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Our customers are the best. You all build with resourcefulness and ingenuity, making the best of tough situations, all the while sharing what you learned with the rest of the cigar box guitar community. Your resourcefulness and ingenuity fuel your burning desire to solve problems, and to make some really cool stuff, like guitars out of cigar boxes.Your willingness to share your hard-won wisdom builds upon the foundation of inclusivity and selfless guidance with every cigar box guitar (CBG) …

Cigar box builder and performing artist William E. W. built a C. B. Gitty part-filled guitar, featuring "the drowning man hand" from a play poster for a production in which he acted. The depression era-style guitar was a cast-signed gift to the director of the play, set during America's Great Depression.William was kind enough to share his work and take us on a ride through how he built this masterful instrument.Drowning Man Hand GuitarFor my latest build, I wanted to create an heirloo …

I was extremely excited when you guys announced that you were spinning paint can lids into resonators (The Hubcap Spun Cigar Box Guitar Resonator) and ordered a large and medium almost immediately. It took a few weeks to figure out which box to use with which resonator. I had the boxes sitting with resonators on top on a table and every now and then would move them around on the box, or swap boxes- Not quite sure what I wanted to do.A few weeks back Del Puckett did a couple videos on using the F …

One Cigar Box Nation member donates C. B. Gitty gift certificate to another building guitars for military veterans.Cigar Box Nation member "the anonymous pick" donated a $100 C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply gift certificate to another Cigar Box Nation member Henry Dervaric. Henry, along with his family, builds cigar box guitars for military veterans adjusting to civilian life.For an astonishing pinball machine-themed build entered into a Cigar Box Nation contest, "the anonymous pick" (aka Pick) …

Ever plug in a new, electric cigar box guitar build only to find it’s making a humming noise?That small noise can be maddening. After the time and care it took to build your cigar box guitar (CBG), and closely following the instructions on how to install the pickup, hearing that dreaded hum after you plug in your new build is discouraging, to say the least.To help you overcome this confounding issue, in this article you’ll learn 10 easy ways to identify the source of the hum and how to eliminate …