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Dear C. B. Gitty,Here are my first four builds after discovering some cool CBG’s played in public and on Youtube.  [This was] shortly after discovering C. B. Gitty and how easy and affordable parts are to get and the fast shipping times.  I’ve enjoyed building a few.  The necks are hand made from walnut I had milled, boxes I’ve collected but most of the other parts have come from C. B. Gitty.  Here are my first four builds all togetherMy first build on the right used a “Cap O …

Check out this beauty. This is my 8th build and by far the best one yet. It has a cherry neck, real frets, and a humbucker pickup. It looks and plays great. Huge thanks to Glenn (Watt) for helping with my questions.Here are the CBGitty Parts I used:Gold “Half Moon” Sealed Gear Tuners (31-075-01)Gold Snake Oil Humbucker Pre-Wired Pickup Harness with Volume Control (54-052-01)Gold Flat-Top Press-Fit Knobs (51-032-01)Gold Strap Buttons with Screws (31-011-01)Complete Fretting Starter Kit with T …

Dear Gitty, My name is Keith Hicks from New Orleans, LA. I built this guitar with a jatoba (Brazilian chery) neck, white ash fretboard and oak fret markers. The fretboard has a 12" radius, 25" scale and the bridge is walnut. I kept it all acoustic. These all wood boxes sound incredible. C.B. Gitty parts used: Bone nut Shane Speal signature tuners String ferrules Jescar low/medium nickel radiused fret wire Strap buttons Southbound Blues B …

CIGAR BOX GUITARS IN SCHOOLS - SUCCESS STORYCLASSROOM SIZE: 18 STUDENTS  /  STUDENT AGES 7-12For information on our education program, please see Cigar Box Guitars in Schools.Dear Gitty,In the beginning of June I did a week long day-camp at our school. The project for the week was building cigar box guitars.  We had 18 kids, from age 7 to 12, and they each made their own guitar. They loved it! I downloaded some great directions from your website, ordered a couple 12 packs of you …

Steve Larson built as a gift for a friend’s teenage son who will be having open heart surgery later this month.He is a baseball player – the # 19 on the fret board is his jersey #.His name is stamped onto an Army dog tag and used as a name plate to personalize the guitar. (He blurred his name in the picture for his privacy)Features• Arturo Fuente wood Cigar Box• 3 String Acoustic – light gauge strings.042W, .030W & .009W• Tuned To Open G "GDG"• Black Open-Gear Guitar Tuners/Machine Heads• 25 …