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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

3 String Guitar Kit - Compact - Plain Box and Repro Cigar Box.
£80.00
Everything you need to make your own 3 string cigar box guitar. All you need to add is some wood glue and materials for putting a finish on the neck and box. The kit comes with a a handsomely-sized plain birch ply wood box and gives a great acoustic volume - they turn out pretty loud! It's an ideal starting point for adding your own decoration...

3 String Guitar Kit - Humbucker - Chrome hardware.
£93.00
Everything you need to make your own 3 string cigar box guitar. All you need to add is some wood glue and materials for putting a finish on the neck and box. The kit comes with a a handsomely-sized plain birch ply wood box and gives a great acoustic volume - they turn out pretty loud! It's an ideal starting point for adding your own decoration...

3 String Guitar Kit - Humbucker - Bronze hardware.
£93.00
Everything you need to make your own 3 string cigar box guitar. All you need to add is some wood glue and materials for putting a finish on the neck and box. The kit comes with a a handsomely-sized plain birch ply wood box and gives a great acoustic volume - they turn out pretty loud! It's an ideal starting point for adding your own decoration...

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...

Workshop Series - Light Grey crackle 'Blues Trash' - Fretless - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£175.00
Our simplest and most basic guitars, the "Workshop Series". Light grey crackle finish over veneered ply box with zinc plated fixing brackets and '185% Blues Trash' hand painted design. Derived from our highly successful "Make and Play" workshop guitars, these offer genuine playability and great tone at a bargain price. Yellow Poplar distressed f...

One String Canjo - Diddley Bow with Strat pickup
£40.00
Crazily simple instrument..one string, fretless..with a strat pickup! Shaped fretless beech neck with gunstock oil finish, open back machinehead, strat-style electric pickup, Neutrik jack and Zilpha nickelwound steel string. 25 1/2 inch scale. Marked fretmarkers and position dots. Play it with your fingers or a slide, plug it in and and make so...

Workshop Series - Fretless - Russet - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£175.00
Our simplest and most basic guitars, the "Workshop Series". Russet sunburst over a veneered ply box with a cigar box paper covered 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 a through body reinforcement, med...

Workshop Series - Fretless - Russet - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£175.00
Our simplest and most basic guitars, the "Workshop Series". Russet sunburst over a veneered ply box, with a distressed 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 a through body reinforcement, medium oak stai...

Workshop Series - Custom "Sympathy for the Devil" Green crackle - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£290.00
Introducing our "Custom" Workshop Series line of guitars. A bright green distressed crackle paint finish over veneered ply box with zinc plated fixing brackets and hand painted "Sympathy for the Devil" design. Derived from our basic workshop guitars, these offer an improved pickup with tone and volume controls, nicer machineheads with a colour c...

Workshop Series - "Hoodoo Love me or Die" Blue crackle - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£195.00
Our simplest and most basic guitars, the "Workshop Series". Bright blue crackle finish over veneered ply box with a hand painted "Hoodoo Love me or Die" 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 thro...

MOJOBOW one string diddley bow
£45.00
Absolutely the simplest ever guitar- a piece of recycled wood, one string and a strat syle electric pickup. Designed to be played on the lap, this is real back to the roots stuff. The wood is recycled, originally coming from my father's pigeon loft in South Yorkshire! Stained, with a satin oil finish. Open back machinehead, strat style pickup...

Alec Bradley - Diddley Bow - piezo pickup
£75.00
Here's a super simple guitar in the old-timey tradition - a single string fretless diddley bow. 22 3/4 inch short scale, ash neck with roundover profile and woodburned fretmarkers and position dots, beechwood heel. Machine screw nut and bridge. Open back machinehead. Zilpha phosphor bronze wound string. Simple piezo pickup for a basic and raw am...











