Fun Stuff & Misc.

Take the guesswork and error out of cutting neck notches in your cigar box guitars with this custom laser-cut centering template! This template is based on a tool used by Shane Speal for years, and allows you to quickly and easily find the center of a...

This fretting guide by Ben "Gitty" Baker is 158 pages in length and packed with great information, including many color pictures and diagrams, as well as information on all fretting-related topics, with a special focus on fretting homemade instruments...

Presenting our second-generation “GEN2” line of plastic fretting templates! A huge improvement over the original model, these templates are ¼ the thickness, include more template features, are nice and flexible, and best of all are...

This set of specially designed parts will help you make the best use of your C. B. Gitty Hubcap Reso Cone (or regular paint can lid) on your special instrument build. Ben "Gitty" Baker designed these mounting ring systems to make it as easy as possible...

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 is a pair of real reclaimed/recycled Mississippi license plates, perfect for use on a homemade cigar box guitar or license plate guitar, or other craft project! These plates feature the "Birthplace of America's Music" design that has a nice guitar...

Add some SATIN to your slide guitar tone! These polished copper and brass guitar slides are light and thin-walled, perfect for fast and fearsome screaming rock and blues leads on your guitar or cigar box guitar! The stubby version is 1 1/2 inches in...

Here's one for the lap steel enthusiasts! A high-quality, inexpensive chrome-plate steel tone bar, perfect for use on conventional and homemade lap steel slide guitars. This is the classic style of tone bar used by the greats over the years to coax the...

Unlike steel or glass slides, bone slides are known for their short-sustained, precise notes.  Not only do they add a new dimension to your slide playing, they're great when you want obtain short chords without any wobbling slide sounds.  Every...

Unlike steel or glass slides, bone slides are known for their short-sustained, precise notes.  Not only do they add a new dimension to your slide playing, they're great when you want obtain short chords without any wobbling slide sounds.  Every...

This is a laser-cut and engraved centering rule, which can be used to quickly and easily find the center of cigar boxes, cookie tins and pretty much any other object less than 14" wide. We designed this tool to make it easier for cigar box guitar...

This is a set of 12 laser-cut wooden gears, perfect for use as sound hole covers on cigar box guitars, steampunk projects and other decorative uses. The sizes of the gears range from 2.5" diameter down to .75" diameter, and several different gear styles...