3-string cigar box guitar?Interested in playing your cigar box guitar with more than just one finger?In this article, you'll learn... How to play the most valuable c

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

Thousands and thousands of guitar professionals, home instrument builders, cigar box guitar enthusiasts, musicians and others have discovered the dedication to good prices and great service that we...