Your Source for Cigar Box Guitar Parts & Accessories
Here at CigarBoxGuitarParts.com we are dedicated to showcasing the various parts and supplies you can use to help build and decorate your Cigar Box Guitar, as well as discuss some of the creative ways that these parts can be used. Though not a true “how-to” site, a lot of good how-to information will be presented in terms of how to make use of some of the parts we feature: things like how to install a piezo, wire up a volume pot, make good use of sound hole inserts, install tuners, etc.
We will showcase parts and supplies from various sources, with the primary source being our friends over at C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply. For over two years these folks have been working hard to bring CBG builders great prices on an ever-growing list of parts and accessories. If you haven’t yet checked out their site and web store, browse on over today. You won’t be disappointed!
New Cigar Box Guitar Book Released: “Cigar Box Guitars” by David Sutton
A great new book devoted to Cigar Box Guitars and the people who build them has just been released by Fox Chapel publishing, and is available from C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply!
Filled with beautiful full-color photos, interviews with many of the biggest names in the cigar box guitar movement, and lots of practical how-to information, this is a great book for either the coffee table or the workshop – or both!
Either click the photo to the left, or Click Here, to browse over to C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply and check it out!
Nice feature on Florida Cigar Box Guitar Builder
Check out this nice article and video of CBG builder Steve Cinnamon in Nokomis, Florida!
http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/article1216381.ece
Ted Crocker’s Custom Cigar Box Guitar Pickups Now Available at C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply!
We’re excited to announce that the full line of cigar box guitar electronics guru Ted Crocker are now available at C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply! Ted is one of the original innovators of electronics components specifically designed for use in CBGs, and his creations are the Best of the Best! If you’re unsure, maybe check out this video of none other than Keith Urban playing a Ted Crocker custom guitar that features his “Stonehenge” custom-wound pickups!
Cigar Box Guitar Builder Featured on CNN!
Check out this great little article on a surgeon and cigar box guitar builder! Nice to see our hobby getting some recognition in the big-time press: http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/06/living/cigar-box-guitars/
New Rod Piezo How-To Article @ www.cbgitty.com
C. B. Gitty, in addition to working on a major site redesign, has just added a new rod piezo how-to article, specifically showing how to cut a standard rod piezo to a shorter length, for use in 3 or 4-string cigar box guitars! Here is the direct link: http://www.cbgitty.com/?p=26. Be sure to check it out!
The Pennsylvania Cigar Box Guitar Festival is just around the corner!
August 27 is the date of the Second Annual Pennsylvania Cigar Box Guitar Festival, and if you are anywhere near the York, PA area you don’t want to miss it! It will be a great day of live music, workshops, vendors and general cigar box guitar fun! C. B. Gitty will be there as well with two booths full of all of the parts and accessories you need, whether you’re brand new to CBGs or an experienced builder. Come by and join in the fun!
Here is the link to the festival’s official website: http://cigarboxguitarfest.bandzoogle.com/home.cfm
Product Feature: Chrome and Gold Screened Sound Hole Inserts
C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply has just added these great new products to the line-up, and they are absolutely perfect for cigar box guitars! Designed for use on resonator guitars and dobros, these screened sound hole covers have always been hard to find, and overpriced – for instance, Stewart-MacDonald charges $11.39 per pair for them! But now that C. B. Gitty has them, you can bet all of that is going to change – just $5.79 a pair for the chrome and $7.79 a pair for the gold.
These are just screaming to be used on your next great CBG build, so browse on over and check them out today! Here are the direct links:
Happy building!
CBG Quick Tips: Your First Magnetic Pickup
If you have been thinking about using a magnetic pickup in your next cigar box guitar build, but aren’t sure about how they are different from piezo pickups, then here is a quick overview for you. Magnetic pickups can be a nice addition to most any cigar box guitar, but they do require some different handling and some knowledge of their unique properties.
- Magnetic pickups respond only to the vibration of the strings, not the acoustic vibration of the instrument body. It is the interaction between the vibrating steel strings and the magnets in the pickup that cause slight voltage to be created, which is picked up by the amplifier and reproduced as recognizable sound. This is different from a piezo pickup, which responds to pressure changes from string/instrument vibration to create voltage. So while a Read the rest of this entry »
Product Feature: Shiny Nickel/Chrome Screened Grommets
If you have been looking for a great sound hole insert for your cigar box guitar, but haven’t wanted to use a brass or shiny gold-colored one because your theme is chrome/silver, then you are in luck! C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply now has shiny nickel/chrome 1″ screened grommets in stock! These grommets are stamped from solid brass and then carefully plated with the shiny nickel finish, and with their built-in screens they really look great on a build. They also come with the mounting washers so you can use them in more traditional fabric/curtain uses as well!
CBG Quick Tips: Where Can I Find Good Cigar Boxes?
Access to good cigar boxes varies widely depending on geographic location. People in more urban areas may have access to several different cigar shops and all of the boxes they could ever need, while people in more remote areas may have much less access. And some of our friends in foreign countries, where cigar boxes may be recycled and sent back to the manufacturer by shops, may have little or no access at all!
Fortunately, in this age of the Internet and global commerce, even the most remote locations should be able to get their hands on some nice cigar boxes, Read the rest of this entry »