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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, 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 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

Avo Uvesian Cigar Box Tenor Ukulele
£155.00
Groovy tenor uke made on a natural wood "Avo Uvesian" cigar box. 17 inch scale length 585mm long overall Mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard and bridge Box size 225mm long x 176mm wide x 50mm deep Nut width 32mm, string spacing at nut string 25mm, spacing at bridge 38mm Quality sealed machineheads Aquilla "Nylgut" strings Bone nut and saddle Fit...

Punch - 4 string cigar box tenor guitar
£350.00
Tenor guitar with an old stock maplewood, black stained, banjo neck with a rosewood fretboard on a traditional 'Punch' cigar box. Matching chrome hardware and corner protectors have made a very nice looking guitar. 20 7/8 inch scale length. 30mm wide neck at the nut, 22mm string spacing at the nut, 35mm string spacing at the bridge. Real bone ...

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...

H.Upmann Humbucker - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£350.00
A beautiful and bright wooden "H.Upmann" cigar box, matching chrome hardware with a light neck has made a great looking cigar box guitar. Beechwood through neck with heel reinforcement, environmentally friendly Blackwood Tek fretboard with Van Gent jumbo frets. White position dots and white edge dot markers with a machine screw nut. Our guitar n...

"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...

Oliva rail humbucker 3 string cigar box guitar
£370.00
High gloss "Oliva" cigar box with rail humbucker pickup and aged gilded steel deco style soundholes. Beech through neck and backstrap reinforcement, blackwood tek fretboard, Van Gent super-jumbo frets with white face dots and side position dot markers with a rmachinescrew nut. Our guitar necks are fully profiled by hand using traditional method...

ChickenboneJohn Signature - Handwound pickup- 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£575.00
The ChickenboneJohn Signature guitar is a replica build of my own guitar that I use for professional playing. I have been asked over the years about my guitar and I have decided to build a limited number of replicas. A traditional "Partagas" cigar box with a sapele wrist guard to match the pickup with a handwound pickup and natural wood box. Th...

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-...

Romeo & Julieta Railhumbucker - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£400.00
Traditional "Romeo & Julieta" cigar box with f-holes and matching chrome hardware. Beechwood through neck with backstrap reinforcement, blackwood tek fretboard with Van Gent super jumbo frets, real mother of pearl position dot markers and white side dots with a machine screw nut. Our guitar necks are fully profiled by hand using traditional...

Partagas "Winged" - Twin Railhumbucker - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£722.75
All wood Partagas cigar box with twin cream railhumbucker pickups. Cherrywood through neck with a laminated reinforcement heel and a carbonfiber through rod reinforcement. Blackwood Tek fretboard with Van Gent super jumbo frets, pearl face markers and white edge dot markers with a bone nut. Shaped tail and laminated and shaped headstock. Our gu...

Skulls 'n' Lilies - Humbucker - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£590.00
A beautiful hand wood burned box with a Skull and Lilies design by Anne Zilpha Wormald. The design is inspired by the Mexican Day of The Dead tradition with bronze hardware, corners and slotted sound holes. This is a nice toned down feeling guitar but produces a great sound. Beechwood through neck and backstrap reinforcement, medium oak stain w...

3 String Guitar Kit - Easy Build "Cortes"
£55.75
Using a genuine "Cortes" all wood cigar box, we've designed this kit to be quick and easy to put together with a minimum of tools. All the hard work is done for you - the piezo pickup is already pre-soldered, and comes complete with step-by-step illustrated instructions. This is a short scale guitar (22 3/4")so it's nice and easy play. Everythi...











