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Drew Fredericks of Mountville, PA celebrated his 21st guitar build by producing this stunning black and chrome cigar box guitar.  If cigar box guitars were automobiles, this would be a Maserati!Parts used:Chrome Mandolin/Cigar Box Guitar Tailpiece7/8-inch Nickel Grommets/Candle CupsLarge (1.5-inch) Nickel-Plated GrommetZinc-Plated CBG Neck Brace w/ScrewsChrome Sealed-Gear Tuners for 3-String Cigar Box GuitarsDual Piezo Pickup Pick-up 6.35mm Jack with Volume Tone Control"Chrome Dome" knobs f …

Seven years ago, I started this small guitar parts business cutting & selling fret wire from my grandfather's workbench in my basement. That little workshop area is bustling again with handmade boutique soaps made by my wife, Dawn (a.k.a. Mama Gitty).Dawn approaches soap making with the same artistry of visionary instrument creator, mixing and matching scents, colors and unexpected ingredients into slabs of pure awesomeness. Just last week, she launched www.CraftoftheRaven.com, her official onl …

We're serving up another great sonic buffet, this time with 'master chef,' Steve Larson of Hope Mills, NC.  Here's his details on this incredible electric 3-string cigar box guitar:Build # 17 – this is a 3 String Electric CBG.• Flor de las Antillas wood Cigar Box• GDG tuning• Black Tombstone-style Sealed-Gear Guitar Tuners/Machine Heads• 25.0" scale with 21 medium/medium frets• Jumbo Nickel-Silver fret wire zero fret for nut• Black enclosed 4-pole single coil pickup• 1/4-inch Mono Guitar Ou …

The cigar box guitar above was built by Randy Lee Thomas of Cockey Creek Cigar Box Guitars.  Here's what he had to say about it: I've built a few CBG's and this latest one turned out very nicely. Great service and parts from C.B. Gitty made it all possible to turn this one around in less than 2 weeks from parts order to awesome birthday gift for a friend.Parts used were as follows...Oak Neck Pre-Cut for frettingShane Speal Tuners for 4 string"Snake Oil" Pre -wired HumbuckerBourns Linear an …

We just got this great submission for Cooking with Gitty from Harry Bodmer.  We can only imagine how awesome this axe sounds. Here's his ingredients:I made this 4 string tenor guitar using a 1904 World's Fair Jack Daniels replica tin. I used the following parts from C. B. Gitty:pearloid open geared chrome tuners 500k pots20mm piezostandard 1/4" jack2 Stratocaster type knobs …