Cigar Box Guitar Strings

This is a set of three nylon strings especially for homemade instruments built in the style of Ben Gitty's Hobo Fiddles. They are intended to be used on 17-inch scale instruments tuned to Open G "GDG". This set includes two plain nylon strings and one...

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 D" (D-F#-A)" tuning, a great setup slide playing These are lighter-gauge...

This set of strings is selected specifically for tuning a 4-string instrument (such as a cigar box guitar) to G D A E tuning - the same tuning commonly used on mandolins, octave mandolins, Irish tenor banjos and bouzoukis, tenor guitars and related...

Steve Arvey is one of the foremost cigar box guitar performers and CBG ambassadors active today, touring and playing homemade instruments all around the world. He writes: "People often ask 'How do I get that killer sound?' The secret is in the strings...

This string set has become one of our go-to string sets for Tenor Cigar Box Guitars, matching those we use on our popular Illustrated Series of guitars. We also recommend you try this set on our Mountain Tenor 3-String Guitar Kit for...