Star Spangled Series

Fresh off of the R&D bench at C. B. Gitty HQ, we are proud to present this beautifully  decorated Made-in-the-USA cigar box resonator guitar, just in time for St. Patrick's day! This awesome-sounding cigar box resonator guitar features one of...

Assembled by our fiddle-master Nick Lanciano, and emblazoned with our favorite rustic red white and blue American flag motif, this patriotic box fiddle is ready for some hot country licks, bluegrass boogies and down-home jams! This is a full 4/4...

Show off your love of homemade music and instruments loud and proud with this beautiful hand-made cigar box guitar!Much like the ever-versatile 3-string guitar, Rat Rods are pieced together from whatever parts the builder has laying around. They are a...

One of our most popular printed guitars is now available as an easy to assemble kit! Ready to be stained (neck), painted, woodburned, decorated and customized. No fretting installation needed.  Each kit comes with a fully fretted neck...

This beautiful piece is one of our line of "illustrated" guitars, designed to capture the essence of fundamental, no-frills stringed instrument crafting. To the sturdy, no-frills frame (tone-rich wooden cigar box, hardwood neck & fretboard, solid...

SPECIAL EDITION:  STAR SPANGLED 4-COLOR PRINT! This Americana Box Fiddle Kit makes it easy to build your own homemade 4/4 fiddle by removing all of the hardest parts: finding a properly sized box, finding the right parts and hardware, and...

Get ready for some down-home pickin' and grinnin'! These awesome canjos feature beautiful vintage printed designs, printed on a Made-in-the-USA 1-pint F-style spirits can. The graphics are printed directly onto the surface of the can using a special...

Ben Gitty has taken one of our popular Hard Maple fretboard blanks and printed it with his boldly colorful original design, a montage of patriotic American images. These fretboards are intended for use on cigar box guitars - choose whether you want it...

Grab your cigar box guitar and get picking, with this treasure trove of tablature arrangements of 41 beloved American songs! This songbook includes 6 pages of "how-to-play" information, making it easier than ever to start playing songs on your 3-string...

Grab your canjo and get picking (again!), with this treasure trove of 53 MORE beloved, well-known songs! This is our SECOND volume of traditional songs arranged for playing on the one-string canjo. Playing these songs is easier than you ever believed,...

Add an awesome decorative fretboard to your fretless cigar box guitar, with this original full-color design by Ben Gitty, featuring the opening lines (preamble) of the U. S. Constitution! Just peel off the backing, snug the front edge up against your...

Add an awesome decorative fretboard to your fretless cigar box guitar, and show your pride in the USA at the same time! Just peel off the backing, snug the front edge up against your nut, and push it down onto the neck. Voila, you've got a perfectly...