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The original and best! That's no empty boast - we've pioneered the making of cigar box guitars in the UK. We have made and sold over 2400 of them, and have been featured in the UK music press, and on UK & European TV & radio.
All our guitars are set up for easy fretted and slide playing - as a guitar player I understand how a guitar should perform. We source the best components for the price, and carefully craft them into truly gig-worthy instruments, with unparalleled playability and tone.
We build to a quality, not down to a price - wherever possible we use European and North American timbers. We also use European and USA made components such as Van Gent machineheads & fretwire, d'Addario and Newtone strings, Van Damme cable, Neutrik & Switchcraft connectors etc, instead of relying on cheaper "sweatshop economy" parts.
We now have our own range of custom made stainless steel parts featured on some of our guitars - tailpieces, jack sockets and control plates. These are designed by us and manufactured right here in the UK West Midlands.
We ship guitars worldwide, and all our guitars are packed with care, double-boxed in custom made twinwall corrugated card boxes. When ordering a guitar please include a phone number with the delivery information.
We stand behind our products, and are proud to say that our guitars come with a 3 year guarantee.
CUSTOM ORDERS - We are pleased to announce that we are once again taking orders for custom guitars. If you can't find a guitar that you like on our site, or have seen one of our earlier guitars that you'd like, we can make one for you! We ask for 50% deposit, and delivery time is typically 2-3 months. We can advise on specification and special features, and will give you a fixed price quote, including shipping anywhere worldwide.
Cigar Box Guitars

Workshop Series, Purple crackle - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£190.00
Our simplest and most basic guitars, the "Workshop Series". Purple crackle finish over veneered ply box with zinc plated fixing brackets and tin scratch plate. 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 with through body reinfo...

Paradiso - humbucker pickup - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£390.00
Beautiful "Paradiso" cigar box with a blackwood arm rest and matching chrome hardware. Beechwood through neck with a blackwood and oak laminated heel reinforcement. Ecologically friendly blackwood Tek fretboard with Van Gent super-jumbo frets. White position dots and white edge dot markers with a machine screw nut. Our guitar necks are fully pr...

Skulls 'n ' Roses - Blue - 3 String CBG
£670.00
A beautiful handpainted box designed and painted by Anne Zilpha Wormald. The skulls and roses design painted in the Mexican Day of The Dead tradition with bronze hardware, corners and traditional f-sound holes. Maplewood through neck, a laminated oak and maple heel reinforcement with a blackwood fretboard, Van Gent jumbo nickel silver frets, bo...

Workshop Series "Hoodoo Spirit" Red Crackle - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£190.00
Our simplest and most basic guitars, the "Workshop Series". Dark Red crackle finish over veneered ply box with a hand painted "Hoodoo Spirit of the Blues" design and distressed 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. Yello...

Speckled Trout - Compact - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£290.00
Beautiful "Speckle Trout" box with traditional f-holes and a walnut wrist guard for a more comfortable playing experience. The graphics are reproductions of American cigar boxes from the late 19th and early 20th century, on a custom birch ply box. The result is a really resonant guitar which has a nice full acoustic sound. High gloss beechwood ...

Workshop Series - Custom "Born Under A Bad Sign" Yellow crackle - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£290.00
A bright yellow distressed crackle paint finish over veneered ply box with zinc plated fixing brackets and hand painted "Born Under A Bad Sign" design. Matching chrome and steel hardware. Derived from our basic workshop guitars, these offer an improved pickup with tone and volume controls, with a colour coded headstock and block position marker...

"Stag Horn" Humbucker - 3 string cigar box guitar
£375.00
Beautiful traditional style "Stag Horn" box with matching chrome hardware and round soundholes with a mesh cover. The graphics are reproductions of American cigar boxes from the late 19th and early 20th century, on a custom birch ply box. The result is a really resonant guitar which has a nice full acoustic sound. High gloss beechwood through n...

Workshop Series - "Blues Trash" Dark Blue crackle - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£190.00
Our simplest and most basic guitars, the "Workshop Series". Dark blue crackle finish over veneered ply box with a hand painted 185% Blues Trash 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 ...

Matsuba Diner Humbucker - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£375.00
A simple sunburst box lightly distressed with a japan company packing box stencil logo. Classic 'f' soundholes and matching chrome hardware has made a simple but beautiful cigar box guitar. Beechwood through neck with backstrap reinforcement and walnut fretboard with Van Gent super-jumbo frets. White position dots and white edge dot markers wit...

Skulls 'n ' Roses - Red - 3 String CBG
£670.00
A beautiful handpainted box designed by Anne Zilpha Wormald painted by John. The skulls and roses design painted in the Mexican Day of The Dead tradition with chrome hardware, corners and traditional f-sound holes. Maplewood through neck, a laminated sapele and maple heel reinforcement with a blackwood fretboard, Van Gent jumbo nickel silver fr...

Workshop Series - "Hoodoo Potion" Light Sage - 3 string cigar box guitar
£190.00
Our simplest and most basic guitars, the "Workshop Series". Light Sage crackle finish over veneered ply box with a hand painted "Hoodoo Love me or Die Potion" 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 popla...

Romeo y Julieta, twin pickup deluxe 3 String Cigar Box Guitar incl. case
£785.00
Traditional style "Romeo y Julieta" cigar box with laminated sapele and poplar "wings" for a perfect balance on the strap and ultimate comfort for seated playing. Laminated poplar and sapele through neck, with backstrap reinforcement and beautifully carved heel transition. Blackwood Tek fretboard with Van Gent super jumbo frets. Real mother of...