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Big White Taxi (a tribute to Dave Lynas)

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I'm Moving H. Snow - A . D. Eker 2021

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Then Came the Moon - an original song

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Wangs Mini 5 Tube Guitar Head: Unboxing & Demo

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He's Everything to Me: Long Neck Surf n' Turf Cigar Box Guitar

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BOXSTOCK UK Cigar Box Gutar Festival

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Music Theory

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BOXSTOCK, UK Cigar Box Guitar Festival

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Dave Lynas plate

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GittyBucker Load-n-Go - pre-wired surface-mount humbucker harness- No Soldering Required!

GittyBucker Load-n-Go - pre-wired surface-mount humbucker harness- No Soldering Required!

Now it's even easier to drop one of our famous GittyBucker surface-mount pickups into your next build, because we've done all the wiring for you! Thes pre-wired harnesses are by far the easiest magnetic pickup to install out there.  No rout..

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"Country Roads" Banjo Kit - Authentic Mountain Banjo Sound

"Country Roads" Banjo Kit - Authentic Mountain Banjo Sound

GittyBomb Pickup Mounting System - Choose Cover Material!

Top-mount method - note that this requires cutting a square hole in the top of the guitar for the pickup to fit down into.

We created these pickup mounting ring and cover assemblies here at C. B. Gitty specifically for mounting our mega over-wound GittyBOMB cigar box guitar pickups! They measure 2.3 in. x 2.3 in. by ~0.38 in. (9.7mm) ..

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