KITS: Guitar Kits, Amp Kits & More

  This is a kit of all of the parts you'll need to build your own 2.5-watt amplifier, whether in a cigar box or other enclosure of your choice. For such a small amp board, this little beauty really puts out some nice sound. This kit includes a...

This is a 2.5-watt Artec amp circuit board with on-board on/off/volume potentiometer, pre-wired connection leads including a 9-volt battery connector. We also include a basic sheet with wiring diagrams for this board. These make great little amps, which...

This is a high-quality dovetail-style saw, perfect for cutting fret slots for standard fret wires that fit in a .023" slot. The blade has a .020" kerf and is 8" long with a steel reinforced ridge along the top - much like the more expensive fretting saws...

We created this cigar box guitar kit with one goal in mind - to make a kit that would allow anyone to build a real, playable cigar box guitar in about an hour at the kitchen table, with only the most basic tools (a screwdriver and small hammer). And we...

Build a fully playable, Depression Era cigar box guitar using our modern parts and fully detailed directions.  Just add your own 1 x 2 x 34-inch hardwood plank for the neck.  Thousands of builders have used these kits to create their own...

THE PSYCHO KNOB KIT: It's like injecting four different boost/distortion pedals inside your guitar or amp!   FOR GUITAR:  This simple knob requires only simple soldering to place between your volume/tone knobs and the guitar jack...

Build your own battery-powered amplifier and bring your Cigar Box Guitar anywhere with this complete kit!The box can vary in shape and size (see photo for example), but the kit comes with everything you need to put together your very own amplifier. The...

Build what you Play, Play what you Love!  Great for new and experienced builders, this kit comes with everything necessary to build your very own 3-String Fretted Cigar Box Guitar. Fretted neck, hardware, cigar box, complete instructions - it's...

Build the mythical one-string guitar from blues and Americana folklore.   This is the instrument that Blind Willie Johnson first learned slide guitar.   Countless other music legends have started with a diddley bow, too.   Originally...

This is an acoustic canjo kit, offered under the American Canjo Company(tm) brand by C. B. Gitty. Each of these instrument kits include a fretted neck that is hand-made in the C. B. Gitty workshops in New Hampshire, USA. They are fun and easy build and...

This is a pack of great parts intended for building a concert-scale Ukulele (15" scale length, 23" total length), but they are also great for cigar box ukuleles and other homemade instrument projects! While this is not a true kit (in that it does not...

    See the Cigar Box Nation article on Artistic Lap Steels for even more inspiration The 2x4 Lap Steel parts kit: just supply your own scrap 2x4 plank! Finally learn how to play lap steel guitar without investing in a brand new instrument...