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Featured Products from C. B. Gitty
"Juke Shack" Humbucker Pickups - Choose Chrome, Gold or Black
These low-profile mini humbuckers have amazing tone and are perfect for cigar box guitars. Originally designed for jazz semi-hollow body archtop guitars, they are built around an Alnico5 bar magnet and have ~7.3KOhms of impedance for rich, respon..
Price: $19.99
"Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band" 3-string Illustrated Cigar Box Guitar
This beautiful hand-crafted cigar box guitar features a vintage photo from the early 1900's of the original "Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band", a group of New Orleans street urchins who performed on homemade instruments i..
Price: $159.99
"American Pride" Special Edition 3-pole Pickup Pre-Wired for Cigar Box Guitar
Scatter-wound by hand, one-at-a-time right here in the C. B. Gitty workshop. Fully tested and ready to transform your cigar box guitar into a heirloom-grade tone MONSTER.
These drop-in styl..
Price: $39.99
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4 string neck width
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Favorite pickups and position?
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A DIY Kit for stompboxes?
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.50 Cal Shell Slide
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Spokeshave: flat or round?
Started by Clint “Uncle Gus” Turpen in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Mark Prentice yesterday. 13 Replies 1 Like
Review: Swamp Witch "Wesseh Tribute" Cigar Box Guitar
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Video Premier: Hymn for Her "Blue Balloons"
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2018 Pennsylvania Cigar Box Guitar Festival - Schedule and details
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I may not be a luthier, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
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VIDEO: You Gotta Move cover by Jerome Graille
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VIDEO: Playing the Limberjack - Randy Cato demonstrates
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The most versatile but overlooked guitar pedal. Graphic EQ.
Started by Cause the Blue rat in Cool gear discussion - that's not cigar box related. Last reply by BrianQ. on Wednesday. 2 Replies 0 Likes
How to electrify a harmonica for hands-free playing
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Cookie Tin CBG Canjo
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D'addario exl110 or Ernie Ball 2221
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New to organizing, give me every bit of advice, details, do's and do nots, please!
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speaker connection
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kannel/ kantele (Baltic psaltery)
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final format for If You Could See What I Hear
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Cigar Box Guitar Quote of the day
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