Folk Instrument Kits
Take a step back in time and build your own instrument. C. B. Gitty's Folk Instrument Kits offer a fantastic way for new builders and seasoned to craft authentic cigar box guitars, resonators, lap steels and more. Each project is fully customizable, allowing you to add your own artwork or other touches. (See the customer photos in each listing for ideas!)
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"Country Roads" Banjo Kit - Authentic Mountain Banjo Sound
C. B. Gitty
$134.99 - $144.99Hear the full power of our banjo kit in this new demo video: New Orleans jazz musician, Brett Gardner performs "Up a Lazy River" with The Cigar Box Serenaders using the Country Roads Banjo Kit as both lead and rhythm. Build your...$134.99 - $144.99 -
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The Mountain Tenor Acoustic DIY Box Guitar Kit - Choose 3 or 4-string
C. B. Gitty
$99.99 - $112.99Designed with front (or back) porch picking in mind, this kit is perfect for playing good old down-home mountain music. Whether around the campfire, at church, or a pickin' and grinnin' jam session, the Mountain Tenor is the kit for you...$99.99 - $112.99 -
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Special Edition "Star Spangled" Americana Box Fiddle Kit
C. B. Gitty
Now: $114.99Was: $124.99SPECIAL EDITION: STAR SPANGLED 4-COLOR PRINT! This Americana Box Fiddle Kit makes it easy to build your own homemade 4/4 fiddle by removing all of the hardest parts: finding a properly sized box, finding the right parts and hardware, and...Now: $114.99Was: $124.99 -
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The Americana Box Fiddle Kit
C. B. Gitty
Now: $89.99Was: $109.99Building and playing homemade fiddles has been a part of the American musical tradition from the country’s earliest years, and even before. Drawing upon their ancestors’ European roots, settlers from the Appalachian mountains to the woods...Now: $89.99Was: $109.99 -
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Cigar Box Fiddle Kit & Guide
Now: $79.99Was: $89.99Skill level - MODERATE. While the process is detailed as much as possible, this kit can still be a challenge for newer builders. Introducing one of the most often requested kits: our authentic Cigar Box Fiddle. Contains a fully carved neck,...Now: $79.99Was: $89.99 -
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The Hobo Fiddle DIY Kit by "Boxcar" Ben Gitty
Hobo Fiddle
Now: $69.99Was: $89.99So sit down by the fire, boys, and tell a tale or two... there's really not much else for an old hobo to do..." This kit contains everything you need to build your very own handmade 17-Inch Scale GDG Hobo Fiddle: an all-wood custom-printed cigar box,...Now: $69.99Was: $89.99 -
The Lil' Bitty One-string Cigar Box Guitar Kit - Fun & Easy to Build & Play!
C. B. Gitty
$39.99It's alright to build a Lil' Bitty! If you have ever thought about building yourself a cigar box guitar, but have been worried it would be too difficult for you, this is the kit for you! The Lil' Bitty kit was designed with first-timers in mind,...$39.99 -
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2x4 Strummer Guitar Kit: How-to Book + Parts Pack - You Supply the 2x4!
C. B. Gitty
Now: $29.99Was: $34.99This kit contains (nearly) everything you need to build a 2x4 Strummer Guitar following Ben Gitty's how-to plans - you just provide the 2x4! The kit includes Ben's how-to book, with over 70 photos and diagrams throughout 45 pages. In it, he walks you...Now: $29.99Was: $34.99 -
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Build a Packing Crate Guitar: How-To Book + Parts Kit by Ben "Gitty" Baker
C. B. Gitty
$9.99 - $59.99Turn antique packing crates, trunks and boxes into amazing, fully playable heirloom instruments! Using his 3-string short-scale "Baker's Friend" guitar as a build example, author Ben "Gitty" Baker walks you through every facet of the process,...$9.99 - $59.99