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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

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...

Romeo & Julieta - Humbucker - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£360.00
A beautiful traditional "Romeo & Julieta" cigar box with matching chrome hardware. Maplewood through neck with backstop reinforcement, environmentally friendly blackwood fretboard with Van Gent jumbo frets. White position dots and white edge dot markers, with a machinescrew nut. Our guitar necks are fully carved and profiled by hand using t...

Traveller - Humbucker - 3 string cigar box guitar
£400.00
A simple olive stained box with f -holes and a beechwood arm rest for more comfort when playing. This is a 'Take-Down' travel guitar which is designed to fit into an overhead airplane locker, no tools needed, just simply loosen the strings and the neck can be removed. Ideal for a frequent traveller. Beechwood neck, walnut fretboard with Van Gen...

Camacho 'American Barrel' - Humbucker Pickup - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£350.00
A beautiful modern high gloss black and orange "Camacho" special edition 'American Barrel Aged' cigar box lightly marked (these boxes are second hand) with matching chrome hardware. Maple through neck and backstrap, walnut fretboard with Van Gent super-jumbo frets. White position dots and white edge dot markers with a machine screw nut. Our gui...

Romeo & Julieta 3 string humbucker cigar box guitar
£360.00
Traditional "Romeo & Julieta" cigar box with f-holes and humbucker pickup. Matching decorated headstock for a little bit of added "bling". Beechwood through neck and backstrap reinforcement, black walnut fretboard, Van Gent super-jumbo frets with white face dots and side position dot markers with a machinescrew nut. Our guitar necks are full...

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...

Workshop Series - "Born Under a Bad Sign" Dusk Pink - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£190.00
Our simplest and most basic guitars, the "Workshop Series". An dusk pink crackle finish over veneered ply box with distressed zinc plated fixing brackets and hand painted "Born Under a Bad Sign". Dark lettering and black neck to contrast nicely with the oak fretboard and pink box. Derived from our highly successful "Make and Play" workshop guit...

Romeo & Julieta Fretless - Compact - 3 string cigar box guitar
£115.00
Traditionally simple "Romeo & Julieta" paper covered cigar box, with an additional matching headstock design. Maplewood through neck with a laminated backstrap reinforcement and a simple round over profile. Burnt in face, side position dots and fretmarkers with a machine screw nut. 22 3/4 inch scale. Zilpha hexcore strings. Tuned G D G. A ...

Diplomaticos twin humbucker cigar box guitar
£425.00
Colourful "Diplomaticos" cigar box with twin humbucker pickups. Matching decorated headstock for a little bit of added "bling" and matching bronze hardware. This has turned out to be a beautiful cigar box guitar with a lightly distressed look. Beechwood through neck and backstrap reinforcement, oak fretboard, Van Gent super-jumbo frets with bla...

Bolivar Fretless -Compact - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£115.00
Traditionally simple "Bolivar" paper covered cigar box, with an additional matching headstock design. Maplewood through neck with a laminated backstrap reinforcement and a simple round over profile. Burnt in face, side position dots and fretmarkers with a machine screw nut. 22 3/4 inch scale. Zilpha hexcore strings. Tuned G D G. A compact sing...

Saint Louis Blues - 6 string Acoustic cigar box guitar
£460.00
6 String acoustic guitar on a beautiful custom handmade wood burnt design by Elka Beck, with bronze corner protectors and f -holes. Danelectro style maple neck with a contrasting ebony fretboard. Ebony pin bridge with compensated saddle. This guitar is built and set up to play easily - the action at the 12th fret is 1.5mm with d'Addario 10 gau...

Workshop Series - "185% Blues Trash" Orange - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar LEFTY
£190.00
Left Handed. Our simplest and most basic guitars, the "Workshop Series". A bright orange crackle finish over veneered ply box with zinc plated fixing brackets and hand painted "185% Blues Trash" design. Derived from our highly successful "Make and Play" workshop guitars, these offer genuine play-ability and great tone at a bargain price. Yellow...











