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Want more music cool instrument news?  Check out this week's C. B. Gitty newsletter. Featuring two free instrument plans:  Build your own Travel Uke + Build your own Gourd Banjo!  LINK

The Pallet Reso by Cigar Box Nation member, Sanddraggin. 

"Here's a shot of me playing my latest Reso. The neck is an old Kay v-neck I refretted. The box is made from a pallet with some paduak trim for flavor. The cover is a copper sheet I banged out"

Handmade Copper Pipe and Scrap Iron Guitars

"Two of the most freakish guitars in my extremely weird guitar collection are by Tone-A-Cane Copper Pipe Guitars and Pete Regan’s Metal Guitars. Both are crafted using metal for body and necks…and both are so heavy, you could win bar fights with them."

VIDEO DEMO:  The only thing that sounds better than a P-90 'Soapbar" pickup is when a P90 is shoved into a cigar box guitar.

Click and scroll down to see the vid demo of the Foundry-Tone Soapbar Pickup at C. B. Gitty.

New contest:   Send us your favorite Piezo Pickup Tips & Tricks!   

 

What things make your pickups sound great?  Got a favorite setup?  Special methods that nobody has considered?  Send them to us! Two random entries will win $50 Gitty gift certificates. 

Email your entry to GittyFans@cbgitty.com

 

Contest runs now through Midnight, September 30, 2015.  All submissions will be published as part of our ongoing free building tips series.

We take all your contest submissions and create free how-to's for everyone.  Have you seen all the submissions from our Fretting Tips contest?  We've posted all of 'em on Cigar Box Nation.

The Instruments of Robbie Schoen - a Cigar Box Nation Facebook feature

The Mop-o-phone: Read the historic newspaper article

Cigar Box Nation is sponsored by C. B. Gitty, fine purveyors of cigar box guitar parts and tools. 

C. B. Gitty: The Source of Endless Instrument Inspiration.

Double Neck Cigar Box Guitar by Cigar Box Nation member, Mark Matyjakowski