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In this post, you'll see episode #123 of the Gitty Gang Show: the Valentine's Day Jam Session. For this show, the Gang hit the stage and took turns leading performances of songs ranging from an Irish

Dear Gitty,I just thought I'd take a moment to thank you for your company's excellent service to me and my students as we explore making electric guitars using clay! Our middle school curriculum puts

Have you cut a scarf joint for your cigar box guitar neck by hand?  Was the cut frustrating and did the result require a lot of sanding to make the joint glue-ready? What if you could have a si

Want to build a cigar box guitar worth handing down to future generations? Want an antique-look and terrific tone for your next build?You can build that kind of cigar box guitar with a little help fro

Big changes are always scary. When we moved the business into its current home, it felt like a blind leap. The costs, the work to get moved, the thought that we were biting off too much, that we would

"I build cigar box guitars to sell and recently bought 10 pickups from China only to find that some parts on each pickup were wrong. But Kim at C. B. Gitty offered to help with my dilemma. Thanks

I love junk. Not for its own sake, really, or out of any desire to accumulate it myself. I love junk because of its potential – the story of what it was, and the unwritten story of what it could

Like Jack Kerouac, I have always been drawn to the edges and fringes of modern society. The drifters and hermits, modern-day hoboes and wild-eyed street people who stalk the back alleys and forgotten

Ben Gitty sat down on the Juke Shack porch recently to take a little spin on some old Americana tunes. As usual, he can't help but do a few rounds of speed-em-up at the end.

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

Our Tin Can Microphone kit ($16.99) takes center stage in this fantastic video by hip hop musician/producer, Eumonik.  Not only does he talk through it, but he also uses it to record several instru

One man's trash is another luthier's "parts hoard."  In this video, we take a peek at the ever-growing pile of found objects at the Gitty workshop.There's just something about an organized pile of jun