Cigar Box Guitar Strings

Open G "GDG" is perhaps the most popular tuning for 3-string cigar box guitars, and for good reason. It's just so easy to bang out good ole gritty blues using this classic tuning. Sometimes known as the G Modal or G Power Chord tuning, if you are looking...

South Bound Strings - Made in America, Bound for Glory! This is a set of 3 Medium-gauge strings specifically for a 3-string cigar box guitar (CBG) that you want to tune in a "Low Open G" (Low G, Middle D, Middle G). We call this set the "Uncle Enos...

South Bound Strings - Made in America, Bound for Glory! This is a set of 3 strings specifically voiced for 3-string cigar box guitars (CBGs) that you want to tune in an "Open G" (GBD) or "standard guitar" (GBE - the three highest-pitch strings of a...

South Bound Strings - Made in America, Bound for Glory! This is a set of 4 strings specifically voiced for 4-string cigar box guitars (CBGs) that you want to tune in an "Open G" (DGBD) or "standard guitar" (DGBE - the four "bottom" strings of a standard...

South Bound Strings - Made in America, Bound for Glory! This is a set of 4 strings voiced specifically for an electric 4-string cigar box guitar (CBG) that you want to tune in an "Open G" (D G B D), "Open D" (D F# A D)  or "standard guitar" (DGBE -...

South Bound Strings - Made in America, Bound for Glory! This is a set of 3 strings specifically voiced for an electric 3-string cigar box guitar (CBG) with a magnetic pickup, that you want to tune in "Open G" (G-B-D)" or "Standard" (G-B-E, same as...

South Bound Strings - Made in America, Bound for Glory! This is a set of 3 strings specifically voiced for an electric 3-string cigar box guitar (CBG) with a magnetic pickup, that you want to tune in a low "Open G" (GDG) tuning, a great setup for...

This is  a 12-pack of our 3-string Cigar Box Guitar Acoustic Medium "Blue Blaster" Low Open G string set. These strings are intended for tuning to a Low Open G tuning (Low G, Middle D, Middle G), and are intended for 24-25.5" scale instruments...

Open D "DAD" is a very popular tuning for 3-string cigar box guitars, second only to the Open G GDG tuning. It's just so easy to bang out good ole gritty blues using this classic tuning. Sometimes known as the D Modal or D Power Chord tuning, if you are...

South Bound Strings - Made in America, Bound for Glory! This is a set of 4 strings voiced specifically for 4-string cigar box guitars (CBGs) that can be tuned in several different ways.  They can be tuned in "Open G" for slide playing (D G B D), in...

South Bound Strings - Made in America, Bound for Glory! This is a set of 3 strings voiced specifically for 3-string cigar box guitars (CBGs) that you want to tune in an "Open G" (GBD) or "standard guitar" (GBE - the three highest-pitch strings of a...

Shane says:  "When Southbound Strings asked me to develop a set of professional electric guitar strings for cigar box guitar, I demanded three things: The strings must include a ‘wound G’ string (essential for grinding slide...