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The original and best! That's no empty boast - I've pioneered the making of cigar box guitars in the UK. I have made and sold over 2000 of them, and have been featured in the UK music press, and on UK & European TV & radio.
All my guitars are set up for easy fretted and slide playing - I'm a guitar player, so I understand how a guitar should perform. I source the best components for the price, and carefully craft them into truly gig-worthy instruments, with unparalleled playability and tone.
I build to a quality, not down to a price - wherever possible I use European and North American timbers. I 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.
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
Texas Lancero 6 string tele-style cigar box guitar
£405.00
6 String cigar box guitar, Danelectro style maple neck with rosewood fretboard. This guitar is built and set up to play easily - the action at the 12th fret is 1.5mm with d'Addario 10 gauge strings. Fitted with dual action trussrod. The modern style tele bridge, tele pattern control knobs and 3 way pickup selector switch. The guitar is built wit...
Camacho Red - humbucker pickup - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£375.00
Beautiful high gloss "Camacho" cigar box with deco style custom stainless steel soundhole trims and trapeze tailpiece. Ash through neck with beech backstrap, 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 profiled by hand using tradition...
Partagas humbucker - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£350.00
Traditional "Partagas" cigar box with chrome hardware. Ashwood through neck with sapele backstrap, 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 profiled by hand using traditional methods for great play-ability and comfortable in-the-ha...
Por Laranaga humbucker - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£350.00
Traditional "Por Laranaga" cigar box with bronze hardware. Ash through neck with beech backstrap, 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 profiled by hand using traditional methods for great play-ability and comfortable in-the-han...
Hoyo De Monterrey humbucker - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£350.00
Traditional "Hoyo de Monterrey" cigar box with bronze hardware. Ash through neck with beechwood backstrap, 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 profiled by hand using traditional methods for great play-ability and comfortable i...
Partagas- humbucker "Double Top" - Cigar Box Guitar
£460.00
All wood "Partagas" cigar box, custom polished stainless steel deco style soundholes. This special guitar is tuned G D GG, and has a double course top pair of strings, strung with a light gauge octave G on the top. It gives it a chiming tone, and adds a really different sound to your playing, whether fretted or played with a slide. Laminated Me...
Partagas twin pickup deluxe - SwitchMeister 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£530.00
All wood "Partagas" cigar with laminated Meranti and Poplar 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 tradition...
Workshop Series, fretless russet burst finish - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£185.00
Our simplest and most basic guitars, the "Workshop Series". Russet burst finish over veneered ply box with zinc plated fixing brackets and cigarbox pickguard. 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 backstrap through bo...
Staghorn - 4 String twin pickup Cigar Box Guitar
£495.00
Beautiful traditional style "Staghorn" cigar box with deco style soundholes Cherrywood neck, with laminated headstock, Sapele fretboard with Van Gent super jumbo frets. Real pearl position dots and white edge dot markers with machine screw nut. Our guitar necks are fully profiled by hand using traditional methods for great playability and comfor...
Romeo Y Julieta Fretless - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£165.00
Genuine Romeo Y Julieta cigar box, with full scale neck and electric pickup. Ash through neck, through body reinforcement, blackwood fretboard, white side fretboard markers and edge dots with a machine screw nut. Our guitar necks are fully profiled by hand using traditional methods for great playability and comfortable in-the-hand feel. Finishe...
Robaina Fretless - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£165.00
Genuine Robaina cigar box, with full scale neck and electric pickup. Ash through neck, through body reinforcement, blackwood fretboard, white side fretboard markers and edge dots with a 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 han...
Symphony Fretless - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£205.00
Genuine Symphony Spanish cedar cigar box, with full scale neck and electric pickup. Meranti through neck, through body reinforcement, BlackwoodTek fretboard, white side fretboard markers and edge dots with a machine screw nut. Our guitar necks are fully profiled by hand using traditional methods for great playability and comfortable in-the-hand...