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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

Marui Humbucker - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£377.00
A simple sunburst box lightly distressed with a japan company packing box stencil logo. Round soundholes and matching bronze hardware has made a simple but beautiful cigar box guitar. Beechwood through neck and blackwood tek fretboard with Van Gent super-jumbo frets. Real pearl position dots and white edge dot markers with a distressed machine ...

Romeo & Julieta humbucker - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£375.00
A beautiful traditional "Romeo & Julieta" cigar box, lightly distressed, with a sapele armrest for a more comfortable playing position. Meranti through neck with cherrywood backstop reinforcement., sapele fretboard with Van Gent umbo frets. White position dots and white edge dot markers, with a machinescrew nut. Our guitar necks are fully ca...

Joya Clasico Fretless - 3 string cigar box guitar
£135.00
A beautiful white and natural wood split "Joya Clasico" cigar box with f-holes. Hand carved sapelewood through neck with a beechwood backstrap reinforcement, burnt in fretmarkers and position dots. Finished with a hand rubbed gunstock oil and a final wax coat finish. Distressed machine screw nut. 22 3/4 inch scale. Balanced tension Zilpha nick...

Romeo & Julieta twinrail humbucker 3 String Cigar Box Guitar LEFTY
£350.00
Traditional "Romeo & Julieta" cigar box with Meranti neck -LEFT HANDED Blackwood Tek fretboard with Van Gent super jumbo frets. White position dots and white edge dot markers, machine screw nut. Our guitar necks are fully profiled by hand using traditional methods for great playability and comfortable in-the-hand feel. Finished in traditiona...

"New Cuba" Lefty Humbucker - 3 string cigar box guitar
£385.00
Left Handed Beautiful traditional style "New Cuba" box with matching chrome hardware and round soundholes. 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 neck and...

Diamond Crown (Bronze) - fretless 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£135.00
Beautifully simple wooden "Diamond Crown" cigar box with f - holes. Hand carved sapele wood through neck with a heel reinforcement, burnt in fretmarkers and position dots. Finished with a hand rubbed gunstock oil and a final wax coat finish. Distressed machine screw nut. 22 3/4 inch scale. Balanced tension Zilpha nickel wound strings tuned G, D...

Padilla Compact (Shortscale) - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£245.00
"Padilla" dark wooden cigar box with f - holes. Maplewood through neck with a sapele heel reinforcement, walnut fretboard, Van Gent super-jumbo frets 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 shellac, gun stock oil and wax poli...

Bolivar Fretless - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£85.00
Traditionally simple "Bolivar" cigar box. A simple piezo pickup produces a great sound for at home or busking performances. Beechwood through neck with a blackwood backstrap and a simple round over profile. Burnt in position dots and black fretmarkers with a machine screw nut. These have been really popular at festivals, so we've decided to mak...

Bolivar twin handwound pickup deluxe - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£635.00
Traditional "Bolivar" cigar with laminated sapele and walnut neck Blackwood Tek fretboard with Van Gent super jumbo frets. Real mother of pearl position dots and white edge dot markers, real bone nut. Our guitar necks are fully profiled by hand using traditional methods for great playability and comfortable in-the-hand feel. Finished in traditio...

H&R Fretless - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£135.00
A very dark split wooden "H&R Panama" cigar box with f - sound holes. Hand carved sapele wood through neck with a beechwood heel reinforcement, burnt in fretmarkers and position dots. Finished with a hand rubbed gunstock oil and a final wax coat finish, machine screw nut. 22 3/4 inch scale. Balanced tension Zilpha nickel wound strings tuned...

Undercrown Railhumbucker - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£395.00
A beautifully simple all wood "Undercrown" cigar box with bronze hardware has produced a great looking toned down Cigar Box Guitar. Beechwood through neck and backstrap reinforcement, walnut fretboard with Van Gent super-jumbo frets. Pearl face position dots and white edge dot markers with a machine screw nut. Our guitar necks are fully profile...

Bolivar Shortscale Fretless - 3 string cigar box guitar
£125.00
Genuine "Bolivar" cigar box with a singlecoil compact pickup. Hand carved beechwood through neck with a beechwood back-strap reinforcement. Finished with a hand rubbed gunstock oil and a final wax coat. Fretless with burnt in face positions and fretmarkers, machine screw nut. 22 3/4 inch scale. Balanced tension Zilpha nickel wound strings tuned ...