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Montecristo Fretless - Compact - 3 string cigar box guitar

Montecristo Fretless - Compact - 3 string cigar box guitar

£235.00

Bright yellow, traditional paper covered "Montecristo" cigar box with f-holes. As the cigar box is second hand it has been lightly marked and scuffed. Sapelewood through neck with backstrap reinforcement and eco friendly blackwood Tek fingerboard, inlaid fret markers and position dots on the top edge of the neck with a machine screw nut. Our gui...


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Chickenhead control knobs - White (pair)

Chickenhead control knobs - White (pair)

£3.95

Traditional style chickenhead knobs in white, nice quality. Brass insert with grub screw fixing - requires small straight bladed screwdriver (not supplied)  Sold as a pair. 


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Guitar Strap -Ndebele Tribal
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Guitar Strap -Ndebele Tribal

Guitar Strap -Ndebele Tribal

£20.25

50mm polyester strap with African Ndebele tribal inspired artwork  Adjustable from 35" to 59.5" long Provides maximum comfort for standing situations Strong and secure leather ends Highly durable Made in Canada


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Resonator - Humbucker - 3 string cigar box guitar
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Resonator - Humbucker - 3 string cigar box guitar

Resonator - Humbucker - 3 string cigar box guitar

£795.00

Super special and ubercool three string resonator guitar, we don't make these often but they always turn out to be wonderful instruments with a great sound. A dark stained box with ace of spades soundholes and matching chrome hardware make a great looking guitar. It's got lots of special features: Laminated sapele, beech and walnut neck. Micro-...


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Bill Lawrence L -500R Humbucker pickup NECK / RHYTHM position

Bill Lawrence L -500R Humbucker pickup NECK / RHYTHM position

£54.25

The original blade humbucker pickup by Bill Lawrence USA. 7.9kOhm resistance. 5 wire conductor so you can wire this as a straight humbucker or coil split it, phase switch etc. as you please with the addition of a DPDT or SPDT switch (not supplied). Comes with shallow mounting ring for neck position mounting . Available in black or cream. Made in...


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Zilpha Resophonic Guitar - 12 fret sunburst
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Zilpha Resophonic Guitar - 12 fret sunburst

Zilpha Resophonic Guitar - 12 fret sunburst

£545.00

Beautiful recreation of the 1930s classic "biscuit bridge" resonator guitar with  retro satin sunburst finish. Brass body, with super-cool satin sunburst  finish, correctly swaged back and flat-cutf-holes. Chunky mahogany neck made with traditional full neck stick and "pit prop" braces between neckstick and back.  12 frets to the body. Super-sha...


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PRE-OWNED Rocky Patel,  strat pickup short scale - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar

PRE-OWNED Rocky Patel, strat pickup short scale - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar

£100.00

PRE-OWNED Rocky Patel cigar box 3 string guitar. Oak neck, oak fretboard, Van Gent medium frets with woodburned face and side position dot markers and fitted with a machine screw nut. Our guitar necks are fully profiled by hand using traditional methods with a gun stock oil and wax polished finish for great play-ability and comfortable in-the-ha...


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Cuaba Diddley Bow - Compact electric pickup
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Cuaba Diddley Bow - Compact electric pickup

Cuaba Diddley Bow - Compact electric pickup

£85.00

Here's a super simple guitar in the old-timey tradition - a single string fretless diddley bow. A traditional paper covered 'Cuaba' cigar box with round soundholes, lightly marked as the box is reused.  22 3/4 inch short scale. Oak neck with a hawksbill beechwood heel, a simple roundover profile and woodburned fretmarkers and position dots.  Mac...


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Canjo - 'Harley Davidson' with Strat pickup
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Canjo - 'Harley Davidson' with Strat pickup

Canjo - 'Harley Davidson' with Strat pickup

£45.00

Crazily simple instrument, one string, fretless with a strat pickup! A fancier themed can with a  Harley Davidson motorcycle oil can design.  Simple 'square' shaped beechwood fretless neck with a gunstock oil finish. Burnt in face dot markers and simple pen marked fretmarkers.  25 1/2 inch scale length. Bronze open back machinehead, strat-style ...


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Workshop Series - "Hoodoo Spirit" sage green - 3 string cigar box guitar
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Workshop Series - "Hoodoo Spirit" sage green - 3 string cigar box guitar

Workshop Series - "Hoodoo Spirit" sage green - 3 string cigar box guitar

£200.00

Our simplest and most basic guitars, the "Workshop Series". Sage green crackle finish over veneered ply box with a hand painted "Hoodoo Spirit" design and zinc plated fixing brackets. Derived from our highly successful "Make and Play" workshop guitars, these offer genuine playability and great tone at a bargain price. Yellow poplar through neck ...


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Tabak fretless 3 String Cigar Box Guitar,  compact pickup, short scale
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Tabak fretless 3 String Cigar Box Guitar,  compact pickup, short scale

Tabak fretless 3 String Cigar Box Guitar, compact pickup, short scale

£180.00

Deep Tabak cigar box with darkburst neck. Beech neck, sapele fretboard, inlaid fret markers with white face and side position dot markers and finished with a machine screw nut. Our guitar necks are fully profiled by hand using traditional methods with a gun stock oil and wax polished finish for great play-ability and comfortable in-the-hand feel...


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Fat Bottom Betty fretless 3 String Cigar Box Guitar,  compact pickup, short scale
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Fat Bottom Betty fretless 3 String Cigar Box Guitar,  compact pickup, short scale

Fat Bottom Betty fretless 3 String Cigar Box Guitar, compact pickup, short scale

£170.00

Slim all wood Fat Bottom Betty cigar box. Beech neck, sapele fretboard, inlaid fret markers with white face and side position dot markers and finished with a machine screw nut. Our guitar necks are fully profiled by hand using traditional methods with a gun stock oil and wax polished finish for great play-ability and comfortable in-the-hand feel...


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