Tools & Templates

This is a set of 10 mini diamond files, each 5.5 inches long and in a range of profiles (flat, half-round, quarter-round, triangle, round/rat tail, etc). These are perfect for notching nuts and bridges, reaming out or enlarging holes, and other filing...

NO MEASURING, NO MARKING, NO MISTAKES, NO PROBLEMS! "This thing is just great. It made that tedious, time consuming and exacting chore a snap. I love it ... Worth every penny." - Bayou Cigar Box Guitars A C. B. Gitty original, the Quick-Slotter Fret...

If you have ever wanted to make your own custom wooden knobs for your cigar box guitars or other instruments, this is the tool for you! Developed and hand-crafted by long-time Gitty friend and customer (and cigar box guitar builder and inventor) Louie...

This sturdy tool is designed for reaming just the right taper into the peg heads of instruments that use wooden friction-style tuning pegs, such as fiddles, old-time banjos and more. The tapered cutting shaft is 4.25 inches in length and its diameter...

Trace consistent, professional-looking F-holes onto your homemade instruments. Then store them away for easy future access in a 3-ring binder! Each sheet is just $7.99, or buy the full set of 16 for $99.99! The idea of a sound hole extends almost as far...

What's more efficient than having all of the tools you need for the job in one convenient place? This handy gadget combines three tools that are commonly used to re-string a guitar or other stringed instrument. Pin Puller: Designed to help pull the...

This set includes all of our innovative "GEN2" second-generation fretting scale templates, from the soprano ukulele at 13 inches to the full-size Fender bass at 34 inches. Separately these would cost you over $150, but we offer them here at a serious...

Sturdy one-size-fits-most shop apron with two pockets, screen printed with our favorite motto: Hard Times Make Great Music! Get your Gitty on, and keep your street clothes out of harm's way while working in the shop. 7.5 oz./yd² (US), 12.5 oz/L...