In this video, Ben “Gitty” Baker and Glenn Watt illustrate how easy it is to increase the versatility of the 2.5 watt amplifier boards that are the heart of their Cigar Box Amplifiers. By rem...
https://www.cigarboxguitar.com/knowledge-base/add-a-panel-mount-gain-to-a-c-b-gitty-amp-board/
In the video below, Shane Speal shows his technique of reinforcing internal bracing on neck-through cigar box guitars with extra wood. He also shows how to use a Forstner bit to route out the cav...
No fancy tools required to make this awesome headstock for your cigar box guitar
This is the full how-to guide from C. B. Gitty’s Cigar Box Ukulele kit. While written with a focus on assembling the kit C. B. Gitty sells (which includes all of the parts and hardware you need...
https://www.cigarboxguitar.com/knowledge-base/cigar-box-ukulele-kit-assembly-guide/
Josh Gayou of Smokehouse Guitars created this 179-page guide back in 2010, and decided to give it away for free to the cigar box guitar community. In it, he covers some of the more advanced tec...
Everything you need to know about using the "Open A" A-E-A tuning on your 3-string cigar box guitar.
The Open E tuning is not seen as often as the more popular GDG and DAD tunings, but it is a great alternative for cigar box guitar players, especially if you are playing a lot of blues. Shane Spe...
Everything you need to know about using the “Open D” D-A-D tuning on your 3-string cigar box guitar.
Of all of the three-string cigar box guitar tunings, the most popular is probably the G D G open G tuning. Featured on many how-to-play videos on YouTube and CigarBoxNation.com, this tuning has b...
Most folks are familiar, at least by sight, with the six-string guitar – whether an acoustic guitar like a Martin or an electric guitar like a Fender Stratocaster™. So it is natural that when...
A Cigar Box Guitar (CBG) can range widely when it comes to decoration. The most basic, primitive CBGs have very little decoration; reduced to its most basic form, a CBG is a stick, a box and a co...
https://www.cigarboxguitar.com/knowledge-base/cbg-bling-decorating-ideas-for-your-cigar-box-guitar/
The questions come up often among Cigar Box Guitar builders: Is fretting worth it? Why would I want to fret my build? What do I need to know and what tools do I need to get started? Fretting can ...
https://www.cigarboxguitar.com/knowledge-base/deciding-whether-to-fret-your-cigar-box-guitar/