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The C. B. Gitty Gold Foil acoustic pickup is one of the most versatile and easiest magnetic pickups to mod for cigar box guitars.  They're deliciously cheap and I always have a half dozen of them in my woodshop at any time. It should be noted that these suckers have such a gloriously trashy 1960's vibe to them, just like Hound Dog Taylor's guitars. I recently used a Gold Foil in a cigar box guitar and I radically modded it to look like a rusty old Harmony/Teisco top-mount pi …

Want to install a Snake Oil mini humbucker and pickup ring in your cigar box guitar?It's easy! Just follow the step-by-step instructions below to mount our most popular pickup in your cigar box.Installation is EasyWhat follows is a step-by-step account of how to install a Snake Oil mini humbucker and pickup ring. The great thing is, you don’t need a shop full of tools to install one of these wildly popular pickups.As you can see below, the tools needed for installation are fe …

Want to tame the sound of your disk piezo-electrified cigar box guitar? Would you like to keep the disk piezos ease-of-use and get rid of the shrill high-end they often have?You do? Well then, let's talk about using capacitors with your disk piezo pickups – the can't miss trick to make your disk piezo-electrified cigar box guitars sound a whole lot better.In this article, using plain, easy-to-understand language, you'll learn ... why you want to use a capacitor in your disk piezo-elec …

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 …

Dear Gitty,I love the look of your new Dog Ear Soapbar Pickups.  I especially like how they are top mounted on an instrument.  Can you tell me how thick they are and whether they need special routing, especially for cigar box guitars?Dave, Encino CAHi Dave!We're proud to debut these new pickups and we're glad they caught your eye!  Here's all the info you need:THE SHORT ANSWER:  For all Dog Ear Soapbars, the routing space below the cover needs to be a minimum of .18" (4. …