You've shaped the neck, cut the soundholes and put all those glorious electronics inside. Now it's time to attach the lid to the box!
In the video below, I show the simple way that I attach the lid. As you can see, I prefer to use "drop in lid" ci
Read more…Get the most out of your acoustic/electric cigar box guitars with an inexpensive piezo rod & preamp unit.
In this video, I show a simple mounting technique for neck-through cigar box guitars. The sound is fantastic and really allows a great tone re
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"Come on, brothers and sisters, KICK OUT THE CANS!"
For our final build-off contest of 2017, we're looking for your best canjos, cookie tin banjos and any other playable stringed instrument made from discarded metal containers. It can have one st
After spending months developing the new 2x4 Lap Steel Kit, Ben "Gitty" Baker started to consider other uses for simple 2x4 planks and came up with this very simple strummer guitar.
To make the instrument, Gitty started with a single piece of 2x4
Read more…Glenn Watt of C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply returns with another country cover for one-finger cigar box guitar playing. We love these lessons because they allow ANYBODY to play a cigar box guitar with this simple method.
Here is "You'll Never Leave Har
Read more…JUST ADDED! Cigar Box Nation will be broadcasting a very special concert by the Troubadour of the MidWest, A. J Gaither and his one man band.
Gaither is the real deal... a barroom singer/songwriter who travels across the US in an old van filled wit
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Free LIVE concert by Shane, available after the fact if you missed it.
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Hey folks, Ben/CBGitty here - this is the first edition of the Cigar Box Nation newsletter, which we'll be sending out periodically (probably once a month) to try to help keep our ever-growing membership in the loop about some of the biggest things
Read more…Cigar Box Nation 5th Anniversary commemorative ornaments are now available - a perfect addition to your Christmas tree!
These limited-edition handcrafted ornaments feature a 2" engraved brass disc set into a 3" black walnut round. The brass disc has
Read more…Acclaimed luthier and pioneer of the cigar box guitar movement Ted Crocker has teamed up with CB Gitty Crafter Supply to sell his line of pickups, cigar box guitars, foot stompers, microphones and assorted other gear for builders and musicians.
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