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Shane Speal created this great sounding 2-string slide guitar with nothing but a wooden boat oar and a few CBGitty.com parts.  Because of the long length of the oar, Speal opted to give the instrument a longer, 25.5" baritone scale.  When strung with low E and A guitar strings, it can be tuned to an ultra-low Open C powerchord, C-G.  Here is the full video blog of the project.  We've included a parts list below along with extra photos and details not shown in the video.PARTS …

Much like the VariTone switch on BB King's "Lucille" guitar, this Tone Box DIY stompbox will dial in and boost highs, mids or even bass levels on your guitar.  The secret ingredient is the CBGitty.com Tone Distiller, an active tone control knob.  Follow along in this demo by Shane Speal and craft your own custom Tone Box using a cigar box and the parts listed at CBGitty.com/tonebox.The parts include the Tone Distiller circuit, two guitar jacks, two Strat style jackplates, a batter …

The international cigar box guitar community rallied around one of their own when Burton Philbrick lost his wife, Kathy last December.  In order to comfort their friend and pay tribute to his wife, at least seven different makers joined together to present a memorial guitar.Philbrick says, “Mike Shaw built this beautiful memorial guitar to my wife Kathy based on one of my first cigar box guitars I had built for her. It was kept a secret from then they surprised me with it. An international …

We make a lot of custom printed cigar box guitars featuring artwork or photos provided by our customers, but every once in a while, the perfect photo is submitted and we just have to marvel.  This is one such guitar.Lin H.  from Camp Hill, PA sent a photo of this little feller sitting on a guitar case and it made the perfect guitar.  From the cowboy hat to harmonica and his infectious smile, we couldn't wait to build this for him.  Do you have a photo that would look great on …

We're proud to announce the winners of the 2022 C. B. Gitty Video Playoffs which was held in conjunction with The New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival.  There were dozens of entries submitted, with a diverse selection of music styles, all played on homemade instruments.  A specially selected panel of 24 judges selected the following as the top players.The grand prize winner and recipient of $500 is Sergi Estella of Rubi, Spain, who submitted the following video.  The second prize …