Gitty-Made

Grab your canjo and get picking, with this treasure trove of of the thirty best-known and beloved Christmas carols and songs! Playing these songs is easier than you ever believed, just follow the numbers above the words in the easy-to-play canjo...

This poster features a vintage photo from the early 1900's, possibly taken in New Orleans. Shane Speal discovered this old photo at an antiques dealer back in the 90's, and recently re-scanned it in to make it available to the cigar box guitar and...

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...

A unique set sound hole pieces, one coin slot and the other, a picture frame.  Each is cut from 1/8-inch solid mahogany panels. In his book "Making Poor Man's Guitars", Shane Speal shows using these two together on a cigar box guitar to create...

NO MEASURING, NO MARKING, NO MISTAKES, NO PROBLEMS! "This thing is just great. It made that tedious, time consuming and exacting chore a snap. I love it ... Worth every penny." - Bayou Cigar Box Guitars A C. B. Gitty original, the Quick-Slotter Fret...

Here are the most popular and often-used ukulele chords, on one easy-to-read 12 x 18" poster! Designed by Ben "Gitty" Baker and printed in the U. S. A. by C. B. Gitty Publishing, these are great for tacking to the wall of your workshop or music room...

Add an awesome decorative fretboard to your fretless cigar box guitar, with this original full-color design by Ben Gitty, featuring the opening lines (preamble) of the U. S. Constitution! Just peel off the backing, snug the front edge up against your...

Here are the most popular and often-used ukulele chords, on one easy-to-read 12 x 18" poster! Designed by Ben "Gitty" Baker and printed in the U. S. A. by C. B. Gitty Publishing, these are great for tacking to the wall of your workshop or music room...

Here is a stylish single-piece trapeze tailpiece to add to your next 6-string cigar box guitar or other homemade instrument build. Building upon the success of our popular 3- and 4-string tailpieces, we have engineered these specifically for use on...

This is a historic-themed 12 x 18" poster printed on brown kraft paper. The poster, designed by Shane Speal, features a photo of the famous Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band, a group of young New Orleans street performers from the late 1800's and early 1900's...

Grab your cigar box guitar and get picking, with this treasure trove of 70 different tablature arrangements of 31 beloved, well-known songs! This songbook includes 5 pages of "how-to-play" information, making it easier than ever to start playing songs...

Grab your canjo and get picking (again!), with this treasure trove of 53 MORE beloved, well-known songs! This is our SECOND volume of traditional songs arranged for playing on the one-string canjo. Playing these songs is easier than you ever believed,...