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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

Thomas Hinds - Fretless - 3 string cigar box guitar
£135.00
A simple natural wood "Thomas Hinds" cigar box with round sound holes. Hand carved one piece beechwood through neck with 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, G. Fitte...

Montecristo Shortscale Fretless - 3 string cigar box guitar
£125.00
Genuine "Montecristo" cigar box with round soundholes, heavily distressed. Hand carved beechwood through neck with 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 nickel wound strings t...

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...

Arturo Fuente - Humbucker Pickup - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£370.00
A beautiful traditional style natural wood "Arturo Fuente" cigar box. Beechwood through neck and backstrap reinforcement, walnut 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 profiled by hand using traditional methods with a shellac, gun stock oil a...

Workshop Series, Plague Doctor - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£190.00
Our simplest and most basic guitars, the "Workshop Series". Plague Doctor graphics over veneered ply box. Derived from our highly successful "Make and Play" workshop guitars, these offer genuine playability and great tone at a bargain price. Poplar through neck with through body reinforcement, walnut fretboard with Van Gent nickel silver fretwir...

Romeo & Julieta - Fretless - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£87.00
Traditionally simple "Romeo & Julieta" cigar box, with round soundholes. 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 a...

Romeo & Julieta - Fretless - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£90.00
A traditional "Romeo & Julieta" cigar box, with a simple piezo pickup and round sound holes. Sapele wood through neck and heel reinforcement, hand carved, finished with gunstock oil and a wax coat. Burnt in position dots and black fretmarkers with a simple machine screw nut. These have been really popular at festivals, so we've decided to m...
Workshop Series - Custom "Sympathy for the Devil" Orange crackle - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar

Workshop Series - Custom "Sympathy for the Devil" Orange crackle - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£290.00
A orange distressed crackle paint finish over veneered ply box with zinc plated fixing brackets and hand painted "Sympathy for the Devil" design. Matching chrome and steel hardware. Derived from our basic workshop guitars, these offer an improved pickup with tone and volume controls, nicer machineheads with a colour coded headstock and block po...

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...

Workshop Series - Plague Doctor, Lefty - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£190.00
LEFT HANDED. Our simplest and most basic guitars, the "Workshop Series". Plague Doctor graphics over veneered ply box. Derived from our highly successful "Make and Play" workshop guitars, these offer genuine play-ability and great tone at a bargain price. Yellow Poplar through neck with through body reinforcement, oak fretboard with Van Gent nic...

Montecristo - Fretless - 3 string cigar box guitar
£90.00
A traditional bright yellow "Montecristo" cigar box. A simple piezo pickup produces a great sound for at home or busking performances. Sapele wood through neck with a hand carved 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 make a few more of the...

Handpainted Skulls 'n ' Roses - 3 String CBG with custom hardshell case.
£682.50
A beautiful handpainted box by Anne Zilpha Wormald. The skulls and roses design painted in the Mexican Day of The Dead tradition with chrome hardware including polished steel art deco slotted soundhole covers. Beechwood through neck with black walnut fretboard, Van Gent jumbo nickel silver frets, machine screw nut with white position markers an...